Norma Davis

Norma Lochlenah Davis (10 April 1905 – 5 November 1945) was an Australian poet.^[1]

Norma L. Davis
Davis in 1931
Born	Norma Lochlenah Davis (1905-04-10)10 April 1905 Glenora, Tasmania, Australia
Died	5 November 1945(1945-11-05) (aged 40) Perth, Tasmania, Australia
Pen name	Glenarvon Malda Norris
Occupation	Poet
Language	English
Nationality	Australian

Born in Glenora, Tasmania,^[2] David moved with her parents and younger sister to Perth, Tasmania, where she lived in a house that is now the Jolly Farmer Inn. Davis remained there until her death.

Davis died of cancer at her home, Glenarvon, Perth on 5 November 1945. Her remains were privately cremated.^[3]

Working life

Davis began publishing poetry in the Australian Woman's Mirror under an array of pseudonyms.^[4] She contributed poetry to Australian literary magazines such as Meanjin, The Bulletin, Poetry and Jindyworobak. It was only in the early 1940s, shortly before her death, that Davis concentrated fully on writing.^[2]

Bibliography

Poetry collections

• Earth Cry (1943)^[5]
• I, the Thief (1944)^[6]

References

1. "Austlit – Norma L. Davis". Austlit. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
2. Scott, Margaret (1993). "Davis, Norma Lochlenah (1905 – 1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 29 August 2008. Or Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp. 587–588.
3. "Obituary: Miss Norma L. Davis". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 – 1954). 6 November 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
4. Australian Poets and Their Works, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996.
5. "Austlit – Earth Cry by Normal L. Davis". Austlit. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
6. "Austlit – I, the Thief by Normal L. Davis". Austlit. Retrieved 12 August 2023.