Woman Webby, Elizabeth (1942 - )
AM
- Born
- 1942
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Academic and Literary Critic
Written by Ann Standish, The University of Melbourne
Elizabeth Webby was born in Sydney in 1942, to George Loder and Betty Ellis. She was educated at Presbyterian Ladies College, Sydney and the University of Sydney, where she completed a BA, MA and PhD. She married Barry Webby in 1966.
Webby was employed as a tutor in English Literature at the University of Sydney in 1965 and has remained a significant member of that department ever since, becoming Professor of ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Literature in 1990. She served in that position until 2007, when she retired and took on her current role as Emeritus Professor of ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Literature. During this time she was also editor of the journal Southerly and a member of the judging panels for the Miles Franklin Award and the Nita B. Kibble Awards.
Webby has been a leading figure in ensuring ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ literature, both colonial and modern, has received academic and popular attention. She has done so through her teaching and through publications that include Early ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Poetry (1982), Modern ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Plays (1990) and the edited volumes Colonial Voices (1989), The Cambridge Companion to ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Literature (2000) and The Letters of Walter and Mary Richardson (edited with G. Sykes, 2000). She is a fellow of the ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Academy of the Humanities and editor of their journal Humanities Australia. In 2003 she received both the Centenary Medal and the AA Phillips Award from Association for the Study of ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Literature.
She has also promoted ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ writing through her chairing of the NSW Writers' Centre from 1995 to 1996 and as a member of the literary advisory committee of the NSW Ministry of the Arts and various boards of other cultural and literary organisations. She was awarded an AM for her contribution to ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ literary culture in 2004.
Published Resources
Books
- Webby, Elizabeth, Early ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Poetry: an annotated bibliography of original poems published in ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ newspapers, magazines and almanacs before 1850, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, New South Wales, 1982. Details
- Webby, Elizabeth, Modern ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Plays, Sydney University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, 1990. Details
- Webby, Elizabeth (ed), The Cambridge Companion to ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Literature, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, 2000. Details
- Webby, Elizabeth and Skyes, Gillian (eds), Walter and Mary: The Letters of Walter and Mary Richardson, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 2000. Details
Edited Books
- Who's Who in Australia, Crown Content, Melbourne, Victoria, 1927 - 2013. Details
Journals
- 'Southerly', Elizabeth Webby tribute issue, vol. 67, no. 1-2, 2007. Details
Online Resources
- 'Professor Emerita Elizabeth Webby AM FAHA', in Positively Remarkable Women, 29 August 2011, . Details
- 'Webby, Elizabeth, AM FAHA', in The ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Academy of the Humanities: The Academy Fellows: Fellows, The ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Academy of the Humanities, 2012, . Details
- Hawthorn, Libby, 'Women's Work: address from Professor Elizabeth Webby', in Libby Hawthorn, 8 April 2013, . Details
- Webby, Elizabeth, Colonial Voices: letters, diaries, journalism and other accounts of nineteenth century Australia, University of Queensland Press (UQP), Brisbane, Queensland, 1989, . Details
See also
- 'Webby, Elizabeth', The ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Women's Register, National Foundation for ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Women, . Details