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Ethel Castilla

I lived from 1837-1895. I was from Australia, and am in the Oceania category.

Ethel Castilla was born in  Kyneton, Victoria, on 19th June, 1861; daughter of

Frederic Ramos de Castilla, an Englishman of Spanish descent, and May Robertson, daughter of an Edinburgh writer.  

She lived mostly in Melbourne and contributed frequently to ` The Australasian', and the `Sydney Mail'.



Her works include:



`The Australian Girl, and other Verses' (Melbourne, 1900).

My poetry

  • High headlands all jealously hide thee,
      O fairest of sea-girdled towns!
    25 lines, 2 comments
  • "She's pretty to walk with,
    And witty to talk with,
    25 lines

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