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Dr Elizabeth Wood-Ellem (10 September 1930 – 8 September 2012) was a Tongan-born Australian historian actively engaged in the life of Tonga[1] and author of the definitive biography of Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga.[2] Birth and familyBorn Elizabeth Olive Wood near Nuku'alofa, Tonga, she was often known as Bess or Pesi Wood. She was a daughter of Reverend Dr A. Harold Wood OBE (1896–1989), a renowned Methodist then Uniting Church minister and educator, and medical Dr Olive K. Wood (née O'Reilly), who were Australian missionaries in Tonga 1924-37.[2] She had five brothers and sisters, including Janet Secomb, herself a missionary to Tonga, actor Monica Maughan and Uniting Church minister and hymnologist Rev. Dr H. D'Arcy Wood. EducationMoving to Australia in 1937, Elizabeth was educated Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne where, in her final year, she topped the state of Victoria in Greek and Roman History. At Melbourne University, she majored in English and History, gaining a BA in 1953, and would later undertake her PhD there. CareerWood-Ellem earned her living as a book editor and indexer, initially at Angus & Robertson in Sydney, then London (1960-1972) with Macmillan and Paul Hamlyn, and later worked freelance. She was appointed an archivist at King's College, Cambridge University, to sort and catalogue the papers of British novelist E. M. Forster after his death in 1970.[2] Churchill College, Cambridge, then engaged her as Assistant Librarian for Archives to catalogue Sir James Grigg's papers and A.V. Alexander's correspondence. She completed a PhD in Tongan history in 1982 at the University of Melbourne and remained a Senior Fellow there at the time of her death. She published her biography of Queen Sālote of Tonga in 1999. Fairfax’s Pacific correspondent Mike Field said of it: ‘If I were nominate a single, superb book on the Pacific, Queen Sālote of Tonga: The Story of an Era 1900-1965 is one of the finest pieces of historical research and insight, anthropology and understanding of Tonga that you’ll ever find. You don’t even have to be vaguely interested in Queen Sālote, but in how Tonga works.’ Notable books she edited include The Songs and Poems of Queen Sālote (2004) and Tonga and the Tongans: Heritage and Identity (2007). In 2008, King George Tupou V recognised her singular contribution to Tonga by bestowing on her the title of Commander of the Order of the Crown of Tonga.[2] Publications
Notable books she edited include:
References1. ^Tongan royal historian Dr Elizabeth Wood-Ellem dies, (11 September 2012, 17:29 AEST), Radio Australia {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news| title = Historian lauded for book on Pacific| first = H. D'Arcy| last = Wood| authorlink = H. D'Arcy Wood| author2 = Ball, O. | url = http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/historian-lauded-for-book-on-pacific-20121004-272ce.html| newspaper = The Age| publisher = Fairfax Media| location = Melbourne| date = 5 October 2012| accessdate = 23 November 2012}} 3. ^{{Citation | author1=Newell, William | title=Elizabeth Wood-Ellem. Queen Salote of Tonga: The Story of an Era, 1900-1965.(Book Review) | journal=The Australian Journal of Anthropology | publication-date=2004-04-01 | publisher=Australian Anthropological Society | volume=15 | issue=1 | pages=122(2) | issn=1035-8811 }} 20 : University of Melbourne alumni|Uniting Church in Australia people|1930 births|2012 deaths|Commanders of the Order of the Crown of Tonga|Australian women historians|20th-century Australian historians|University of Melbourne faculty|Australian expatriates in Tonga|Tongan historians|Historians of Oceania|Tongan women writers|20th-century Tongan writers|21st-century Tongan writers|20th-century Australian non-fiction writers|21st-century Australian non-fiction writers|20th-century Australian women writers|21st-century Australian women writers|20th-century Tongan women|21st-century Tongan women |
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