Jennings Carmichael

Grace Carmichael Mullis (24 February 1867 – 9 February 1904), known by her pen name Jennings Carmichael, was an Australian poet and nurse.

Early life and education Grace Elizabeth Jennings Carmichael was born on 24 February 1867 at Ballarat, Victoria. She was the daughter of Archibald Carmichael,

Carmichael attended school in Melbourne before the family moved to a pastoral station at Orbost, Victoria. In 1891, she published a book of stories entitled Hospital Children. Carmichael was a member of the Austral Salon in the 1890s.

In September 1895, she gave a public lecture on "The Spirit of the Bush" at the Masonic Hall in Melbourne with Alfred Deakin as chairman. The same year, Carmichael published another volume of poems. Carmichael had four sons and a daughter. Poems (1895) For Some One's Sake (1955)