Nettie Palmer

Nettie Palmer
Palmer in 1943
Palmer in 1943
BornJanet Gertrude Higgins
(1885-08-18)18 August 1885
Bendigo, Victoria
Died19 October 1964(1964-10-19) (aged 79)
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Period1914–1963
SpouseVance Palmer
Children2
RelativesEsmonde Higgins (brother)
H. B. Higgins (uncle)
Ina Higgins (aunt)

Janet Gertrude "Nettie" Palmer (née Higgins) (18 August 1885 – 19 October 1964) was an Australian poet, essayist and Australia's leading literary critic of her day. She corresponded with women writers and collated the Centenary Gift Book which gathered together writing by Victorian women.