Ethel Castilla

Ethel Castilla (1861–1937) was an Australian poet, journalist and story writer, born at Kyneton, Victoria, and long resident in Melbourne. She was a founder of the Austral Salon, a meeting place for women writers and thinkers.

Her best-known poem, "An Australian Girl", first appeared in a Melbourne newspaper and gave its name to her collection The Australian Girl, and Other Verses (1900).