Edgar Dell [SEP] date of death
Edgar Dell
Edgar Dell (28 November 1901 – 18 April 2008) was a Western Australian painter best known for his watercolour paintings of that state's wildflowers.
Born in England in 1901, he emigrated to Western Australia in 1924, where he bought and cleared a bush block in Paulls Valley in the Shire of Kalamunda, establishing an orchard there. The block came to be known as The Dell; this name has subsequently also been extended to a nearby recreation site. During the Great Depression he made a living cutting
- "The Silent Dust" (1950)
- "The Paper Circle" (1951; aka "Stripped for Murder")
- “Dead Men Grin, The” ("Two Complete Detective Books", Sep 1946)
- "The Quiet Woman" ("Dell Mystery Novels Magazine", Jan/Mar 1955; re-released in the Oct. 1962 issue of "Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine" as “Death Attends Rehearsal”)