[3] Dorothy Emilie Blewett was born at Northcote in Victoria on 23 July 1898.
[1] Her father was John Blewett, who worked with the Victorian Railways for almost 50 years.
She was a student at the Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne where she was editor of the school magazine in her final year.
[4] Blewett's earliest published works were written under the pseudonym, Anne Praize.
They included short stories published by Table Talk and the novel, Vision, described as "besides being a vividly written romance, it breathes the open air freedom and spaciousness of a great country.