Ella Zuila

Ella Zuila (died 1926) was a famous Australian public entertainer.

Known as the "Female Blondin", the "Australian Funambulist" and the "Heroine of the High Wire", she was particularly known for her acts on the high wire. Besides walking and cycling across (backward and forward), she also added other acts, such as wheeling a child over the wire in a barrow, walked it in stilts and with a full-body blindfold, and catching her husband, George Royal, when he was fired from a cannon, while hanging from her knees.

Her career ended after a tragic fall in Dublin, on August 26, 1904, her injuries preventing her from ever performing again. She died in 1926.

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Publicity poster, posted on Alamy (Image ID:T950RE) on 20 July, 2017[1]