Obituaries Australia

17 July, 1928
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

27 February, 1992 (aged 63)
Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

cancer (bowel)

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• Mayer, Henry (related entry)

• Caulfield Grammar (Melbourne) (student, 1942-1944)

• bookseller (1945-1955) New South Wales, Australia
• book publisher (1955-1960) Queensland, Australia
• book publisher (1960-1992) Victoria, Australia

• Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1991)

• Lloyd O'Neil award (Australian Book Publishers' Association) (eponym)

• National Literature Board of Review (member, 1967-1976)
• Australian Book Publishers' Association (president, 1969-1971)
• Playbox Theatre Company (Melbourne) (chair, 1978-1980)

• Angus and Robertson (employee, 1945-1951)
• Cassell Ltd (employee, 1952-1955)
• Jacaranda Press (employee, 1955-1960)
• Lansdowne Press (owner, 1960-1963)
• F. W. Cheshire Publishing Pty Ltd (manager, 1963-1969)
• Lloyd O'Neil Publishing Group (owner, 1969-1987)
• Penguin Books Australia Ltd (associate director, 1987-1991)