Obituaries Australia

24 August, 1917
Auckland, New Zealand

14 December, 2010 (aged 93)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• New Zealander
• Scottish
• Swedish

• Buddhist
• Catholic

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• Niland, D'Arcy Francis (husband)

• children's author (1942-1982) New South Wales, Australia
• novelist (1945-2000) New South Wales, Australia
• scriptwriter (1945-1980) New South Wales, Australia
• autobiographer/memoirist (1990-1994) New South Wales, Australia

• Miles Franklin Literary Award (recipient, 1977)
• Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature (NSW Premier's Literary Awards) (recipient, 1981)
• Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1987)
• Age Book of the Year Award (recipient, 1992)
• Colin Roderick award (Foundation for Australian Literary Studies) (recipient, 1992)
• Tilly Aston Award for Braille Book of the Year (recipient, 1993)
• Christina Stead Award (Fellowship of Australian Writers) (recipient, 1994)
• Dromken Medal (Courtney Oldmeadow Children's Literature Foundation) (recipient, 2008)