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Kylie

12 March 1912 — 28 February 1988

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Special Achievements

  • 1935 - Winner of the S. H. Prior Memorial Prize for her first published novel Tiburon.
  • 1942 - Australian Literary Society gold medal for The Battlers.
  • 1960 - Won Children's Book Council Award for he novel All The Proud Tribesmen.
  • 1980 - Recieved Order of Australia (AO) for work in literature

Additional Information

  • Author of many Australiana fiction books, plays, children's novels, and historical volumes

Resources

Image - Kylie Tennant

Kylie Tennant at her hut in Crowdy Bay, NSW

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Link - Australian Dictionary of Biography

Kylie Tennant's biography

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