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Name
  
Brenda Niall

Role
  
Biographer


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Books
  
The Riddle of Father Hackett, True North: The Story of Mary a, The Boyds, Life Class, Judy Cassab: A Portrait

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Dr Brenda Niall AO (born 25 November 1930) is an Australian biographer, literary critic and journalist. She is particularly noted for her work on Australia's well-known Boyd family of artists and writers. She was educated at the Genazzano FCJ College, in Kew, Victoria, and the University of Melbourne.

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In June 2004 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for 'services to Australian literature, as an academic, biographer and literary critic'.

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Awards and nominations

  • 2001 - awarded the Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and the humanities in the study of Australian literature.
  • 2002 - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Non-Fiction Book Award for The Boyds: A Family Biography
  • 2004 - was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to Australian literature as an academic, biographer and literary critic.
  • References

    Brenda Niall Wikipedia