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Name
  
Susan Magarey

Role
  
Author

Education
  
University of Adelaide


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Books
  
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Professor Susan Margaret Magarey AM, FASSA, is an Australian historian and author, most notable for her historic works and biographies of Australian women.

Contents

Susan Magarey Roma the First A biography of Dame Roma Mitchell Susan Magarey

Education

English Literature and History:

  • BA(Hons) – University of Adelaide
  • DipEd – Adelaide
  • MA – Australian National University
  • PhD – ANU

    • Honours and awards

  • 2006 – Member of the Order of Australia
  • 2005 – Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
  • 1986 – Walter McRae Russell Award for Unbridling the Tongues of Women, first published 1985

    • Magarey Medal for biography

    Not to be confused with the annual Magarey Medal of the South Australian National Football League

    "The Magarey Medal for biography is a biennial prize of at least $10,000. The prize is awarded to the female author who has published the work judged to be the best biographical writing on an Australian subject in the preceding two years." The prize is donated by Susan Magarey.

    Prize winners have been:

  • 2004 – Heather Goodall and Isabel Flick, Isabel Flick: the Many Lives of an Extraordinary Aboriginal Woman, Allen and Unwin
  • 2006 – Prue Torney-Parlicki, Behind the News: a Biography of Peter Russo, UWA Press
  • 2008 – Sylvia Martin, Ida Leeson: a Life, Allen and Unwin
  • 2010 – Jill Roe, Stella Miles Franklin: a Biography, Fourth Estate
  • 2012 – Sheila Fitzpatrick, My Father’s Daughter: Memories of an Australian Childhood, Melbourne University Press
  • 2014 – Fiona Paisley, The Lone Protestor: AM Fernando in Australia and Europe, Aboriginal Studies Press
  • 2016 – Libby Connors, Warrior: A Legendary Leader’s Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier, Allen and Unwin

    • References

    Susan Magarey Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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