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Life Summary

Name	Elizabeth Auld
Alternative Names	Tom Auld
Born	16 September, 1901 Knightsbridge, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	31 October, 1998 (aged 97) Marryatville, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	general debility
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Auld, William Patrick (grandfather) Jarrett, Patricia Irene (friend) Murdoch, Keith Arthur (colleague) de Crespigny, Constantine Trent Champion (collaborator) Auld, Patrick (related entry)
Education *	St Peter's Girls' School (Adelaide) (student, 1915-1919) University of Adelaide (student, 1922-1923)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1920-1931) South Australia, Australia newspaper employee (1920-1931) South Australia, Australia proofreader (1920-1921) South Australia, Australia secretary (1920-1921) South Australia, Australia copywriter (1931-1931) South Australia, Australia journalist (1931-1974) Victoria, Australia foreign correspondent (1947-1948) Overseas children's author (1995-1995) South Australia, Australia
Workplaces *	Australian (newspaper) (columnist, ?-1974) Register (Adelaide) newspaper (journalist, 1920-1931) Herald (Melbourne) newspaper (journalist, 1931-1950) New Idea (magazine) (journalist, 1950-?) Truth (Melbourne) newspaper (journalist, 1950-?) Woman's Day (magazine) (journalist, 1950-?)

* Dates are approximate