Australian Dictionary of Biography

• Geraldine Mary Jay

17 December, 1919
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

26 October, 1996 (aged 76)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Catholic

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.

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• Von Doussa, Heinrich Albert Alfred (grandfather)

• Girton Girls' School (Adelaide) (student, 1927-1936)
• Invergowrie Homecraft Hostel (Hawthorn, Melbourne) (student, 1937-1937)
• University of Adelaide (student, 1938-1941)

• office worker (1941-1946) Australia
• court stenographer (1949-1950) Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
• novelist (1949-1971) Overseas
• antiques dealer (1961-1971) Overseas
• art dealer (1961-1971) Overseas
• antiques dealer (1971-1990) South Australia, Australia
• art dealer (1971-1990) South Australia, Australia
• novelist (1971-1996) South Australia, Australia

• Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel (recipient, 1954)

• Barton Croft estate (resident, 1919-1936)