Australian Dictionary of Biography

15 May, 1901
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

10 November, 1984 (aged 83)
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

• Welsh

• Catholic

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• Cusack, Ellen Dymphna (lover)
• McGinness, Valentine Bynoe (friend)
• Fabinyi, Andrew (acquaintance)
• Mudie, Ian Mayelston (acquaintance)
• Hammerman, Bernhard (acquaintance)
• Miles, William John (associate)
• Stephensen, Percy Reginald (associate)
• Davis, Beatrice Deloitte (associate)

• Fremantle Boys' State School (WA) (student, 1906-1909)
• Midland Junction Primary School (WA) (student, 1910-1912)
• Christian Brothers College (Fremantle, WA) (student, 1913-1915)
• Perth Technical College (student, 1915-1918)
• University of Melbourne (student, 1925-1925)

• pharmacist (1923-1975) Australia
• short story writer (1925-1959) Australia
• novelist (1932-1951) New South Wales, Australia
• soldier (1942-1944) Federal, Australia
• novelist (1951-1975) Queensland, Australia

• World War II (soldier)

• Sesquicentenary Literature Prize (recipient, 1938)
• Gold Medal (Australian Literature Society) (recipient, 1939)
• Miles Franklin Literary Award (recipient, 1975)

• Australia-First Movement (member)