Australian Dictionary of Biography

• Christina Ellen Blake

17 July, 1902
Rockdale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

31 March, 1983 (aged 80)
Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Stead, David George (father)
• James, Florence Gertrude (friend)
• Duncan, Walter George Keith (university friend)
• White, Patrick Victor (colleague)
• Coombs, Herbert Cole (acquaintance)
• Howarth, Robert Guy (acquaintance)
• Whitlam, Gough (acquaintance)
• Bolton, Alexander Thorley (collaborator)
• Duncan, Walter George Keith (related entry)

• Bexley Public School (Sydney) (student, 1908-1914)
• St George Girls High School (Sydney) (student, 1915-1916)
• Sydney Girls' High School (student, 1917-1919)
• Sydney Teachers' College (student, 1920-1922)

• novelist (1931-1974) Overseas
• short story writer (1974-1983) New South Wales, Australia

• Patrick White Literary Award (recipient, 1974)

• Christina Stead Award (Fellowship of Australian Writers) (eponym)
• Christina Stead Pond (Franklin, ACT) (eponym)
• Christina Stead Prize for Fiction (NSW Premier's Literary Awards) (eponym)
• Christina Stead Street (Franklin, ACT) (eponym)

• Blackfriars Correspondence School (Sydney) (schoolteacher, 1923-1923)
• Darlinghurst Public School (Sydney) (schoolteacher, 1923-1923)
• Sydney Teachers' College (lecturer, 1924-1924)
• Australian National University (English) (visiting fellow, 1969-1969)