Dark, Eleanor, 1901-

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Australian author who published nine novels between 1934 and 1959. They include Prelude to Christopher and Return to Coolami which won the Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal for the best Australian novel for the years 1934 and 1936 respectively, and The timeless land (1941).

From the description of Papers of Eleanor Dark, 1910-1974 [manuscript]. [1910-1974] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 316324187

Australian author who has published nine novels between 1934 and 1959. They include Prelude to Christopher and Return to Coolami which won the Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal for the best Australian novel for the years 1934 and 1936 respectively, and The timeless land (1941).

From the description of Papers of Eleanor Dark [manuscript]. 1923-1974. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225826257

Writer. Eleanor Dark (nee O'Reilly) wrote short stories and verse in the 1920s and 1930s under the pseudonym Patricia O'Rane or P O'R. Her novels include Prelude to Christopher (1934), Return to Coolami (1936) and the historical trilogy Timeless Land (1941), Storm of time (1948) and No barrier (1953).

From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225787484

From the description of Letters [manuscript] : Melbourne, Healesville, Katoomba, and Queensland to Lucy Boyce Gibson. 1948-1951. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225691074

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correspondedWith Day, A. Grove (Arthur Grove), 1904- person
correspondedWith Gibson, Lucy Boyce person
associatedWith Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-2000. person
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Novelists, Australian
Women authors, Australian
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Birth 1901-08-26

Death 1985-09-11

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