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Nadia Wheatley

Author of My Place

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Nadia Wheatley is an Australian writer, born on April 30, 1949 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She began writing full-time in 1976 and has written numerous award-winning picture books, novels, and works of history for children and adults. She has twice received the New South Wales Premier's Children's Book Prize. Her biography of Charmian Clift won the New South Wales Premier's Award for Australian History (2002). Her other work includes My Place (illustrated by Donna Rawlins), The House that was Eureka, The Papunya School Book of Country and History (in collaboration with Aboriginal students and staff at Papunya School - Northern Territory) and Going Bush which received an Australian Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing (2007). In 2016, her book, Flight (illustrated by Armin Greder), won the 2016 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Award, Picture Book of the Year. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from My Place… (more)
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She's Fantastical: The First Anthology of Australian Women's Speculative… (Contributor) 32 copies, 1 review
The Blue Dress (Author) 23 copies
The Best Australian Essays 2002 (Contributor) 22 copies
The best Australian stories 2001 (Contributor) 14 copies
Goodbye and Hello (Contributor) 9 copies
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Canonical name
Wheatley, Nadia
Legal name
Johnston, Nadia Wheatley
Other names
Mara, N.K.
Date of birth
1949-04-30
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Gender
female
Nationality
Australia
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Birthplace
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Places of residence
Crete, Greece
Astros, Greece
London, England, UK
Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Education
Macquarie University (MA Hons)
University of Sydney (BA, BA Hons - History)
Occupations
children's book author
young adult writer
short-story writer
biographer
Relationships
Johnston, Martin (friend and partner)
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Nadia Wheatley (born 30 April 1949) is an award winning Australian writer of children’s fiction and non-fiction, adult non-fiction and biographies, and newspaper and journal articles. Her works often focus on "the difficulties faced by Aborigines or non-English-speaking newcomers to Australia, ... environmental issues and the effects of social change”. She has been involved in developing projects to raise children's awareness about their environment and local history.
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