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Elizabeth Honey
Elizabeth Madden HoneyHer first name in German-language publications is usually given as "Elisabeth" (e.gAmazon (born 7 February 1947) is an Australian children's author, illustrator and poet, best known for her picture books and middle-grade novels. Her books have been published internationally. She lives in Richmond, Melbourne. In 1997, she won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book for ''Not a Nibble''. She also received the Prize Cento and the Young Australians Best Book Award (YABBA) for ''45 & 47 Stella Street and everything that Happened''. In 2001, she was the recipient of the Australian Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature. Life and career Honey was born in the coal mining town of Wonthaggi in Gippsland, Victoria. She grew up on a dairy farm, the third in a family of four. A sickly child she became an avid reader. After the family moved to a farm near Geelong she attended high school at Morongo Girls' College. In Melbourne, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonthaggi
Wonthaggi is a seaside town located south east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland and Bass Highways, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Known originally for its coal mining, it is now the largest town in South Gippsland, a regional area with extensive tourism, beef and dairy industries. The name "Wonthaggi" is an Australian Aboriginal name meaning "home" from the Boonwurrung (south-central Kulin). It was used in the area some time before 1 August 1910 when the town was founded. History The Boonwurrung aboriginal people were custodians of this stretch of coast for thousands of years prior to white settlement. The Boakoolawal clan lived in the Kilcunda area south of the Bass River, and the Yowenjerre were west of the Tarwin River along what is now the Bunurong Marine and Coastal Park. Middens containing charcoal and shellfish mark the location of their campsites along the coast. Coal was discovered by explorer William Hovell at Cape Paterson in 1826 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Post
Australia Post, formally the Australian Postal Corporation, is the government business enterprise that provides postal services in Australia. The head office of Australia Post is located in Bourke Street, Melbourne, which also serves as a post office. Australia Post is the successor of the Postmaster-General's Department, which was established at federation in 1901 as the successor to colonial post services. In 1975, the department was abolished and its postal functions were taken over by the Australian Postal Commission. The organisation's current name and structure were adopted in 1989 as part of a process of corporatisation. History Colonial Australia (pre―1901) Before colonial control of mail started in 1809, mail was usually passed on by ad hoc arrangements made between transporters, storekeepers and settlers. These arrangements were flexible, and inherently unstable. It was common for early settlers to ride many miles out of their way to deliver neighbours' mail t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wilderness Society (Australia)
The Wilderness Society is an Australian, community-based, not-for-profit non-governmental environmental advocacy organisation. Its vision is to "transform Australia into a society that protects, respects and connects with the natural world that sustains us." It is a community-based organisation with a philosophy of non-violence and consensus decision-making. While the Wilderness Society is a politically unaligned group, it actively engages the community to lobby politicians and parties. The Wilderness Society comprises a number of separately incorporated organisations and has Campaign Centres located in all Australian capital cities (except Darwin and Canberra) and a number of regional centres. History The Wilderness Society was formed initially as the Tasmanian Wilderness Society (TWS) and was transition from the South West Tasmania Action Committee. The group was originally established in 1976 from the members of the Lake Pedder Action Committee and the Southwest Tasmani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction. , the Awards are presented by the NSW Government and administered by the State Library of New South Wales in association with Create NSW, with support of Multicultural NSW and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Total prize money in 2019 was up to A$305,000, with eligibility limited to writers, translators and illustrators with Australian citizenship or permanent resident status. History The NSW Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities. If governments treat writers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COOL Award
The COOL Awards is an annual children's choice award voted on by students in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Children are encouraged to read and vote for their favourite books. The votes are tallied and the awards made. The COOL Award name is an acronym, standing for Canberra’s Own Outstanding List. The ACT Public Library currently convenes the awards and they are administered by a committee representing ACT Government, Catholic and Independent Schools, the ACT Public Library and the Children's Book Council of Australia, ACT Branch. The award was first made in 1991. Award categories and descriptions There are four categories of the COOL awards: * for most popular Picture Book * for most popular Fiction for Younger Readers * for most popular Fiction for Older Readers * for most popular Fiction for Years 7-9 (commenced in 2007) List of COOL Award winners Picture Book Award Fiction for Younger Readers Award Fiction for Older Readers Award Fict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Festival Awards For Literature
The Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature comprise a group of biennially-granted literary awards established in 1986 by the Government of South Australia, announced during Adelaide Writers' Week, as part of the Adelaide Festival. The awards include national as well as state-based prizes, and offer three fellowships for South Australian writers. Several categories have been added to the original four. History and description The Awards were created by the South Australian government in 1986. They are currently administered by the State Library of South Australia and awarded during Writers' Week as part of the Adelaide Festival. The Premier's Award is the richest prize, worth , and awarded for the best overall published work which has already won an award in one of the other categories. Other national awards, worth each as of 2018, are the Fiction Award, Children's Literature Award, Young Adult's Fiction Award, John Bray Poetry Award, and the Non-Fiction Award. South Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Younger Readers
Younger or Youngers may refer to: People * Younger (surname) * List of people known as the Elder or the Younger Arts and entertainment * ''Younger'', an American novel by Pamela Redmond Satran ** ''Younger'' (TV series), an American sitcom based on the novel * "Younger" (Seinabo Sey song), 2013 * "Younger" (Ruel song), 2018 * "Younger", (Jonas Blue and Hrvy song), 2019 * ''Youngers'', a British teen drama * "Younger", a song by Dala from ''Everyone Is Someone'', 2009 * "Younger", a song by Olly Murs from '' You Know I Know'', 2018 * the Younger family, fictional characters in the play ''A Raisin in the Sun'' Other uses * ''Younger v. Harris'', a decision of the United States Supreme Court * Younger Hall, the main music venue in St Andrews, Scotland * Viscount Younger of Leckie, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * Younger (title), the title traditionally given to the heir apparent to a laird * Youngers, Missouri Youngers is an unincorporated community in northwest Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dugan (poet)
Michael Dugan (1947 – 16 March 2006) was an Australian poet, children's writer, and editor. In 1968, he first published his own small poetry magazine, ''Crosscurrents'', from the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury. He created the ''King Hippo Poetry Band'' who performed folk-rock versions of well-known poems. With Phillip Edmonds and Robert Kenny, he was involved in the development of ''Contempa Publications''. In the 1970s, he worked as a consultant to the publisher Jacaranda Press, and was the editor of ''The Australian Library News'' Furthermore, Dugan co-founded and edited ''Bookmark''. In the 1980s, he was a consultant and an editor for the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs. He worked as poetry editor of ''Overland magazine'' for many years. He served as vice-president of the ''Victorian Fellowship of Australian Writers''. He has also written plays and scripts for radio. Along with his works in children's literature, Dugan has an extensive background in Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christobel Mattingley
Christobel Rosemary Mattingley (1931 – 1 June 2019) was an award-winning Australian author of books for children and adults. Her book ''Rummage'' won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers and Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book in 1982. In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours Mattingley was made a Member of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Order (distinction), honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarchy of Australia, Queen of Aus ... for "service to literature, particularly children's literature, and for community service through her commitment to social and cultural issues". Her last book was ''Maralinga's long shadow: Yvonne's story'', which was published in 2016 and won the 2017 the Young People's History Prize at the NSW Premier's History Awards. Bibliography Children's books * * * * * Young ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mayne
William James Carter Mayne (16 March 1928 – 24 March 2010) was an English people, English writer of children's fiction. ''The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature'' calls him one of the outstanding children's authors of the 20th century and The Times Literary Supplement reportedly called him "the most original good writer for young people in our time". In 2004, he was convicted of sexual abuse of young readers and received a jail sentence. Life Mayne was born in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, the son of a doctor. He attended school until the age of 17 but "the only part of his education he valued" was five years at the choir school attached to Canterbury Cathedral; those experiences were the foundation for his Choir School series of four novels. The school was Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II, evacuated during the Second World War from Kent to Cornwall.Mayne, William (2000). ''A Year and a Day''. London: Walker Books. Page 4. He lived for most of his life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Lurie
Moses "Morris" Lurie (30 October 19388 October 2014) was an Australian writer of comic novels, short stories, essays, plays, and children's books. His work focused on the comic mishaps of Jewish-Australian men (often writers) of Lurie's generation, who are invariably jazz fans. Biography Lurie was born Moses LurieJohn Van Tiggelen, "The bitter pen", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 6 November 1999, Good Weekend, p. 55 in 1948 to Arie and Esther Lurie (Jewish emigrants from Poland) at the Royal Women's Hospital in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne.Morris Lurie profile ", Penguin Books, retrieved 2010-01-21 He was named after an uncle who had died in Poland. He was schooled at Elwood Central School, Prahran Technical School and Melbourne High School, and then st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Lester
Alison Jean Lester (born 17 November 1952) is an Australian author and illustrator who has published over 25 children's picture books and two young adult novels; ''The Quickstand Pony'' and ''The Snow Pony''. In 2005 Lester won the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year for her children's book, ''Are We There Yet?: A Journey around Australia''. Her books have been published worldwide. Early years and education Alison Lester was born in Foster, Victoria, Australia. She grew up on a farm overlooking the sea. She was educated at St Margaret's School in Berwick, Victoria, where she stayed as a boarder.AusLit: Alison Lester accessed: 26-10-2015) She achieved a higher diploma in teaching at The [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
