Ken Leslie Goodwin MA Dip.Ed. (Syd.), DPhil. (Oxon), Hon D.Litt. (USQ),(29 September 1934 – 12 July 2014) was an Australian academic and author. Ken Goodwin was the first of his family to attend university. After obtaining a BA Hons. and a Dip. Ed. from the

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he taught at a New South Wales high school and Wagga Wagga Teachers' College. In 1959 he accepted a position as a lecturer in English in the Department of External Studies at

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. In the

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Goodwin was made an

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in recognition of his service to literature, art administration and education.

Publications

His publications include: * A history of Australian literature London : Macmillan, 1986.

References

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