Australian biographer, literary critic and journalist
Dr Brenda Mary NiallAO FAHA (born 25 November 1930) is an Australian biographer, literary critic and journalist. She is particularly noted for her work on Australia's well-known Boyd family of artists and writers. Educated at Genazzano FCJ College, in Kew, Victoria, and the University of Melbourne, Niall began writing during her time as Reader in the Department of English at Monash University.[1]
In June 2004 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "services to Australian literature, as an academic, biographer and literary critic"[2] while in 2001 she was awarded the Centenary Medal for "service to Australian Society and the humanities in the study of Australian literature".[3] In 1990 she was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.[4]
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^"Fellows: Brenda Niall". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
Dr Brenda Mary Niall AO FAHA (born 25 November 1930) is an Australian biographer, literary critic and journalist. She is particularly noted for her work...
Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2010. "Brenda Blethyn & Niall Buggy star in Edna O'Brien's play Haunted". Ulstertatler.com. Archived...
Link project. Niall was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2017. Niall is the nephew of academic, biographer and literary critic BrendaNiall AO FAHA. "Solicitor-General...
23–24. Niall, Brenda (1994). Georgiana. p. 17. Niall, Brenda (1994). Georgiana. p. 25. Niall, Brenda (1994). Georgiana. p. 20. Niall, Brenda (1994)....
Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles Ross McMullin – Pompey Elliott BrendaNiall – The Boyds : A Family Biography Don Watson – Recollections of a Bleeding...
Auntie Rita Finalist Simone Lazaroo The World Waiting to be Made Finalist BrendaNiall Georgiana Finalist Susan Varga Heddy and me Finalist 1996 Judy Cassab...
Australian past than the one which prevails in the book's first edition." BrendaNiall has suggested that the omission may have been due to the extensive advertising...
Recreational Portal (Retrieved 23-July-2007) Tyranny of the tape recorder by BrendaNiall ABR of Margaret Olley: Far from a Still Life by Meg Stewart Margaret...
presenter Michael Leunig – cartoonist Campbell McComas – comedian and actor BrendaNiall – author Nikolai Nikolaeff – actor Eva Orner – Academy-Award-winning...
the only writer in his ancient family amongst painters and artists. BrendaNiall, Boyd's biographer, comments, "His family seems to have been one of those...
Deveson, author (born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)(died 2016) 25 November – BrendaNiall, biographer Unknown date Mena Kasmiri Abdullah, short story writer Gavin...
Roberts for Before Rupert: Keith Murdoch and the Birth of a Dynasty 2016: BrendaNiall for Mannix 2015: Philip Butterss for An Unsentimental Bloke: The Life...
Shastra Deo – The Agonist 2017: Zoe Morrison – Music and Freedom 2016: BrendaNiall – Mannix 2015: Jennifer Maiden – Drones and Phantoms 2014: Alexis Wright...
Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2018. Niall, Brenda (2007). "Boyd, Guy Martin à Beckett (1923–1988)". Australian Dictionary...
Oxford: Routledge, 2017, 159–160. BrendaNiall, The Boyds, Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 2007, 150. BrendaNiall, Martin Boyd: A Life, Carlton...
nowhere. Her work was soon eclipsed by her younger sister's and, as BrendaNiall states: "Accepting what she saw as a lesser aim, she turned to the 'flapper'...
Retrieved 16 July 2023. "Charlton, Ethel Jean Sophia (Jean) (1898–1930) by BrendaNiall". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 July 2023. "Llywelyn...
via National Library of Australia. "Elizabeth Durack". lambiek.net. BrendaNiall, True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack, Text Publishing...
Retrieved 13 July 2023. "Boyd, Guy Martin à Beckett (1923–1988) by BrendaNiall". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 24 June 2023. "Davison...
anthology, Murder Pie, published by Angus and Robertson in 1936. Douglas, BrendaNiall. "Turner, Ethel Mary (1870–1958)". Australian Dictionary of Biography...
Biography. Retrieved 10 July 2023. "Turner, Ethel Mary (1870–1958) by BrendaNiall". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 10 July 2023. "Bruce...
in 2014 as part of its Text Classics series with an introduction by BrendaNiall. 1962 in Australian literature Austlit - When Blackbirds Sing by Martin...
Secrets Beyond the Screen Wendy McCarthy – Don't Be Too Polite, Girls BrendaNiall – My Accidental Career Heather Rose – Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here Note:...
in 2012 as part of its Text Classics series with an introduction by BrendaNiall. 1952 in Australian literature Austlit - The Cardboard Crown by Martin...
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