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Cusack, Dymphna (1902 - 1981)

Born
1902
Died
1981
Occupation
Novelist

Details

Cusack published 12 novels including, Pioneers on Parade (1939) with Miles Franklin and Come in Spinner (1951) with Florence James. Come in Spinner was made into a television series by the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1989.
She also wrote children's fiction, books on travel and eight plays, including Morning Sacrifice (1943).

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Book Sections

  • Milner, Andrew, 'Radical Intellectuals: an unacknowledged legislature?', in Verity Burgmann and Jenny Lee (eds), Constructing a culture: a people's history of Australia since 1788, McPhee Gribble/ Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 259-84. PDF Details

Journal Articles

  • Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 'Some thoughts on Australian Literature', The Realist, no. 15, 1964, p. 11. PDF Details

Novels

  • Cusack, Dymphna & James, Florence, Come in spinner, 1955 edn, William Heineman Ltd, Melbourne, 1-13 pp. Details