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Dymphna Cusack

Born in West Wyalong, New South Wales, Dymphna Cusack was educated at St Ursula's College[1], and graduated from Sydney University with an honours degree in Arts and a diploma in Education. She worked as a teacher until she retired in 1944 for health reasons.

Cusack wrote twelve novels (two of which were collaborations), seven plays,[2] three travel books, two children's books and one non-fiction book. Her collaborative novels were Pioneers on Parade (1939) with Miles Franklin, and Come In Spinner (1951) with Florence James.

Cusack was a foundation member of the Australian Society of Authors in 1963 and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1981 for her contribution to Australian literature.

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Australian author (1902-1981)

Born	21 September 1902
Died	19 October 1981

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Chinese women speak

by Dymphna Cusack First published in 1958
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Black lightning

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Heatwave in Berlin

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Picnic races

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Three Australian three-act plays.

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The golden girls: a play in three acts.

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Four Winds and a family

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The sun in exile: a novel

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Say no to death

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Chinese Women Speak (Century Travellers) (Traveller's)

by Dymphna Cusack First published in 1986
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The sun is not enough

by Dymphna Cusack First published in 1967
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Ilyria reborn.

by Dymphna Cusack First published in 1966
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Illyria reborn

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The New Constitutional & Administrative Law

by Dymphna Cusack First published in 2001
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Come in Spinner

by Dymphna Cusack and Florence James First published in 1999
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Morning sacrifice: a play in three acts

by Dymphna Cusack First published in 1986
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Red sky at morning: a play in three acts.

by Dymphna Cusack First published in 1942
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Come in Spinner (Angus & Robertson Classics)

by Dymphna Cusack and Florence James First published in 2002
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A bough in hell.

by Dymphna Cusack First published in 1971
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Born	21 September 1902
Died	19 October 1981

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OLID: OL635457A
BookBrainz: 5994e879-33b1-4725-8b09-6ae740ea62bf
GoodReads: 533065
ISNI: 0000000110590372
IMDb: nm1322557
Library of Congress Names: n50020527
VIAF: 41914175
Wikidata: Q101871
Inventaire.io: wd:Q101871

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