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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Brenda Niall's Life of Archbishop Mannix Wins Australia's Oldest Literary Prize
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'Among the first things Brenda Niall read about the novelist Martin Boyd, one of her early biographical subjects, was that in 1928 he had been the inaugural winner of the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for his novel The Montforts. It was published under the pseudonym Martin Mills because Boyd had based the book on his mother's family. Winning the medal revealed his real identity. ...'

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  • Includes portrait of Brenda Niall

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    y separately published work icon Brisbane Times 6 July 2016 9698657 2016 newspaper issue 2016
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