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Nourma
Handford
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Nourma
Morrison
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Nourma
Abbotsmith
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Nourma
Abbott-Smith
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2 Oct 1903
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Brisbane
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4 Jan 1995
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Queensland
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Female
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Nourma Handford worked as a journalist and was the editor of the
Australian Women's Digest
for three years. She mostly wrote teenage romances, but also published four novels for adults. She married Eric Handford in 1927.
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Carcoola Adventure
,
1952
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1952
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Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award
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Book of the Year Award
Carcoola : A Story for Girls
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1950
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1951
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Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award
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Book of the Year Award
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