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(birth name:
Kelly, Eleanor Rachel
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(a.k.a.
Spence, Eleanor Rachel Therese
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Born: 21 Oct 1928 Sydney, New South Wales
Died: 30 Sep 2008 Erina, New South Wales
Gender: Female
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A truncated and unformatted biographical extract follows:Eleanor Spence was born in Sydney and spent her childhood years at Erina on the New South Wales central coast. After finishing secondary school at Gosford High she won a scholarship enabling her to attend Sydney University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1949. During the 1950s Spence worked as a teacher and children's librarian in Australia and in the United Kingdom. Through this experience she became interested in writing for children and saw her first novel, Patterson's Track, publis....
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Last amended:
2 Dec 2008