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(a.k.a.
Hanrahan, Barbara Janice
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Born: 6 Sep 1939 Adelaide, South Australia
Died: 1 Dec 1991 Adelaide, South Australia
Gender: Female
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Full biographical information is only available to AustLit Subscribers. A truncated and unformatted biographical extract follows: Barbara Hanrahan was the only daughter of William Maurice ('Bob' ) Hanrahan and his wife Ronda (Goodridge). Her father died of tuberculosis the day after her first birthday. She grew up in her grandmother's house in Rose St, Thebarton with her mother (a commercial artist), her grandmother and her grandmother's sister Reece, who had Down Syndrome, and this background features strongly in her writing. She was educated at Thebarton infant, primary and technical schools. In 1955 she moved to Oakland....To gain full access to the AustLit database become a subscriber. |
Last amended:
30 Sep 2008