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The Australian Literature Resource
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Born: 1 Oct 1948 Taranaki, New Zealand
Died: 24 Jul 1997 Adelaide, South Australia
Gender: Female
Heritage: New Zealander
Arrived in Australia: 1982
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Full biographical information is only available to AustLit Subscribers. A truncated and unformatted biographical extract follows: Writing primarily for a readership of older children and young adults, Caroline Macdonald created stories that frequently featured 'young people' who were 'lonely and physically or emotionally isolated from others'. The author spent her formative years in New Zealand, growing up as the youngest (by eleven years) of four siblings and this childhood experience had a lasting resonance for Macdonald whose writing reflected a 'particular interest in isolated characters'. The daughter of an electric....To gain full access to the AustLit database become a subscriber. |
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Last amended:
2 Feb 2007