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Penelope Hetherington Penelope Hetherington i(A120853 works by)
Born: Established: 1928
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Australia,
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Gender: Female
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Penelope Hetherington's work of Western Australian history, Paupers, Poor Relief and Poor Houses in Western Australia, 1829 to 1910 (2009) won the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, West Australian History Award in 2009. She has also written or edited several other books including British Paternalism and Africa, 1920-1940 (1978) and The Making of a Labor Politician (1982).

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Personal Awards

2014 winner Margaret Medcalf Award for The Marriage Knot: Marriage & divorce in colonial Western Australia 1829–1900 (Monograph published by UWA Publishing)
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