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Helen Avery Helen Avery i(A13886 works by) (birth name: Helen Wylie) (a.k.a. Helen C. Avery)
Born: Established: 1952 Bridgetown, Bridgetown - Nannup area, Bridgetown - Manjimup area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Helen Avery was born in Western Australia, but spent most of her childhood on a dairy farm at Jimboomba, Queensland. She studied at the University of Queensland and Kelvin Grove Teachers College, before moving to Longreach.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2020 winner Queensland Poetry Festival Awards — QRAA Ekphrasis Challenge for 'Seagull Woman' (in response to 'Seagull And Crane – A Traditional Lardil Story From Mornington Island by Joelene Roughsey, 2020')
1997 winner Australian Bush Poets Championships — Female
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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Loosely Defined West End : Erudite Scribe Writing Editing and Publishing , 2015 8837986 2015 selected work poetry

'This collection of poetry by Helen Avery comes from the manuscript that won the 2014 John Knight Memorial Poetry Manuscript Prize.'
2015 recipient John Knight Memorial Poetry Manuscript Prize
The Lonely Shore i "In the cemetery the children's graves are scattered with shells,", 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 September 1996; (p. 7) The Outer Edge: A Selection of Verse 1997; (p. 38)
1996 winner Voices of the Heartland Poetry Competition — Experienced Poet Section
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