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Dulcie Dunlop Ladds Dulcie Dunlop Ladds i(A3107 works by) (birth name: Isabel Dulcie Dunlop) (a.k.a. Isabel Dunlop; Isabel Dulcie Dunlop Ladds)
Also writes as: Dulcie Dunlop
Born: Established: 13 May 1906 Brisbane, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 17 Apr 1970 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Dulcie Dunlop Ladds was an author of numerous short stories, poetry and plays. She set most of her stories in Queensland. She lived for some years with her husband Charles Ladds at Burleigh Heads on a banana plantation, which provided the subject matter for her most well-known play We Have Our Dreams.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Several reference sources including the Oxford Companion to Australian Literature give Ladds's birth date as 1972. Death notices and obituaries, including one in the Gold Coast Bulletin, 5 May 1970, p.4 confirm her death date as 1970.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon We Have Our Dreams : An Australian Play in Three Acts Brisbane : Jacaranda Press , 1957 Z176888 1957 single work drama
1942 winner C.J. Dennis Memorial Competition
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Known archival holdings

University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library (QLD)
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See Also
Charles Ladds
Lola Tarnawski
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