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Brian McFarlane Brian McFarlane i(A3121 works by)
Born: Established: 1934 Kaniva, Edenhope - Kaniva area, Charlton - Donald - Birchip - Woomelang area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

'Brain McFarlane taught in schools in Victoria and England, ending this career with fifteen years at Trinity Grammar, Kew, Victoria. He won a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, USA. He became an academic as a part-time tutor while still at Trinity, and he spent ten years at Monash University, where he taught literature, film, and film-and-literature, with emphasis on British cinema and literary adaptations on screen. He was Visiting Professor at the University of Hull, UK in 2007-2009.

'Now he is a writer and a film critic. In 2003 he was awarded the Centenary Medal for ‘services to the arts and literature’. He is has been an Honorary Associate Professor at Monash University, Australia. He serves on the editorial board of several film-related journals in the UK, the US and Australia, and also examines PhD theses and book proposals from those countries.' (Source: The Australian Academy of the Humanities website)

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Personal Awards

2016 recipient Order of Australia Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) For service to the arts as a teacher, film critic, reviewer and author.
2001 recipient Centenary Medal For service to Australian society and the humanities in the study of literature and the arts
1997 recipient Australian Academy of the Humanities Fellowships and Medals Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
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