Margaret Hazzard

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Margaret Hazzard is an Australian author native to Norfolk Island.

In 1970 Hazzard formed the Victorian Branch of the Society of Women Writers and was elected chair from 1970-74. The Society established the biennial Margaret Hazzard Award in 1980 in recognition of her contribution.[1]

Hazzard dies in 1987 and is buried at Mount Macedon, Victoria.[1]

[edit] Bibliography

  • Convicts and Commandants of Norfolk Island 1788-1855 (1978) (oclc 34337228)
  • The life & work of Ellis Rowan (c.1983) (isbn 0642992401)
  • Australia’s brilliant daughter, Ellis Rowan : artist, naturalist, explorer, 1848-1922 (1984) (isbn 0909104735)
  • Punishment Short of Death: A History of the Penal Settlement at Norfolk Island(1984) (isbn 0908090641)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Saluting our proud tradition of women writers and writing: the Margaret Hazzard story. The Society of Women Writers. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.


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