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Special Achievements
- 1966 & 1967 - Won The Grenfell Prose award.
- 1975 - Awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to literature.
- 1977 - Queen’s Jubilee Medal.
- 1988 - Bicentennial medal.
- 2006 - Awarded Order of Australia, for Service to Literature and through a range of professional organisations mentoring aspiring writers. Was the first woman president of the Toy & Games Manufacturers of Australia.
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- Author of "One Woman's World" (poems) and "The Washerwoman's Dream." Has over 26 published books.
- She is a past president of the Society of Women Writers.
- Hilarie has run her family’s toy company, A.L Lindsay & Co, in Leichhardt, Sydney, for more than 40 years.
- 1991 - Bachelor of Arts.
- 1993 - Sydney University Women’s Sports Association Physical Fitness silver medal.
- 1994 - Sydney University Women’s Sports Association Physical Fitness gold medal. 1997 - Doctorate of Philosophy.
Resources
Link - Our Patron Dr Hilarie Lindsay MBE OAM
Henry Lawson Festival
Link - Hilarie Lindsay MBE OAM PhD (Syd.)
Positively Remarkable
Link - Hilarie Lindsay
The University of Queensland
Image - Hilarie Lindsay MBE OAM PhD (Syd.)
Photo used with permission of Diane Macdonald.
Image - Dr Hilarie Lindsay, MBE, OAM
Courtesy of Auburn Carr, Weddin Shire Counsil