Awards: Commonwealth Literary Fund fellowship, 1966, 1968, 1972 Miles Franklin award, 1968, 1969 Captain Cook Bicentenary prize, 1970 Royal Society of Literature Heinemann award, 1973 Booker prize, 1982 Los Angeles Times award, 1983. Member: Australia-China Council, 1978-83 member of the advisory panel, Australian Constitutional Commission, 1985-88 member, Australian Literary Arts Board, 1985-88 president, National Book Council of Australia, 1985-89 chairman, Australian Society of Authors, 1987. Career: High school teacher in Sydney, 1960-64 lecturer in drama, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, 1968-69 lived in the U.S., 1975-77 visiting professor of English, University of California, Irvine, 1985 Berg Professor of English, New York University, 1988. Military Service: Australian Citizens Military Forces. Patrick's College, Strathfield, New South Wales studied for the priesthood 1953-60, and studied law.
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