Marjorie Faith Barnard

Marjory in some sources; nom de plume M Barnard Eldershaw
Writer
Born
16 August 1897, Ashfield, New South Wales
Died
8 May 1987, North Gosford, New South Wales
Sex
Female
Father
Oswald Holme Barnard (clerk)
Mother
Ethel Frances Alford

Degrees

1920Bachelor of ArtsThe University of Sydney

Career

  • DLitt hc Syd 1986.
  • Novelist, short-story writer, historian and librarian.
  • Library Asst, Syd Tech Coll 1923, Librarian-in-Charge.
  • Librarian at CSIR/CSIRO 1942-50.
  • Wrote several novels in collaboration with Flora Sydney Eldershaw (1897-1956).
  • OAM 1980.

Sources

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