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Georgia Savage Georgia Savage i(A11077 works by) (birth name: Jillian Gunton) (a.k.a. Jill Savage; Jill Gunton)
Born: Established: 1928 Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Savage was educated at the Methodist Ladies' College in Launceston, Tasmania. She married Carlton Australian Football League player Ron Savage in late 1949. After her husband sustained a severe injury in an industrial accident, Savage went back to work but spent her lunch hours and evenings writing her first novel. She has contributed to Australian Book Review, the Sydney Bulletin, the Australian, Island Magazine and Overland.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • In Savage’s entry in BAL P-Z, her birth name is incorrectly given as Georgia Gunton.

Personal Awards

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Ceremony at Lang Nho Ringwood : McPhee Gribble , 1994 Z539240 1994 single work novel
1995 winner Tilly Aston Award for Braille Book of the Year
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