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Lola Irish Lola Irish i(A20528 works by) (birth name: Lola Dorothy Irish) (a.k.a. Lola Dorothy Mulligan)
Born: Established: ca. 1920 Ashfield, Ashfield - Burwood area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 15 Aug 2007 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Lola Irish began her literary career writing short stories, radio scripts and plays, and stage plays before concentrating on writing novels. She wrote both contemporary and historical novels and has twice received a One-Year Fellowship from the Literature Board of Australia. Irish was a member of the Australian Society of Authors from 1964 until her death at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, in 2007.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Streets of Dust : A Novel Based on the Life of Caroline Chisholm Kirribilli : Eldorado Publishing , 1993 Z508515 1993 single work novel historical fiction

'A rich chronicle of Australia's early immigrants and Caroline Chisholm, the woman who dared to challenge the upper-class bureaucracy of the day.' (Trove)
1995 winner Society of Women Writers, New South Wales, Awards — Book Award for Best Novel
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