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David Cox David Cox i(A34546 works by) (a.k.a. David Dundas Cox)
Born: Established: 1933 Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi area, Darling Downs, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

David Cox grew up on sheep and cattle stations in Western Queensland, beginning school through correspondence. Later he attended primary schools in Charleville and Toowoomba then Rockhampton Grammar School.

Cox worked on rural stations for five years in the Blackall and Quilpie districts of Queensland. In 1954 he enrolled at the St Martin's School of Art in London. In his first year of study, he received his first commission to illustrate a book, a task that he completed under the direction of Sheila Hawkins. Cox spent eight years in Europe, mainly in London, but also painting in France and Spain.

In 1962 he returned to Australia and worked for the Courier-Mail in Brisbane. He has received commendations and awards for his children's books in addition to a Walkeley Award for newspaper illustration in 1978. Cox has also co-authored a book on Indonesian travel, children's drama and written lyrics for numerous music scores composed by his wife, Betty Beath (q.v.). He has lived for many years in the Brisbane suburb of Highgate Hill.

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y separately published work icon The House on the Mountain Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2019 14967991 2019 single work picture book children's

'The powerful story of a family who lose their home in a bushfire and their journey of recovery—commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the 2009 Victorian Black Saturday bushfires.

'There is a fire coming, and we need to move quickly. Mum and Dad start packing bags, grabbing woollen blankets, the first-aid kit, torches and then the photo albums. Dad puts Ruby on her lead and ties her up near the back door. My chest feels hollow, like a birdcage.

'Atmospheric and intensely moving, this is the story of a family experiencing a bushfire, its devastating aftermath and the long process of healing and rebuilding.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2020 shortlisted Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature — Award for Children's Literature
y separately published work icon The Fair Dinkum War Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2013 Z1914571 2013 single work children's fiction children's 'That morning, something important happened. It began with a great rumble that came in through our classroom window and rumbled on and on. We all ran out into the school yard and hung on the fence and gazed in wonder. An endless line of trucks and jeeps and tanks and weapons carriers came around the corner and along our street, all of them with big white stars on their sides. There were big cannons, too. Soldiers in the trucks waved to us. We wouldn't have guessed there were so many trucks in the whole wide world. They rumbled right through the morning break and when we came out for lunch they still rolled by. Then they were gone, heading north to where the war was being fought.' (Publisher's blurb)
2013 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Lower Primary
y separately published work icon The Road to Goonong Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2011 Z1811234 2011 single work picture book children's 'The road to Goonong was just a pair of wheel tracks packed down by buggies and drays that had travelled that way over the years. It ran through forest and passed by farmhouses and the hut where the Schmidt boys lived. Goonong, our farm, was at the end of the road. We had beef cattle and dairy cattle, and there was plenty of room to play and plenty of horses to ride. It was a time when timber-cutters felled big ironbarks and blacksmiths' hammers rang out from the forge. The skies were always blue over Goonong...

With laid-back charm, bush humour and a spirit of optimism, David Cox captures the joy and freedom, as well as the harsh reality of farming life during the Great Depression.' (Publisher's blurb)
2012 Notable book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2012 Notable Book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year
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