About Elizabeth O'Conner
Lived 1913 – 2000 (aged 86–87). Elizabeth O'Conner was an Australian novelist.
Elizabeth O'Conner (1913 – 6 May 2000), born under the name Barbara Willard Lowe, was an Australian novelist. Elizabeth O'Conner was born in Dunedoo in New South Wales. After a childhood spent in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, she studied art in Adelaide and Sydney, before teaching at a Brisbane girls' boarding school.
She married Philip Birmingham McNamara, manager of a cattle station in March 1942 and moved to Queensland's Gulf Country, where she had four children. She died in Atherton, Queensland in 2000.
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Who was Elizabeth O'Conner?
Australian writer
When was Elizabeth O'Conner born?
Elizabeth O'Conner was born in 1913 in Dunedoo.
When did Elizabeth O'Conner die?
Elizabeth O'Conner died on 6 May 2000 in Cairns.
What was Elizabeth O'Conner's occupation?
Elizabeth O'Conner was a novelist.
What nationality was Elizabeth O'Conner?
Elizabeth O'Conner was Australian.
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