Eleanor Dark (née O'Reilly was an Australian author whose novels included "Prelude to Christopher" (1934) and "Return to Coolami" (1936), both winners of the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for literature. Eleanor Dark was born in Sydney, the only child of poet Dowell Philip O'Reilly. On finishing school and unable to enter university having failed mathematics, she learnt typing and took a secretarial job. Wikipedia
In 1951, Eleanor and Eric Dark went to Queensland, to join their son Michael and the writer Eric Lowe in the farming community of Montville. www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27307256_ITM
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Sydney Writers' Festival Photos Varuna - The Writers' House is Michael Dark's gift to Australian literature in memory of his parents, the novelist Eleanor Dark and Dr. Eric Dark. www.varuna.com.au/
