Mavis Thorpe ClarkAM "for service to the arts as the author of children's literature and as an active member of the writer's organisations in Australia"[21]
Susanna de VriesAM "for service to art as an author and lecturer in Australian and European art history and history"[22]
Christobel MattingleyAM "for service to literature, particularly children's literature, and for community service through her commitment to social and cultural issues"[23]
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated,
ordered alphabetically by
surname) of deaths in 1996 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
12 February —
Betty Roland, writer of plays, screenplays, novels, children's books and comics (born
1903)[40]
^Anderson, Fay,
"Godfrey Verge (Geof) Blunden (1906–1996)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 13 February 2024
Mavis Thorpe ClarkAM "for service to the arts as the author of children's literature and as an active member of the writer's organisations in Australia"[21]
Susanna de VriesAM "for service to art as an author and lecturer in Australian and European art history and history"[22]
Christobel MattingleyAM "for service to literature, particularly children's literature, and for community service through her commitment to social and cultural issues"[23]
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated,
ordered alphabetically by
surname) of deaths in 1996 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
12 February —
Betty Roland, writer of plays, screenplays, novels, children's books and comics (born
1903)[40]
^Anderson, Fay,
"Godfrey Verge (Geof) Blunden (1906–1996)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 13 February 2024