Ronald McKie
BornRonald Cecil Hamlyn McKie
(1909-12-11)11 December 1909
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Died8 May 1991(1991-05-08) (aged 81)
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAustralian
Period1940–1988
Notable worksThe Mango Tree
Notable awardsMiles Franklin Award, 1974

Ronald Cecil Hamlyn McKie (11 December 1909 – 8 May 1991) was an Australian novelist. He was born on 11 May 1909 in Toowoomba, Queensland. After receiving his education at the Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland, he worked as a journalist on newspapers in Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, and China. He served in the AIF during World War II from 1942–1943, following which he served as war correspondent for several Australian and UK newspapers. After the war he worked for Sydney's Daily Telegraph.[1] McKie died from kidney disease on 8 May 1991 in Canterbury, Melbourne, Australia.[2]

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The Australian Dictionary of Biography references a biography and cites other references.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Austlit - Ronald McKie
  2. ^ Taylor, Cheryl web, McKie, Ronald Cecil (1909–1991), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 18 May 2019
  3. ^ Taylor, Cheryl web, McKie, Ronald Cecil (1909–1991), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 18 May 2019


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