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- D'Arcy Francis Niland (20 October 1917 – 29 March 1967) was an Australian farm labourer, novelist and short story writer. In 1955 he wrote The Shiralee, which gained international recognition in its depictions of the experiences of a swagman and his four-year-old daughter. It was made into a 1957 film, starring Peter Finch, and a 1987 TV mini-series, starring Bryan Brown. Niland married fellow writer Ruth Park (1917–2010) on 11 May 1942 and the couple had five children: Anne (born ca. June 1943), Rory, Patrick and twin daughters, Kilmeny (1950–2009) and Deborah (1950–present). Niland died on 29 March 1967 of a myocardial infarction, aged 49. (en)
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- Darcy Francis Niland (en)
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- Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Glen Innes (en)
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- Darcy Francis Niland (en)
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- Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia (en)
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- Anne (en)
- Patrick (en)
- Deborah (en)
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- Kilmeny (en)
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- Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia (en)
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- (en)
- novelist (en)
- short story writer (en)
- Farm labourer (en)
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- Barbara Lucy, née Egan (en)
- Francis Augustus Niland (en)
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- Northern Suburbs cemetery, Sydney (en)
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- D'Arcy Francis Niland (20 October 1917 – 29 March 1967) was an Australian farm labourer, novelist and short story writer. In 1955 he wrote The Shiralee, which gained international recognition in its depictions of the experiences of a swagman and his four-year-old daughter. It was made into a 1957 film, starring Peter Finch, and a 1987 TV mini-series, starring Bryan Brown. Niland married fellow writer Ruth Park (1917–2010) on 11 May 1942 and the couple had five children: Anne (born ca. June 1943), Rory, Patrick and twin daughters, Kilmeny (1950–2009) and Deborah (1950–present). Niland died on 29 March 1967 of a myocardial infarction, aged 49. (en)
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