D'Arcy Niland D'Arcy Niland i(A11785 works by) (birth name: Darcy Francis Niland) (a.k.a. D'Arcy Francis Niland; Tom Niland)
Also writes as: Darcy Niland
Born: Established: 20 Oct 1917 Glen Innes, Glen Innes area, New England, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 29 Mar 1967 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Irish
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BiographyHistory

"D'Arcy Francis Niland (1917-1967), author, was born on 20 October 1917 at Glen Innes, New South Wales, eldest of six children of native-born parents Francis Augustus Niland, a cooper who became a woolclasser, and his wife Barbara Lucy, née Egan. The family was of Irish-Catholic ancestry, a background which was to feed into much of Niland's writing. He was named after the boxer Les Darcy, but later spelt his Christian name 'D'Arcy'."

From ADB on 3/7/24 https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/niland-darcy-francis-11242

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Dadda Jumped Over Two Elephants London : Panther Books , 1961 Z247817 1961 selected work short story 'This collection of stories by the author of The Shiralee presents a raw and authentic picture of life in the Australian outback - vigorous and harsh, lonely, sometimes heartbreaking. The people and the land itself come compellingly alive to the reader under the spell of D'Arcy Niland's writing.' (Source: 1963 Michael Joseph edition)
1952 runner-up Commonwealth Jubilee Literary Competition
y separately published work icon The Big Smoke London Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1959 Z247914 1959 single work novel 'Priests and prostitutes, newspaper men and prize fighters are some of the people brilliantly framed in this novel about the tough, lusty city which is Sydney, and about some extraordinary and vital characters who touch, influence and transform one another's destinies for better or worse.' (Source: 1959 edition)
1959 runner up Commonwealth Jubilee Literary Competition — Novel Section
Dadda Jumped Over Two Elephants 1952 single work short story
— Appears in: Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1951-52 1952; (p. 193-208) The Penguin Best Stories of D'Arcy Niland 1987; (p. 159-176)
1951 joint second Commonwealth Jubilee Literary Competition — Radio Feature
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