Leone Healy Leone Healy i(A130900 works by) (birth name: Leone Lillian Radburn) (a.k.a. Leone Lillian Healy)
Born: Established: 1937 Neville, Blayney area, Blayney - Cowra - Grenfell area, Central West NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 19 Mar 2010 Pennant Hills, Epping - Pennant Hills area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Leone Healy grew up in western central New South Wales before moving to Sydney to train as a nurse at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Following her marriage in 1959 she moved to Cootamundra and Wagga Wagga. The birth of her fourth child, who was deaf, set Healy on a path of activism and dedication in the field of disability services. She was elected to the Orange City Council and gained a Social Science degree from Charles Sturt University in the 1970s. Healy later worked as a community consultant and in government.

In her retirement, Healy studied writing under Patti Miller and Sue Woolfe, and went on to teach classes in life writing.

Source: 'The "Quiet Mouse" Who Learned to Roar', Penelope Nelson, Sydney Morning Herald, 'Weekend Business' (27-28 March 2010): 12.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon A Country Childhood Moorooka : Boolarong Press , 2008 Z1668246 2008 single work autobiography
2009 highly commended SWW Book Awards Non Fiction
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