Nourma Handford Nourma Handford i(A20280 works by) (birth name: Nourma Morrison)
Also writes as: Nourma Abbotsmith ; Nourma Abbott-Smith
Born: Established: 2 Oct 1903 Brisbane, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 4 Jan 1995 New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Nourma Handford worked as a journalist and was the editor of the Australian Women's Digest for three years. She mostly wrote teenage romances, but also published four novels for adults. She married Eric Handford in 1927.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Carcoola Adventure Sydney : Dymocks , 1952 Z430106 1952 single work novel young adult romance

'Hope, a country girl manages her father's sheep property. Fran is her house guest and, being newry engaged, is inclined to live in a romantic vacuum. Rory is a typical schoolboy with outstanding talent in the game of harassing adults.

'The adventure come to a climax when three cattle thieves are captured.'

Source:

'Literary Nook', Cairns Post, 27 September 1952, p.8.

1952 commended CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year Award
y separately published work icon Carcoola : A Story for Girls Sydney : Dymocks , 1950 Z429903 1950 single work novel young adult romance

A newspaper report on the novel's commendation at the Children's Book Council Book of the Year awards described it as 'a tale of schoolgirl twins on an outback station, with a romance between their brother and a squatter's daughter thrown in.'

Source:

'Prizewinner for Children', Sunday Herald, 5 August 1951, p.11.

1951 commended CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year Award
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