H. M. Tolcher H. M. Tolcher i(A21940 works by) (a.k.a. Helen Mary Forbes Tolcher; H. Tolcher)
Born: Established: 1928 Werrimull, Mildura area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

H. M. Tolcher was born in northern Victoria but lived in South Australia, being educated at Gawler High School and St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School. She was Honorary Assistant in the Archaeology department of the South Australian Museum in the 1970s.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Tolcher also published a number of non-fiction historical and anthropological books, including the following:

    • Drought or Deluge : Man in the Cooper's Creek Region, Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1986.
    • Innamincka : The Town with Two Lives, Innamincka, SA: Innamincka Progress Association, 1990.
    • Conrick of Nappa Merrie: A Pioneer on Cooper Creek, Linden Park, SA: Helen M. Tolcher, 1997.
    • Rogues and Heroes: Policing the Cooper 1876-1952, South Australia: H.M. Tolcher, 1999.
    • Seed of the Coolibah: A History of the Yandruwandha and Yawarrawarrka People, Linden Park, SA: H.M. Tolcher, 2003.

Personal Awards

1974 Winner Jessie Litchfield Award for Literature For her unpublished novel 'Starling in the Chimney'.
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