Michael Fitzgerald Page Michael Fitzgerald Page i(A35677 works by)
Born: Established: 1922
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1952
Heritage: English
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BiographyHistory

Page was educated at Teignmouth, South Devon, then trained as a radio operator and went to sea at sixteen. He served in all types of ships during thirteen years at sea but settled in Adelaide after a visit to Australia. Page became a copywriter in an Adelaide advertising agency and eventually its manager. He was the publishing manager of Rigby (1967-1982). Page has written about cricket, South Australian history and the Murray River as well as The Flying Doctor Story, 1928-78 (1977). He has also written radio and television scripts for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and co-authored with Robert Ingpen (q.v.) the Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were (1985), republished as Out of This World : The Complete Book of Fantasy (1989). He also wrote the text for a retrospective entitled Robert Ingpen (1980).

(Source: The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature ed. Stella Lees and Pam Macintyre (1993))

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • For information about this author's works for children not included in AustLit, see Australian Children's Books by Marcie Muir and Kerry White (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992-2004).

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Runaway Punt Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z848464 1976 single work picture book children's humour
1978 IBBY Honour Diploma Illustration For Robert Ingpen's illustrations.
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