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'It is with great sorrow that we note the passing of Kilmeny Niland. She was a shining light in Australian children's books, an outstanding illustrator and writer, a highly accomplished artist in her own right, with a painting of her mother acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, a loving wife and a devoted mother to four boys.'