Dorothy Auchterlonie

Dorothy Auchterlonie
Born	1915 County Durham, England
Died	1991 Australia
Other names	Dorothy Green
Occupation	Journalist, academic, poet
Spouse	Henry Mackenzie Green

Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915-1991) was born in County Durham in England.

She was educated in both England and Australia, and studied at the University of Sydney. She taught at various schools, and in 1961 became the first female lecturer at Monash University, lecturing in literature. Her teaching career included positions at both the Australian National University and the Australian Defence Force Academy.

Auchterlonie was awarded an AOM in 1984 and an AO in 1998 for her services to literature, teaching and writing.^[1]

In 1944, Auchterlonie married H. M. Green, who was then the Librarian at the University of Sydney.

On her death in 1991 a collection of writing and papers was purchased by the National Library of Australia.^[2] Additional papers and documents are are held in the Australian Defence Force Academy Library, Canberra.

Bibliography

• Kaleidoscope (1940)
• Fourteen Minutes (1950; with H. M. Green)
• Something to Someone: Poems (Brindabella Press, Canberra, 1983)
• The music of love: critical essays on literature and life (Penguin Books, 1984)
• Ulysses bound: a study of Henry Handel Richardson and her fiction (Allen & Unwin, 1986)
• Descent of spirit: writing of E.L. Grant Watson (1990)

Notes

References

• Fisher, Thea (1992). The poetry of Dorothy (Auchterlonie) Green. 10264798 (Australian Library Collections). 
• MS 5678 Papers of Dorothy Green (1915-1991)

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NAME	Auchterlonie, Dorothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Green, Dorothy
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australianwriter and academic
DATE OF BIRTH	1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Durham, England
DATE OF DEATH	1991
PLACE OF DEATH	Australia

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