Birth date: 08/16/1865. Mary was born Circa January 1 1775. https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/mary-gilmore In her honor, the Association for the Study of Australian Literature awards the Mary Gilmore Prize every two years for the best first book of poetry. Death date: 12/03/1962. She was accorded the first state funeral to a writer since the death of Henry Lawson in 1922. Obituary for Mary Gilmore. Biography of Dame Mary Gilmore Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales. Dame Mary Gilmore died on 3 December 1962. With great sorrow, Mary’s family announces her passing on Monday, October 2, 2017, at West Park Manor at the age of 100 years. Trump’s Rose Garden reading is recounted in the final chapter of Good for the Soul. In 1937 she was made Dame Mary Gimore by King George VI for her services to Australian Literature. Curtin actually knew Dame Mary and counted her a firm friend. Photo credit: State Library of Victoria. John was born on January 1 1772, in Ireland. She wrote both prose and poetry. Dame Mary Jean Gilmore (née Cameron; 16 August 1865 – 3 December 1962) was an Australian writer and journalist known for her prolific contributions to Australian literature and the broader national discourse. Dame Mary Gilmore DBE (16 August 1865 - 3 December 1962) was a prominent socialist Australian poet and journalist. Dame Mary Gilmore died in 1962, at ninety-seven years old. When Mary was one year old her parents, Donald and Mary Ann, decided to move to Wagga Wagga to join her maternal grandparents, the Beatties, who had moved there from Penrith, New South Wales in 1866. "She was a communist - I'm not kidding," the conservative prime minister told a travelling companion. Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales. 1 Life 1.1 Literary career 1.2 Later life 2 Recognition 3 Publications 3.1 Poetry 3.2 Non-fiction 3.3 Juvenile 3.4 Edited 3.5 Letters 4 See also 5 References 5.1 Notes 6 External links Gilmore was born Mary Jean Cameron at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South … Mary Ann Polly Black (born Gilmore) was born on month day 1804, at birth place, Pennsylvania, to John Gilmore and Mary Polly Gilmore (born Mortimer). Dame Mary Gilmore. Birth town: Country: New South Wales. Wartime laureate: Dame Mary Gilmore in the early 1950s … current PM Scott Morrison’s great-aunt, she was also John Curtin’s firm friend. 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