Australian writer Marion Mildred Halligan has sadly passed away. She was born and educated in Newcastle, New South Wales, and worked as a school teacher and journalist before publishing her first short stories.
Marion Halligan Cause of death
Marion Halligan’s cause of death was not given at the time of her death publication. She died on Monday, February 19, 2024, at the age of 83.
Marion Halligan obituary information
Marion Mildred Halligan was born in Newcastle, New South Wales on April 16, 1940. She was a member of a group of women writers based in Canberra known as the “Canberra Seven” or “Seven Writers” for some years. The group began with three members in 1980, growing to seven by 1984.
In addition to Marion Halligan, they were Dorothy Johnston, Margaret Barbalet, Sara Dowse, Suzanne Edgar, Marian Eldridge, and Dorothy Horsfield. The group essentially disbanded after Marian Eldridge’s death in 1997. However, before that, they met regularly to critique each other’s work and published a book of short stories called Canberra Tales in 1988.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
