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Nance Donkin (Nance Clare Pender) was born on 7 March, 1915 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian children's writer and journalist (1915–2008). Discover Nance Donkin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?
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Nance Clare Pender |
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93 years old |
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Pisces |
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7 March 1915 |
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7 March |
| Birthplace |
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
| Date of death |
18 April, 2008 |
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Canterbury, Victoria, Australia |
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Australia
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Nance Donkin Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Nance Donkin Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Nance Donkin worth at the age of 93 years old? Nance Donkin’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. She is from Australia. We have estimated Nance Donkin's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
Nance Clare Donkin (7 March 1915 – 18 April 2008) was an Australian children's writer and journalist.
Nance Clare Pender was born in Maitland on 7 March 1915, youngest daughter of Archibald Thomas and Clara Rose Pender.
She had two sisters and three brothers.
She was educated at Maitland High School and was appointed secretary of the Old Girls' Union's Younger Set in 1934.
Donkin had her first short story published at the age of eight and began writing on social happenings for the Maitland Daily Mercury at 16.
From there she moved to the Newcastle Morning Herald where she was social and fashion editor and also reviewed films.
Donkin married Victor E. Donkin at West Maitland on 14 January 1939 and moved to England where she worked as a freelance writer, including radio scripts.
The following year her husband's company transferred him back to Australia and she began writing as Alison Clare.
Nancy Shepherdson, writing in Twentieth-century Children's Writers, considered Donkin's first books to have "uninspired plots and much digressive conversation".
Donkin served as president of the Children's Book Council of Australia (Victoria) from 1968 to 1976.
In 1984 she wrote Stranger and Friend, a nonfiction book about Greek migrants to Australia.
She had first visited Greece 18 years earlier and returned several times.
The book aimed to improve the relationship between Greeks and Australians by describing the Greek tradition of hospitality and friendship.
Donkin wrote two collections of biographies of Australian women, The Women Were There: Nineteen Women Who Enlivened Australia's History and Always a Lady: Courageous Women of Colonial Australia.
Donkin was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1986 Australia Day Honours for "service to the community, particularly in the fields of children's literature and adult education".
She received the Alice Award from the NSW branch of the Society of Women Writers in 1990.
Donkin died at Faversham House in Canterbury, Victoria on 18 April 2008.
She was survived by her daughter and son and their families.
Her death notice in the Herald Sun concluded, "A storyteller, a teller of tales and weaver of dreams".
The Nancy Donkin Literary Award was inaugurated by Donkin's family and the Society of Women Writers Victoria and has been presented biennially since 2009.
