Dorothy Wall | |
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Born | Kilbirnie, New Zealand | 12 January 1894
Died | 21 January 1942 Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 48)
Occupation | Author, illustrator |
Nationality | New Zealander Australian |
Period | 1920–1942 |
Genre | Children's literature |
Spouse | Andrew Delfosse Badgery (married 4 November 1921, St. Albans Anglican Church, Five Dock, New South Wales)[citation needed] |
Children | Peter (son) |
Dorothy Wall (12 January 1894 – 21 January 1942) was a New Zealand-born writer and illustrator of children's fiction books. She is most famous for creating Blinky Bill, an anthropomorphic koala who was the central character in her books Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian (1933), Blinky Bill Grows Up (1934) and Blinky Bill and Nutsy (1937). Most of her books were first published by Angus & Robertson.