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Colin Thiele

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Australian author (1920-2006)

AustraliaWritersLived 1920 to 2006 · aged 85
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Colin Milton Thiele was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon.

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Colin Thiele and Rhonnie Thiele with Max Fatchen standing behind at the State Library's "Colin Thiele Day" in the Mortlock Library on 14 September 2000Colin Thiele and Rhonnie Thiele with Max Fatchen standing behind at the State Library's "Colin Thiele Day" in the Mortlock Library on 14 September 2000

Awards 4

2001Centenary Medal
1997Dromkeen Medal
1977Companion of the Order of Australia
Fulbright Scholarship

Connected to Colin 6

David GulpililAlso in Storm Boy (1977)Ray MeagherAlso in The Fire in the Stone (1984)Ruy de CarvalhoAlso in The King's Trial (1990)Elspeth BallantyneAlso in Blue Fin (1978)Terry CamilleriAlso in Blue Fin (1978)Adelaide JoãoAlso in The King's Trial (1990)

About this person

Colin Milton Thiele was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon. As Vice Principal and Principal of Wattle Park Teachers College and Principal of Murray Park CAE for much of the 1960s and 1970s he had a significant impact on teacher education in South Australia.

Country
Australia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2006 · aged 85
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8 languages

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