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Dorothy Wall

New Zealand writer (1894-1942)

  • Fame40.8
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia315
Source-basedFalling
Lived 1894–1942, aged 48New Zealand
New ZealandNew ZealandWritersWriter / Author
  • Wikipedia
    7 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1894–1942
    Aged 48
  • Known for
    Blinky Bill the Movie
    2015
Summary
Updated 2026-07-12

Dorothy Wall 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.

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40.8
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Historical7.0
Source confidence50.0
Completeness75.0
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