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Narelle Oliver

Australian artist, print maker and children's author-illustrator

Narelle Oliver ( - ) was an Australian artist, print maker and award-winning children's author-illustrator.

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Early life

Narelle Oliver was born on 25 February and grew up in Toowoomba in south east Queensland.[1]

Career

Oliver majored in design and printmaking while studying for a Bachelor of Education degree.[1] She began her career teaching at the Queensland School for the Deaf.[2]

Oliver was an educator and a committed environmentalist.[3] As an illustrator, Oliver combined linocut, watercolour, pastels, collage and digitally-enhanced photographs in her work.

She used many environmental themes drawing on the flora and fauna of Australia.[4]

Oliver's first book, Leaf Tail, was published in [5]

Works

  • Oliver, Narelle (), Leaf Tail, McCulloch Publishing, ISBN&#;
  • &#; (), High above the sea, Jam Roll Press, ISBN&#;
  • &#; (), The best beak in Boonaroo Bay, Lothian, ISBN&#;
  • &#; (), The hunt, Lothian Books, ISBN&#;
  • &#; (), The Well, Lothian Books, ISBN&#;
  • &#; (), Sand swimmers&#;: the secret life of Australia's dead heart, Lothian, ISBN&#;
  • &#; (), Baby bilby, where do you sleep?, Lothian, ISBN&#;
  • &#; (), The very blue thingamajig, Norwood, S.

    Aust. An Omnibus Book from Scholastic Australia, ISBN&#;

  • &#; (), Home, Scholastic Australia, ISBN&#;
  • &#; (), Fox and fine feathers, Omnibus Books, ISBN&#;[6]
  • &#; (), Don't let a spoonbill in the kitchen!, Parkside, SA Omnibus Books, ISBN&#;

Honours and awards

  • Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award Winner for The Hunt[1]
  • Royal Zoological Society of NSW Whitley Award - Best Book for Older Readers for Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australia's Dead Heart
  • joint winner The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Picture Book for Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australia's Dead Heart[1]
  • New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books for Home[1]
  • Queensland Literary Awards — Children's Book Award for Don't let a spoonbill in the kitchen[1]

Personal life

Oliver lived in Brisbane with her husband Greg and their children Jessie and Liam.[7] She died on 5 October [8]

References

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