Marshall, Alan, 1902-1984

Novelist and short story writer. His works include "I can jump puddles, In mine own heart" and "This is the grass".

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Mrs Henry knew Alan Marshall since the war. He visited her home when his mother asked her to take him and "take him off his feet" to help him recover from the effects of the crutches crushing his lungs. After the war, and since Mrs Henry settled in Florida, the two corresponded.

Novelist and short story writer William Alan Marshall was born in Noorat, Victoria, in 1902. He contracted polio at the age of six, which left him with a permanent physical disability requiring crutches or a wheelchair. His works include I can jump puddles (1955), This is the grass (1962) and In mine own heart (1963). He was awarded the Order of the British Empire and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Melbourne University in 1972. In 1981, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to literature. Marshall died in 1984.

Painter, cartoonist, illustrator and writer. Born in Melbourne, Jack Noel Counihan was an artist noted for his social-realist style and radical outlook, whose work has been widely exhibited in Australia and overseas. An active member of the Communist Party, Counihan was also a foundation member of the Print Council of Australia, and served as the latter's president between 1973 and 1978.

Jenny Hadlow (née Hackett) grew up on her family's farm, "Thistlebank", at Goodnight, New South Wales, on the Murray River. She married Barrie Hadlow of Swan Hill in 1961. In 1970, they moved with their young family to Canberra, where Barrie was studying and working in horticulture. Jenny Hadlow worked for the Australian Red Cross Society (A.C.T.) for 26 years.