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Anne Fairbairn

Anne Fairbairn

Australian poet and journalist (1928–2018)

Anne Mary Ross Fairbairn AM (also Body, née Reid; 1928 – 22 October 2018)[1] was a widely published Australian poet,[2] journalist[3] and expert in Arab culture.[4] She is the only granddaughter of Australia's fourth Prime Minister, George Reid.[5]

In 1965, she married Geoffrey Forrester Fairbairn,[6] a Professor in the Department of History at the Australian National University.[2] Geoffrey died in London of lung cancer on 11 September 1980.[7] Fairbairn has been known for her work in bringing together Australian and Arab cultures for over 30 years through poetry.[8]

In 1995, she was awarded the Banjo Paterson Writing Award for Open Poetry.[1] This was followed by the Order of Australia in 1998 for services to literature and international relations between Australia and the Middle East.[1]

In September 2005 Dr Fairbairn received the award, "Living for Others – Promoting Peace through Media, Arts and Culture" from the International and Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace presented in Sydney by Professor Marie Bashir AO, Governor of New South Wales.[9]

She died at the age of 90 on 22 October 2018.[10]

References

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    "Anne Fairbairn Black Pepper Publishing blackpepperpublishing.com". blackpepperpublishing.com.
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    "Australian poet and bridge-builder: glimpses behind the anger". Manning Clark House. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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    "Poetry by Anne Fairbairn". Arab World Books. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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    John Huxley (22 August 2009). "George Houston Reid". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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    "Scammers defraud Aussies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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    Biographical cuttings on Anne Fairbairn. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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    "Papers of Geoffrey Fairbairn (1924–1980)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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    "AustLit Agent: Fairbairn, Anne". Austlit. 3 September 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  9. [9]
    Legislative council 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2022
  10. [10]
    "Anne Fairbairn passed away". 25 October 2018.
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