Background

Dawe, Donald Bruce was born on February 15, 1930 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Son of Alfred James and Mary Ann (Hamilton) Dawe.

Education

Bachelor, U. Queensland, Australia, 1969; Master of Arts, U. Queensland, Australia, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Queensland, Australia, 1980; Bachelor of Literature, U. New England, New South Wales, Australia, 1973; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University NSW, 1997.

Career

Secondary teacher, Downlands Sacred Heart College, Toowoomba, Australia, 1969-1971; lecturer literature, U. College of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, 1971-1980; senior lecturer, Darling Downs Institute Advanced Education, Toowoomba, 1980-1983, 85-; senior teaching fellow, Darling Downs Institute Advanced Education, Toowoomba, 1983-1984. Writer-in-residence U. Queensland, 1984, senior lecturer, 1985-1989, associate professor, 1990-1993, honorary professor, since 1993.

Achievements

• Donald Bruce Dawe has been listed as a noteworthy Literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems 1954 to 1997

    (Bruce Dawe is Australia's best-selling and most popular l...)

  • Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems 1954-2005
  • Sometimes Gladness
  • SOMETIMES GLADNESS : Collected Poems 1954-1997 Fifth Edition
  • Condolences of the season;: Selected poems
  • Sometimes gladness: Collected poems, 1954-1987
  • Sometimes gladness : collected poems, 1954-1982
  • Sometimes gladness : collected poems, 1954-1978
  • Sometimes gladness: Collected poems, 1954-1992

Membership

Member Association for Study Australian Literature, South Pacific and Commonwealth Language and Literature Society, Australian Association Teachers English.

Connections

Married Gloria Desley. Children: Brian, Jamie, Katrina, Melissa.

Father:

Alfred James Dawe

Mother:

Mary Ann (Hamilton) Dawe

Spouse:

Gloria Desley

child:

Katrina Dawe

child:

Jamie Dawe

child:

Brian Dawe

child:

Melissa Dawe