Background
She was born in Melbourne and now lives in Sydney.
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Anne Henderson
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She was educated at Melbourne University.
Career
Between 1971 and 1989 she worked as a teacher for seventeen years in several Australian states. Among her essays of note are “Dad’s Wake” in Fathers: In Writing (Tuart Press, 1997) and the biographical chapter on Prime Minister Joe Lyons for Australian Prime Ministers edited by Michelle Grattan (New Holland 2000) and the United Kingdom’s New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK). In 2008 Anne Henderson published a biography of Dame Enid Lyons, titled Dame Enid Lyons: Leading Lady to a Nation was published and in 2011 her biography of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons – Joseph Lyons: The People's Prime Minister (NewSouth Press) was launched by former Prime Minister John Howard.
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Anne Henderson is the author of Getting Even: Women MPs on Life, Power and Politics, From All Corners: Six Migrant Stories, Educating Johannah: A Year in Year 12, and Mary MacKillop"s Sisters: A Life Unveiled., Angel in the Court: The Life of Major Joyce Harmer, a biography of Major Joyce Harmer, Salvation Army major, social worker, court chaplain and advocate. And The Killing of Sister McCormack, a biographical work which covers the execution of Sister Irene McCormack. She also writes occasionally for The Australian, The Canberra Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Australian Book Review", and the Australian"s Review of Books.
