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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Margaret Frances Carnegie was born in Melbourne on 14 March 1910, daughter of Henry George Allen and Amelia Burberry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Margaret Frances|date=|title=Birth certificate: 12774/1910|url=https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/5fc0616310c0341bf1052a53/record/5c656c804aba80ac311e1c70?q=efamily&givenName=Margaret%20Frances&familyName=ALLEN|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria}}</ref> She was educated at [[Lauriston Girls' School]] and then a finishing school in Switzerland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2002-08-09|title=Great collector of art and teller of our tales|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/great-collector-of-art-and-teller-of-our-tales-20020809-gdfixe.html|access-date=2021-01-01|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> She married Douglas Howard Carnegie on 11 March 1931 at [[Scots' Church, Melbourne|Scot's Church]], Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|date=14 March 1931|title=Family Notices|volume=CXXX,|page=11|newspaper=[[The Australasian]]|issue=4,288|location=Victoria, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141419824|accessdate=1 January 2021|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Margaret Frances Carnegie was born in Melbourne on 14 March 1910, daughter of Henry George Allen and Amelia Burberry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Margaret Frances|date=|title=Birth certificate: 12774/1910|url=https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/5fc0616310c0341bf1052a53/record/5c656c804aba80ac311e1c70?q=efamily&givenName=Margaret%20Frances&familyName=ALLEN|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria}}</ref> She was educated at [[Lauriston Girls' School]] and then a finishing school in Switzerland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2002-08-09|title=Great collector of art and teller of our tales|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/great-collector-of-art-and-teller-of-our-tales-20020809-gdfixe.html|access-date=2021-01-01|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> She married Douglas Howard Carnegie on 11 March 1931 at [[Scots' Church, Melbourne|Scots' Church]], Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|date=14 March 1931|title=Family Notices|volume=CXXX|page=11|newspaper=[[The Australasian]]|issue=((4,288))|location=Victoria, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141419824|accessdate=1 January 2021|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


[[Desmond Digby|Desmond Digby's]] portrait of Carnegie was a finalist for the 1966 [[Archibald Prize]]. It was acquired by the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]] in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Margaret Carnegie with orange dress and specs, 1966, To do with the blue by Desmond Digby|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/100.1991.41/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Art Gallery NSW}}</ref>
[[Desmond Digby|Desmond Digby's]] portrait of Carnegie was a finalist for the 1966 [[Archibald Prize]]. It was acquired by the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]] in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Margaret Carnegie with orange dress and specs, 1966, To do with the blue by Desmond Digby|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/100.1991.41/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Art Gallery NSW}}</ref>


The 1976 film, [[Mad Dog Morgan]], was based on her book, ''Morgan: The Bold Bushranger.''<ref>{{cite news|date=2 June 1976|title=BUSHRANGER DAN MORGAN STATES HIS CASE|volume=43|page=42|newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]]|issue=53|location=Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46458600|accessdate=2 January 2021|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Carnegie was awarded the [[Order of Australia|Medal of the Order of Australia]] in the [[1985 Australia Day Honours]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Mrs Margaret Francis Carnegie|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870156|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=It's An Honour}}</ref> She was promoted to [[Order of Australia|Officer of the Order of Australia]] in the [[1990 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|1990 Queen's Birthday Honours]] for "service to art, literature and to local history".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Mrs Margaret Frances Carnegie, OAM|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870031|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=It's An Honour}}</ref>


Carnegie was awarded an honorary doctor of letters by [[Charles Sturt University]] in [[Wagga Wagga]], New South Wales.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ms Margaret Frances Carnegie: Citation for the conferral of a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa)|url=https://cdn.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/628754/Carnegie-Margaret-Frances.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Charles Sturt University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Honorary Awards|url=https://www.csu.edu.au/division/vcoffice/ogca/governance/uc/honorary-awards|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Charles Sturt University|language=en-AU}}</ref> The university holds the Margaret Carnegie Collection of Australiana within its archives.<ref>{{Citation|author1=Carnegie, Margaret|title=Margaret Frances Carnegie, the writer : an examination of materials in the Carnegie Collection at the Wagga Campus Library of Charles Sturt University|publication-date=1996|publisher=Charles Sturt University|isbn=978-1-875781-92-8|author2=Reid-Smith, Edward R. (Edward Reid), 1929-}}</ref>
Carnegie was awarded the [[Order of Australia|Medal of the Order of Australia]] in the [[1985 Australia Day Honours]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Mrs Margaret Francis Carnegie|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870156|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=It's An Honour}}</ref> She was promoted to [[Order of Australia|Officer of the Order of Australia]] in the [[1990 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|1990 Queen's Birthday Honours]] for "service to art, literature and to local history".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Mrs Margaret Frances Carnegie, OAM|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870031|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=It's An Honour}}</ref>


Carnegie was awarded an honorary doctor of letters by [[Charles Sturt University]] in [[Wagga Wagga]], New South Wales.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ms Margaret Frances Carnegie: Citation for the conferral of a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa)|url=https://cdn.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/628754/Carnegie-Margaret-Frances.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Charles Sturt University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Honorary Awards|url=https://www.csu.edu.au/division/vcoffice/ogca/governance/uc/honorary-awards|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Charles Sturt University|language=en-AU}}</ref> The university holds the Margaret Carnegie Collection of Australiana within its archives.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Carnegie|first1=Margaret|title=Margaret Frances Carnegie, the writer : an examination of materials in the Carnegie Collection at the Wagga Campus Library of Charles Sturt University|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1996|publisher=Charles Sturt University|isbn=978-1-875781-92-8|last2=Reid-Smith|first2=Edward R.}}</ref>
Carnegie died on 5 August 2002.<ref name=":1" /> She was predeceased by her husband in 1998.<ref name=":0" /> Four children and five grandchildren survived her.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Margaret Carnegie Obituary (2002) - Herald Sun|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/heraldsun-au/122450919|access-date=2021-01-01|website=www.legacy.com|language=en}}</ref>

Carnegie died on 5 August 2002.<ref name=":1" /> She was predeceased by her husband in 1998.<ref name=":0" /> Her son, [[Roderick Carnegie]], and three daughters survived her.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Margaret Carnegie Obituary (2002) - Herald Sun|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/heraldsun-au/122450919|access-date=2021-01-01|website=www.legacy.com|language=en}}</ref>


== Selected works ==
== Selected works ==


=== Books ===
=== Books ===
* {{Citation|author1=Carnegie, Margaret|title=Friday Mount : first settlement at Holbrook and the south-western slopes of New South Wales|publication-date=1973|publisher=Hawthorn Press|isbn=978-0-7256-0108-9|author2=Hawthorn Press}}
* {{Citation|author1=Carnegie, Margaret|title=Friday Mount : first settlement at Holbrook and the south-western slopes of New South Wales|publication-date=1973|publisher=Hawthorn Press|isbn=978-0-7256-0108-9|author2=Hawthorn Press|year=1973}}
* {{Citation|author1=Carnegie, Margaret|title=Morgan, the bold bushranger|publication-date=1974|publisher=Hawthorn Press|isbn=978-0-7256-0109-6}}
* {{Citation|author1=Carnegie, Margaret|title=Morgan, the bold bushranger|year=1974|publication-date=1974|publisher=Hawthorn Press|isbn=978-0-7256-0109-6}}
*{{Citation|author1=Swan|first=Keith|title=In step with Sturt|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1979|publisher=Graphic Books|isbn=978-0-9596365-5-0|author2=Carnegie|first2=Margaret}}
*{{Citation|last1=Swan|first1=Keith|title=In step with Sturt|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1979|publisher=Graphic Books|isbn=978-0-9596365-5-0|last2=Carnegie|first2=Margaret}}
*{{Citation|author1=Carnegie|first=Margaret|title=In search of Breaker Morant: Balladist and bushveldt carbineer|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1979|edition=Paperback ed|publisher=H. H. Stephenson]|isbn=978-0-9596365-1-2|author2=Shields|first2=Frank}}
*{{Citation|last1=Carnegie|first1=Margaret|title=In search of Breaker Morant: Balladist and bushveldt carbineer|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1979|edition=Paperback |publisher=H. H. Stephenson|isbn=978-0-9596365-1-2|last2=Shields|first2=Frank|year=1979}}
*{{Citation|author1=Carnegie|first=Margaret|title=William Knox D'Arcy: Australian gold and Persian oil|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1992|publisher=Kildrummie Press|isbn=978-0-646-07850-2}}
*{{Citation|author1=Carnegie|first=Margaret|title=William Knox D'Arcy: Australian gold and Persian oil|year=1992|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1992|publisher=Kildrummie Press|isbn=978-0-646-07850-2}}
*{{Citation|author1=Carnegie|first=Margaret|title=Pacific gold: California 1848 Australia 1851, including Genesis of gold-fields law in Australia|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1993|publisher=Kildrummie Press|isbn=978-0-646-14045-2|author2=Boldrewood|first2=Rolf}}
*{{Citation|last1=Carnegie|first1=Margaret|title=Pacific gold: California 1848 Australia 1851, including Genesis of gold-fields law in Australia|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1993|publisher=Kildrummie Press|isbn=978-0-646-14045-2|last2=Boldrewood|first2=Rolf|year=1993}}


=== Libretto ===
=== Libretto ===


* {{Citation|author1=Martin|first=Desmond|title=Gabriel and Louisa: An Australian ballad operetta : a somewhat frivolous version of the romantic history of Gabriel Louis Marie Huon de Keriliau and his wife Louisa, during the foundation years of Australia, 1788 to 1892|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1984|publisher=A.K.P.|author2=Carnegie|first2=Margaret|author3=Rolfe|first3=Douglas G}}
* {{Citation|last1=Martin|first1=Desmond|title=Gabriel and Louisa: An Australian ballad operetta : a somewhat frivolous version of the romantic history of Gabriel Louis Marie Huon de Keriliau and his wife Louisa, during the foundation years of Australia, 1788 to 1892|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1984|publisher=A.K.P.|last2=Carnegie|first2=Margaret|last3=Rolfe|first3=Douglas G}}


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://waggaartgallery.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/8510/MC-CP_-_Brochure.pdf Margaret Carnegie, collector and patron]
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Margaret Frances Carnegie AO (14 March 1910 – 5 August 2002) was an Australian writer, art patron and collector.

Biography[edit]

Margaret Frances Carnegie was born in Melbourne on 14 March 1910, daughter of Henry George Allen and Amelia Burberry.[1] She was educated at Lauriston Girls' School and then a finishing school in Switzerland.[2] She married Douglas Howard Carnegie on 11 March 1931 at Scots' Church, Melbourne.[3]

Desmond Digby's portrait of Carnegie was a finalist for the 1966 Archibald Prize. It was acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1991.[4]

The 1976 film, Mad Dog Morgan, was based on her book, Morgan: The Bold Bushranger.[5]

Carnegie was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1985 Australia Day Honours.[6] She was promoted to Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to art, literature and to local history".[7]

Carnegie was awarded an honorary doctor of letters by Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.[8][9] The university holds the Margaret Carnegie Collection of Australiana within its archives.[10]

Carnegie died on 5 August 2002.[11] She was predeceased by her husband in 1998.[2] Her son, Roderick Carnegie, and three daughters survived her.[11]

Selected works[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Carnegie, Margaret; Hawthorn Press (1973), Friday Mount : first settlement at Holbrook and the south-western slopes of New South Wales, Hawthorn Press, ISBN 978-0-7256-0108-9
  • Carnegie, Margaret (1974), Morgan, the bold bushranger, Hawthorn Press, ISBN 978-0-7256-0109-6
  • Swan, Keith; Carnegie, Margaret (1979), In step with Sturt, Graphic Books, ISBN 978-0-9596365-5-0
  • Carnegie, Margaret; Shields, Frank (1979), In search of Breaker Morant: Balladist and bushveldt carbineer (Paperback ed.), H. H. Stephenson, ISBN 978-0-9596365-1-2
  • Carnegie, Margaret (1992), William Knox D'Arcy: Australian gold and Persian oil, Kildrummie Press, ISBN 978-0-646-07850-2
  • Carnegie, Margaret; Boldrewood, Rolf (1993), Pacific gold: California 1848 Australia 1851, including Genesis of gold-fields law in Australia, Kildrummie Press, ISBN 978-0-646-14045-2

Libretto[edit]

  • Martin, Desmond; Carnegie, Margaret; Rolfe, Douglas G (1984), Gabriel and Louisa: An Australian ballad operetta : a somewhat frivolous version of the romantic history of Gabriel Louis Marie Huon de Keriliau and his wife Louisa, during the foundation years of Australia, 1788 to 1892, A.K.P.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Allen, Margaret Frances. "Birth certificate: 12774/1910". Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Great collector of art and teller of our tales". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 August 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Australasian. Vol. CXXX, no. 4,288. Victoria, Australia. 14 March 1931. p. 11. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Margaret Carnegie with orange dress and specs, 1966, To do with the blue by Desmond Digby". Art Gallery NSW. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "BUSHRANGER DAN MORGAN STATES HIS CASE". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 43, no. 53. Australia. 2 June 1976. p. 42. Retrieved 2 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Mrs Margaret Francis Carnegie". It's An Honour. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Mrs Margaret Frances Carnegie, OAM". It's An Honour. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Ms Margaret Frances Carnegie: Citation for the conferral of a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa)" (PDF). Charles Sturt University. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Honorary Awards". Charles Sturt University. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  10. ^ Carnegie, Margaret; Reid-Smith, Edward R. (1996), Margaret Frances Carnegie, the writer : an examination of materials in the Carnegie Collection at the Wagga Campus Library of Charles Sturt University, Charles Sturt University, ISBN 978-1-875781-92-8
  11. ^ a b "Margaret Carnegie Obituary (2002) - Herald Sun". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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