1. Rosemary Dobson published fourteen volumes of poetry, was published in almost every annual volume of Australian Poetry and has been translated into French and other languages.
11 Facts About Rosemary Dobson
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Rosemary Dobson's father died when she was five years old.
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Rosemary Dobson attended the prestigious Frensham School where her mother obtained work as a housemistress.
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Rosemary Dobson stayed on, after completion of her studies, as an apprentice teacher of art and art history.
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When she turned 21, Rosemary Dobson attended the University of Sydney as a non-degree student.
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Rosemary Dobson worked as an editor and reader for the publisher Angus and Robertson with Beatrice Davis and Nan McDonald.
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Rosemary Dobson married the publisher Alec Bolton, whom she met while working at Angus and Robertson, in Sydney, and they had three children.
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Rosemary Dobson died in a Canberra nursing home on 27 June 2012.
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Lindsay's first portrait of Rosemary Dobson was a drawing, but it was then suggested that he do an oil painting.
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Rosemary Dobson sat a third time for Lindsay, at his request and wearing clothes of his suggestion.
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The Rosemary Dobson Award was awarded as part of the ACT Poetry Award by the ACT Government between 2005 and 2011, for an unpublished poem by an Australian poet.