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Gladys Edith McKay (20 February 1891 – 30 January 1963) was an Australian writer. During World War I, McKay volunteered as a nurse and was sent overseas to Gallipoli and Serbia with the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. McKay is best known for her 1947 novel "The House of Winston Blaker". "The House of Winston Blaker" received mostly positive reviews nationally and was later adapted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a radio serial. In 1949, McKay won the ABC's short story competition in 1949 for Faith.

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rdfs:comment	Gladys Edith McKay (20 February 1891 – 30 January 1963) was an Australian writer. During World War I, McKay volunteered as a nurse and was sent overseas to Gallipoli and Serbia with the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. McKay is best known for her 1947 novel "The House of Winston Blaker". "The House of Winston Blaker" received mostly positive reviews nationally and was later adapted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a radio serial. In 1949, McKay won the ABC's short story competition in 1949 for Faith. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Rockhampton Boonah, Queensland Novel Elsie Inglis Gallipoli Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1891 births 1963 deaths Bundaberg 20th-century Australian women writers 20th-century Australian writers Agnes Bennett Kanaka (Pacific Island worker) ABC Local Radio People from Rockhampton Jessie Ann Scott Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service Kingdom of Serbia Olive Kelso King World War I Sugarcane Short stories Mary de Garis Radio serial Mabel Atkinson
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birth name	Gladys Edith McKay (en)
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has abstract	Gladys Edith McKay (20 February 1891 – 30 January 1963) was an Australian writer. During World War I, McKay volunteered as a nurse and was sent overseas to Gallipoli and Serbia with the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. McKay is best known for her 1947 novel "The House of Winston Blaker". "The House of Winston Blaker" received mostly positive reviews nationally and was later adapted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a radio serial. McKay was also known for her short stories, written under the name of Edith Dithmack. More than 120 of McKay's short stories were broadcast on ABC Radio in the 1940s. In 1949, McKay won the ABC's short story competition in 1949 for Faith. ABC Radio adapted another of McKay's works into a serial format in 1952. Unborn Tomorrow, inspired by the history of Kanaka labour on the Queensland sugarcane fields, was aired from Monday to Friday at 8:45am. McKay was born in Rockhampton, and worked as a solicitor's clerk in Bundaberg before settling in the Boonah district. (en)
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