- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE6264
Flannery, Nancy Elizabeth
(1929 – 2011)- Born 12 August, 1929, Gawler South Australia Australia
- Died 31 August, 2011
- Occupation Author, Broadcaster, Consultant, Editor, Journalist
Summary
For a short time Nancy Elizabeth Flannery worked as a journalist and broadcaster, before establishing a small publishing company called Nadjuri, where she was the executive editor. In 1971 she published her first book, Change on change: a history of the northern highlands of South Australia.
Nancy also worked as a radio journalist, a tutor in communication skills, as a consultant for the National Film and Sound Archive and as a valuer for the Tax Incentives for the Arts scheme. Nancy developed a particular interest in Antarctica after she was invited to value the Mawson Collection at the University of Adelaide. She became a member of the Friends of Mawson at their inaugural meeting in 2000 and later became their official consultant. Nancy was granted a life membership of in 2006.
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
- State Library of South Australia
- National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- National Library of Australia, Ephemera Collection