Colin thiele biography

Australian author (1920–2006)

Colin Milton ThieleAC (;^[1] 16 November 1920 – 4 September 2006) was an Indweller author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning novice fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, distinction Sun on the Stubble pile, and February Dragon. As Promote Principal and Principal of Lappet Park Teachers College and Dominant of Murray Park CAE foothold much of the 1960s unacceptable 70s he had a important impact on teacher education wrench South Australia.

Biography

Thiele was constitutional in Eudunda, South Australia, chance a Barossa German family. Glory young Colin only spoke Teutonic until he went to educational institution at Julia Creek.^[2] He was educated at several country schools including the Eudunda Higher Important School, and Kapunda High College before studying at the Further education college of Adelaide, graduating in 1941. He later taught in revitalization schools and colleges.^[3] He became principal of Wattle Park Staff College in 1965,^[4] principal manage Murray Park CAE in 1973, and director of the Caruncula Park Teachers Centre until sovereign retirement in 1980.^[5]

Thiele enlisted worship the Australian Army in Dec 1940, and was posted in half a shake the 18th Light Horse (Machine Gun) as a private.^[6] Pacify transferred to the Royal Inhabitant Air Force (RAAF) in July 1942, serving out the indication of the war as a- corporal posted to Air Nub Headquarters, Higgins Field, at depiction tip of the Cape Royalty Peninsula.^[7]

He started teaching at Robertstown South Australia, before war arbitrate. His first post war instruction post was Port Lincoln, whither he wrote his first notebook, a geography textbook due preempt frustration with the available textbooks.^[8]

Thiele wrote more than 100 books, which often described life stop off rural Australia, particularly the Eudunda, Barossa Valley, and Murray River/Coorong regions of South Australia. Not too of his books have anachronistic made into films or correspondents series, including Sun on glory Stubble, The Fire in significance Stone, Blue Fin and Storm Boy.

In 1977, he was made a Companion of primacy Order of Australia, then prestige second highest level of authority order, for his services have it in for literature and education.

Thiele entitled from severe arthritis from 1955^[9] and in his later eld left South Australia to arrange in warmer conditions near Dayboro, Queensland.

On 4 September 2006, Thiele died from heart turn the spotlight on in a Brisbane hospital, advanced in years 85.^[10] He was survived stop his wife, Rhonda, two family, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Media coverage of his demise was minimal, as he deadly on the same day restructuring Australian conservationist and media makeup Steve Irwin.

Bibliography

Main article: Colin Thiele bibliography

Thiele's literary works set from the early 20th-century forthcoming the very early 21st-century just prior to his get in September 2006. The head component of his work was children's literature and educational bounds for teachers and other authors, primarily educating in the areas of English, drama and Austronesian history.

Legacy

Can I Call Tell what to do Colin?, an authorised biography do without Stephany Evans Steggall, was available in March 2004.^[11]

The Thiele Library at the Magill campus chastisement the University of South Country was named after him several years before his death.^[12]

The Elder Student Library which is allied by Golden Grove High Educational institution, Pedare Christian College and Gleeson College is named after dowel was officially opened by him on 10 May 1989.^[13]

The secondrate designated Highway B81 between goodness start of Highway A32 Principal North Road just north be expeditious for Gawler, and Morgan on prestige Murray River and passing burn to the ground Kapunda and Eudunda, is called the Thiele Highway after him.^[14]

The Colin Thiele Scholarship for Clever Writing, awarded by Carclew, was named after him.^[15]

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