Margaret Carnegie

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'''Margaret Frances Carnegie''' (14 March 1910 – 5 August 2002) was an Australian writer, art patron and collector.

== Biography ==
Margaret Frances Carnegie was born in Melbourne on 14 March 1910, daughter of Henry George Allen and Amelia Burberry.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She was educated at [[Lauriston Girls' School|Lauriston Girls School]] and then a finishing school in Switzerland.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She married Douglas Howard Carnegie on 11 March 1931 at [[Scots' Church, Melbourne|Scot's Church]], Melbourne.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Carnegie was awarded the [[Order of Australia|Medal of the Order of Australia]] in the [[1985 Australia Day Honours]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</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>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Carnegie was awarded an honorary doctor of letters by [[Charles Sturt University]] in [[Wagga Wagga]], New South Wales.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The university holds the Margaret Carnegie Collection of Australiana within its archives.<ref></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"></ref>

== Selected works ==

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[[Category:1910 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian women writers]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of Australia]]

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