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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolin_Makkalou" title="Kolin Makkalou – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kolin Makkalou" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81" title="کالین مک‌کلاف – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کالین مک‌کلاف" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%83" title="Колін Мак-Калау – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Колін Мак-Калау" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83" title="Колийн Маккълоу – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Колийн Маккълоу" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCulloughov%C3%A1" title="Colleen McCulloughová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Colleen McCulloughová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88" title="کالین مک کالو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کالین مک کالو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%9C%EB%A6%B0_%EB%A7%A4%EC%BB%AC%EB%A1%9C" title="콜린 매컬로 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="콜린 매컬로" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%84%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Քոլին Մաքքալոու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քոլին Մաքքալոու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%92" title="קולין מקאלוג – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קולין מקאלוג" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88" title="كولين مكلو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كولين مكلو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A9" title="コリーン・マッカラ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コリーン・マッカラ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Pitcairn-Norfolk" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Pitcairn-Norfolk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norfuk / Pitkern</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83,_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Маккалоу, Колин – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Маккалоу, Колин" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" title="Colleen McCullough – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Colleen McCullough" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCulloughov%C3%A1" title="Colleen McCulloughová – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Colleen McCulloughová" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" 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Australia">AO</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Colleen_McCullough.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Colleen_McCullough.jpg/220px-Colleen_McCullough.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Colleen_McCullough.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="274" data-file-height="364" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Colleen Margaretta McCullough<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1937-06-01</span>)</span>1 June 1937<br /><a href="/wiki/Wellington,_New_South_Wales" title="Wellington, New South Wales">Wellington, New South Wales</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">29 January 2015<span style="display:none">(2015-01-29)</span> (aged 77)<br /><a href="/wiki/Burnt_Pine" title="Burnt Pine">Burnt Pine</a>, Norfolk Island</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r979066050">.mw-parser-output ul.cslist,.mw-parser-output ul.sslist{margin:0;padding:0;display:inline-block;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output ul.cslist-embedded{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .cslist li,.mw-parser-output .sslist li{margin:0;padding:0 0.25em 0 0;display:inline-block}.mw-parser-output .cslist li:after{content:", "}.mw-parser-output .sslist li:after{content:"; "}.mw-parser-output .cslist li:last-child:after,.mw-parser-output .sslist li:last-child:after{content:none}</style><ul class="cslist"><li>Novelist</li><li><a href="/wiki/Neuroscientist" title="Neuroscientist">neuroscientist</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li>Fiction</li><li>fantasy</li><li>drama</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds" title="The Thorn Birds">The Thorn Birds</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ladies_of_Missalonghi" title="The Ladies of Missalonghi">The Ladies of Missalonghi</a></i></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Ric Robinson</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1984)<wbr /></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Colleen Margaretta McCullough</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of Australia">AO</a></span></span> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>; married name <b>Robinson</b>, previously <b>Ion-Robinson</b>;<sup id="cite_ref-tehageobit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehageobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1 June 1937 – 29 January 2015) was an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds" title="The Thorn Birds">The Thorn Birds</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ladies_of_Missalonghi" title="The Ladies of Missalonghi">The Ladies of Missalonghi</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCullough was born in 1937 in <a href="/wiki/Wellington,_New_South_Wales" title="Wellington, New South Wales">Wellington</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Central_West_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central West (New South Wales)">Central West</a> region of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to James and Laurie McCullough.<sup id="cite_ref-rope_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rope-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father was of Irish descent and her mother was a New Zealander of part-<a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a> descent. During her childhood, the family moved around a great deal and she was also "a voracious reader".<sup id="cite_ref-Mary_Jean_DeMarr_Page_2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mary_Jean_DeMarr_Page_2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her family eventually settled in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> where she attended Holy Cross College, <a href="/wiki/Woollahra" title="Woollahra">Woollahra</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having a strong interest in both science and the humanities.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She had a younger brother, Carl, who drowned off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> when he was 25 while trying to rescue tourists in difficulty. She based a character in <i>The Thorn Birds</i> on him, and also wrote about him in <i>Life Without the Boring Bits</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before her tertiary education, McCullough earned a living as a teacher, librarian and journalist.<sup id="cite_ref-Mary_Jean_DeMarr_Page_2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mary_Jean_DeMarr_Page_2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In her first year of medical studies at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a> she suffered <a href="/wiki/Dermatitis" title="Dermatitis">dermatitis</a> from surgical soap and was told to abandon her dreams of becoming a medical doctor. Instead, she switched to <a href="/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience">neuroscience</a> and worked at <a href="/wiki/Royal_North_Shore_Hospital" title="Royal North Shore Hospital">Royal North Shore Hospital</a> in Sydney.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1963, McCullough moved for four years to the United Kingdom; at the <a href="/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital" title="Great Ormond Street Hospital">Great Ormond Street Hospital</a> in London she met the chairman of the neurology department at <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> who offered her a research associate job at Yale. She spent 10 years (April 1967 to 1976) researching and teaching in the Department of Neurology at the <a href="/wiki/Yale_Medical_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Yale Medical School">Yale Medical School</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a>, United States. While at Yale she wrote her first two books. One of these, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds" title="The Thorn Birds">The Thorn Birds</a></i>, became an international bestseller and one of the best selling books in history, with sales of over 30 million copies worldwide, that in 1983 inspired one of the most-watched television miniseries of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following <i>The Thorn Birds</i>, McCullough wrote her magnum opus: seven novels on the life and times of <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a>, each a colossus weighing in at up to 1,000 pages. <i>The Masters of Rome</i> series preoccupied her for almost 30 years, from the early 1980s to the publication of the final volume in 2007. The research was a monumental task: a library of several thousand books and monographs on every aspect of Roman history and civilisation accumulated on the shelves of her home. She drew maps of cities and battlefields, scoured the world's museums for busts and inscriptions, consulted experts in a dozen universities and recorded every known fact about her subject and his times.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardianOb_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardianOb-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The success of these books enabled her to give up her medical-scientific career and to try to "live on [her] own terms."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 1970s, after stints in London and Connecticut, she settled on the isolation of <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a>, off the coast of mainland Australia, where she met her husband, Ric Robinson.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married in April 1984.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Under his birth name Cedric Newton Ion-Robinson, he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island_Legislative_Assembly" title="Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly">Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly</a>. He changed his name formally to Ric Newton Ion Robinson in 2002.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>McCullough's 2008 novel, <i>The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet</i> engendered controversy with her reworking of characters from <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice" title="Pride and Prejudice">Pride and Prejudice</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Susannah_Fullerton" title="Susannah Fullerton">Susannah Fullerton</a>, the president of the Jane Austen Society of Australia, said she "shuddered" while reading the novel, as she felt that <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Bennet" title="Elizabeth Bennet">Elizabeth Bennet</a> was rewritten as weak, and <a href="/wiki/Mr._Darcy" title="Mr. Darcy">Mr. Darcy</a> as savage. Fullerton said: "[Elizabeth] is one of the strongest, liveliest heroines in literature … [and] Darcy's generosity of spirit and nobility of character make her fall in love with him – why should those essential traits in both of them change in 20 years?"<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colleen_McCullough_Robinson_headstone_(closeup),_Norfolk_Island_Cemetery,_2015.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Colleen_McCullough_Robinson_headstone_%28closeup%29%2C_Norfolk_Island_Cemetery%2C_2015.JPG/220px-Colleen_McCullough_Robinson_headstone_%28closeup%29%2C_Norfolk_Island_Cemetery%2C_2015.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Colleen_McCullough_Robinson_headstone_%28closeup%29%2C_Norfolk_Island_Cemetery%2C_2015.JPG/330px-Colleen_McCullough_Robinson_headstone_%28closeup%29%2C_Norfolk_Island_Cemetery%2C_2015.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Colleen_McCullough_Robinson_headstone_%28closeup%29%2C_Norfolk_Island_Cemetery%2C_2015.JPG/440px-Colleen_McCullough_Robinson_headstone_%28closeup%29%2C_Norfolk_Island_Cemetery%2C_2015.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Close-up of her headstone in Emily Bay Cemetery, Norfolk Island, 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>McCullough died on 29 January 2015, at the age of 77, in the Norfolk Island Hospital, <a href="/wiki/Burnt_Pine" title="Burnt Pine">Burnt Pine</a>, from apparent renal failure after suffering from a series of small strokes. She had suffered from failing eyesight due to haemorrhagic <a href="/wiki/Macular_degeneration" title="Macular degeneration">macular degeneration</a>, and also suffered from <a href="/wiki/Osteoporosis" title="Osteoporosis">osteoporosis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trigeminal_neuralgia" title="Trigeminal neuralgia">trigeminal neuralgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diabetes" title="Diabetes">diabetes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uterine_cancer" title="Uterine cancer">uterine cancer</a>, and used a <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair" title="Wheelchair">wheelchair</a> full-time.<sup id="cite_ref-tehageobit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehageobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was buried in a traditional Norfolk Island funeral ceremony at the Emily Bay cemetery on the island.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1978, McCullough received the Golden Plate Award of the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Achievement" title="Academy of Achievement">American Academy of Achievement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1984, a portrait of McCullough, painted by Wesley Walters, was a finalist in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Archibald_Prize_winners" title="List of Archibald Prize winners">Archibald Prize</a>. The prize is awarded for the "best portrait painting preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics".<sup id="cite_ref-arch_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arch-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The depth of historical research for the novels on ancient Rome led to her being awarded a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Letters" title="Doctor of Letters">Doctor of Letters</a> degree by <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_University" title="Macquarie University">Macquarie University</a> in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCullough was appointed an <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of Australia">Officer of the Order of Australia</a> on 12 June 2006, "[f]or service to the arts as an author and to the community through roles supporting national and international educational programs, medico-scientific disciplines and charitable organisations and causes".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the publication of <i>The Ladies of Missalonghi</i> in 1987, McCullough was accused of having plagiarised <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Castle" title="The Blue Castle">The Blue Castle</a></i>, a 1926 novel by <a href="/wiki/L._M._Montgomery" class="mw-redirect" title="L. M. Montgomery">L. M. Montgomery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Whitlock_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitlock-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DeMarr_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeMarr-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCullough responded that any similarities were due to <a href="/wiki/Cryptomnesia" title="Cryptomnesia">subconscious recollection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald" title="The Sydney Morning Herald">The Sydney Morning Herald</a></i> in November 2004 to promote <i>Angel Puss</i>, McCullough said the men of <a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Island" title="Pitcairn Island">Pitcairn Island</a> that were <a href="/wiki/2004_Pitcairn_Islands_sexual_assault_trial" title="2004 Pitcairn Islands sexual assault trial">convicted of sexual encounters with children</a> should have been allowed to follow their "custom" and have sex with young girls. "The Poms have cracked the whip and it's an absolute disgrace. These are indigenous customs and should not be touched. These were the first people to inhabit Pitcairn Island, and they are racially unique." she said. "It's hypocritical, too. Does anybody object when Muslims follow their customs?" <sup id="cite_ref-smh_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smh-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The comments generated stories at the time,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were mentioned in her obituaries.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardianOb_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardianOb-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selected_novels">Selected novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Selected novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Tim_(novel)" title="Tim (novel)">Tim</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds" title="The Thorn Birds">The Thorn Birds</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Indecent_Obsession" title="An Indecent Obsession">An Indecent Obsession</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i>A Creed for the Third Millennium</i> (1985)<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ladies_of_Missalonghi" title="The Ladies of Missalonghi">The Ladies of Missalonghi</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i>The Song of Troy</i> (1998)<sup id="cite_ref-conversation_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conversation-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Morgan%27s_Run" title="Morgan's Run">Morgan's Run</a></i> (2000)<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Touch_(Colleen_McCullough_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Touch (Colleen McCullough novel)">The Touch</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i>Angel Puss</i> (2005)<sup id="cite_ref-smh_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smh-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet</i> (2008)<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Bittersweet</i> (2013)<sup id="cite_ref-conversation_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conversation-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Masters_of_Rome_series"><i><a href="/wiki/Masters_of_Rome" title="Masters of Rome">Masters of Rome</a></i> series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Masters of Rome series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Man_in_Rome_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="The First Man in Rome (novel)">The First Man in Rome</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grass_Crown_(novel)" title="The Grass Crown (novel)">The Grass Crown</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Fortune's Favourites</i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caesar%27s_Women" title="Caesar's Women">Caesar's Women</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caesar_(McCullough_novel)" title="Caesar (McCullough novel)">Caesar</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_October_Horse" title="The October Horse">The October Horse</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Antony_and_Cleopatra_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Antony and Cleopatra (novel)">Antony and Cleopatra</a></i> (2007)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carmine_Delmonico_series">Carmine Delmonico series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Carmine Delmonico series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCullough also published five murder mysteries in the Carmine Delmonico series.<sup id="cite_ref-conversation_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conversation-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><i>On, Off</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Too Many Murders</i> (December 2009)</li> <li><i>Naked Cruelty</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>The Prodigal Son</i> (2012)</li> <li><i>Sins of the Flesh</i> (2013)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biographical_work">Biographical work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Biographical work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Courage and the Will: The Life of Roden Cutler VC</i> (1999)<sup id="cite_ref-syd_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syd-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memoir">Memoir</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Memoir"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Life Without the Boring Bits</i> (2011)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Screen_adaptations">Screen adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Screen adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Tim_(film)" title="Tim (film)">Tim</a></i> – made into a movie in 1979 starring <a href="/wiki/Mel_Gibson" title="Mel Gibson">Mel Gibson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piper_Laurie" title="Piper Laurie">Piper Laurie</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds_(miniseries)" title="The Thorn Birds (miniseries)">The Thorn Birds</a></i> – made into a TV miniseries in 1983 starring <a href="/wiki/Richard_Chamberlain" title="Richard Chamberlain">Richard Chamberlain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stanwyck" title="Barbara Stanwyck">Barbara Stanwyck</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Indecent_Obsession" title="An Indecent Obsession">An Indecent Obsession</a></i> – made into a movie in 1985 starring <a href="/wiki/Gary_Sweet" title="Gary Sweet">Gary Sweet</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds:_The_Missing_Years" title="The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years">The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years</a></i> – made into a TV miniseries in 1996 starring Richard Chamberlain. It covers a 14-year period from the novel which was omitted from the first production.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-tehageobit-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tehageobit_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tehageobit_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSusan_Wyndham2015" class="citation web cs1">Susan Wyndham (29 January 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/colleen-mccullough-author-of-the-thorn-birds-dies-20150129-131dka.html">"Colleen McCullough, author of The Thorn Birds, dies"</a>. <i>The Age</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Age&rft.atitle=Colleen+McCullough%2C+author+of+The+Thorn+Birds%2C+dies&rft.date=2015-01-29&rft.au=Susan+Wyndham&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fcolleen-mccullough-author-of-the-thorn-birds-dies-20150129-131dka.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AColleen+McCullough" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/colleen-mccullough">"About Colleen McCullough"</a>, fantasticfiction.co.uk; 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The next few chapters will tell"</a>, TheConversation.com; 29 January 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-syd-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-syd_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Patricia Maunder. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/outspoken-writer-colleen-mccullough-praised-by-all-except-literary-establishment-20150130-131wf9.html">"Outspoken writer Colleen McCullough praised by all except literary establishment"</a>, <i>The Sydney Morning Herald</i>, 30 January 2015.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colleen_McCullough&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Mary Jean DeMarr: <i>Colleen McCullough: A Critical Companion</i>. 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