D'Arcy Niland (Australian writer)
- Darcy Francis Niland
- D'Arcy Francis Niland
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- Niland, D'Arcy
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1917-10-20
- Place of birth
- Glen Innes
- Date of death
- 1967-03-29
- Place of death
- New South Wales
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D'Arcy Francis Niland (20 October 1917 – 29 March 1967) was an Australian farm labourer, novelist and short story writer. In 1955 he wrote The Shiralee, which gained international recognition in its depictions of the experiences of a swagman and his four-year-old daughter. It was made into a 1957 film, starring Peter Finch, and a 1987 TV mini-series, starring Bryan Brown. Niland married fellow writer Ruth Park (1917–2010) on 11 May 1942 and the couple had five children: Anne (born ca. June 1943), Rory, Patrick and twin daughters, Kilmeny (1950–2009) and Deborah (1950–present). Niland died on 29 March 1967 of a myocardial infarction, aged 49.
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