# Margaret Balderson

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Australian novelist and children's writer

Margaret Balderson Born 1935 (age 90–91) Concord, New South Wales Occupation novelist Language English Nationality Australian Years active 1968– Notable works When Jays Fly to Barbmo Notable awards Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1969

**Margaret Balderson** is an Australian novelist and writer for children who was born in [Concord, New South Wales](/source/Concord%2C_New_South_Wales) in 1935.[1] She won the 1969 [Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers](/source/Children's_Book_of_the_Year_Award%3A_Older_Readers) award for her [debut novel](/source/Debut_novel) *When Jays Fly to Barbmo*.[2]

Balderson attended [Fort Street High School](/source/Fort_Street_High_School) before commencing library work. She undertook a working holiday to Europe in the 1960s and travelled to and worked in Norway where she gathered material for her debut novel.[2]

Following her return to Australia she worked as resident house-mistress and librarian at [Frensham School](/source/Frensham_School), Mittagong, NSW.[1]

## Novels

- *[When Jays Fly to Barbmo](/source/When_Jays_Fly_to_Barbmo)*, illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus (1968)

- *A Dog Called George* (1975)

- *Blue and Gold Day*, illustrated by Roger Haldane (1979)

- *Sea Bird* with Elizabeth Smith (2002)

- *Junkyard Dogs*, illustrated by Janine Dawson (2002)

## Awards

- 1969 – winner [Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers](/source/Children's_Book_of_the_Year_Award%3A_Older_Readers), *When Jays Fly to Barbmo*

- 1969 – runner-up [Carnegie Medal](/source/Carnegie_Medal_(literary_award)), *When Jays Fly to Barbmo*

- 1976 – highly commended [Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers](/source/Children's_Book_of_the_Year_Award%3A_Older_Readers), *A Dog Called George*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-austlit_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-austlit_1-1) [Austlit - Margaret Balderson](http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A41420) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240313213021/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A41420) 13 March 2024 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ct1969_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ct1969_2-1) ["Book Council Award Winners", *The Canberra Times*, 12 July 1969, p16](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136943729) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204401/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136943729) 7 March 2023 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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