by Deborah Niland) 2004 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards#Special Award won 2006 listed in Bulletin's 100 most influential Australians 2008 Dromkeen Medal Bibliography Novels See also List of New Zealand literary figures References External links Ruth Park (1999–2000) by Kilmeny NILAND National Portrait Gallery (Australia) (Retrieved 11 June 2014) Ruth Park at Libraries Australia Authorities, with catalogue search (login required) 1917 births 2010 deaths Australian children's writers New Zealand emigrants to Australia Miles Franklin Award winners Members of the Order of Australia People from Auckland People from Te Kūiti 20th-century Australian novelists Australian women children's writers Australian women novelists 20th-century Australian women writers 20th-century New Zealand women writers 20th-century New Zealand novelists New Zealand people of Scottish descent New Zealand people of Swedish descent