for "something to send overseas that was light, bright, and Australian", moulding them in plastic. She named them "Currency Lads", a play on the decimal currency introduced in Australia in 1966, as all six coins featured Australian fauna, and on the term Currency lads and lasses to refer to the first generations of people of British descent born in Australia. She did not have plans for marketing them, but said, "I feel I'm making a start and doing my best. If it makes someone say, 'I can do better,' and that someone does better, then it's worth while." Selected publications 1941 Ambrose Kangaroo (Australian Consolidated Press) 1944 Susan, Who Lives in Australia (Scribner's, USA) 1944 The Black Lamb (Jons Productions, Sydney) 1946 Katherine (Australian version of Susan, The Australian Publishing Company; revised editions in 1958 (Angus & Robertson) and 1963) 1951 Willie's Woollies (Georgian House, Melbourne) 1954 Mr. Koala Bear (Scribner's, USA) 1956 'Susan and the sheep stealing', a chapter in Round the year story book (ed. P. R. Gawthorn; Purnell and Sons, London) 1959 Jane likes Pictures (Collins, London) 1964 Hugh's Zoo (Constable Young Books, London) 1965 The Affable, Amiable Bulldozer Man (Angus & Robertson, Sydney) 1966 Ninji's Magic (Knopf, USA) 1975 The Purple Mouse (Nelson, USA) 1978 It looks different when you get there (Hodder and Stoughton, Sydney) 1978 Ambrose kangaroo delivers the goods (Angus & Robertson, Sydney) 1982 A wonderful way to learn the language (Hodder and Stoughton, Sydney) Awards 1955 – Mr. Koala Bear, Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book: Commended 1965 – Hugh's Zoo, Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book: Winner 1974–1976 – Children's Literature Fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts 1976 – Australia-Japan Foundation grant References External links Elisabeth Macintyre Eldershaw papers at the State Library of New South Wales Elisabeth MacIntyre Papers at the University of Canberra. National Centre for Australian Children's Literature Elisabeth MacIntyre interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection Elisabeth MacIntyre papers in the de Grummond Collection, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi 1916 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Australian women writers 20th-century Australian non-fiction writers Australian children's writers Australian illustrators Australian comics artists Australian women novelists Australian women children's writers Australian women illustrators Writers from Sydney Writers who illustrated their own writing National Art School alumni People from Bowral Deaf artists Deaf writers