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Name	Lloyd John O'Neil
Born	17 July, 1928 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	27 February, 1992 (aged 63) Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (bowel)
Education *	Caulfield Grammar (Melbourne) (student, 1942-1944)
Occupation or Descriptor *	bookseller (1945-1955) New South Wales, Australia book publisher (1955-1960) Queensland, Australia book publisher (1960-1992) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1991)
Legacies *	Lloyd O'Neil award (Australian Book Publishers' Association) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	National Literature Board of Review (member, 1967-1976) Australian Book Publishers' Association (president, 1969-1971) Playbox Theatre Company (Melbourne) (chair, 1978-1980)
Workplaces *	Angus and Robertson (employee, 1945-1951) Cassell Ltd (employee, 1952-1955) Jacaranda Press (employee, 1955-1960) Lansdowne Press (owner, 1960-1963) F. W. Cheshire Publishing Pty Ltd (manager, 1963-1969) Lloyd O'Neil Publishing Group (owner, 1969-1987) Penguin Books Australia Ltd (associate director, 1987-1991)

* Dates are approximate

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