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Life Summary

Name	Katharine Susannah Prichard
Alternative Names	Katherine Susannah Throssell
Born	4 December, 1883 Levuka, Fiji
Died	2 October, 1969 (aged 85) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Apthorp, John Victor (friend) Calthorpe, Ivy Bright Philomena (friend) Ophel, Kathleen Phyllis Yalden (friend) Gilchrist, Roma Catherine (friend) Palmer, Aileen Yvonne (friend) Cameron, Annette Elizabeth (friend) Leighton, Harry Marples (colleague) Ryce, George (colleague) Mountjoy, Jane Lindsay (colleague) Vickers, Frederick Bert (acquaintance) Healy, Kevin Martin (acquaintance) Porter, Harold Edward (acquaintance) Healy, Leah (acquaintance)
Occupation *	journalist (1903-1919) Victoria, Australia novelist (1907-1919) Victoria, Australia poet (1907-1919) Victoria, Australia short story writer (1907-1919) Victoria, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1919-1969) Western Australia, Australia novelist (1919-1969) Western Australia, Australia pacifist (1919-1969) Western Australia, Australia playwright (1919-1969) Western Australia, Australia short story writer (1919-1969) Western Australia, Australia communist (1920-1969) Western Australia, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1963-1963) Western Australia, Australia
Legacies *	Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation (eponym)

* Dates are approximate