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Life Summary

Name	Rosemary Neville Wighton
Alternative Names	Rosemary Neville Blackburn Martha Lemming
Born	6 January, 1925 St Peters, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	7 February, 1994 (aged 69) North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (breast)
Education *	Wilderness School (Medindie, Adelaide) (student, 1930-1940) University of Adelaide (student, 1941-1947)
Occupation or Descriptor *	magazine/journal editor (1962-1973) South Australia, Australia book editor (1963-1993) South Australia, Australia university teacher (1971-1979) South Australia, Australia public servant (1979-1990) South Australia, Australia biographer (1993-1993) South Australia, Australia
Awards	John Howard Clark prize (University of Adelaide) (recipient, 1945) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1990)
Key Events *	Adelaide Festival of Arts (board member, 1978-1994)
Key Organisations *	State Theatre Company of South Australia (board member) Australia Council (Literature Board) (member, 1974-1978) Sex Discrimination Board (SA) (member, 1979) Family Law Council (federal) (member, 1983) Australia Council (Literature Board) (chair, 1984-1990) Australia Council for the Arts (board member, 1987-1990) State Theatre Company of South Australia (chair, 1988-1993)
Workplaces *	University of Adelaide (English) (tutor, 1947-1958) Mary Martin Book Shop (employee, 1948-1950) Australian Book Review (editor, 1962-1973) Australian Letters (editor, 1963) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (book reviewer, 1971-1979) Dept of Community Welfare (SA) (deputy head, 1984-1988)

* Dates are approximate