   rosina ruth lucia park am (24 august 191714 december 2010)the australian, 18 december 2010she always refused to confirm the actual date, and the published information varies from 1917 to 1924 (source: pegasus book orphanage) was a new zealandâborn australian author. her best known works are the novels the harp in the south (1948) and playing beatie bow (1980), and the children's radio serial the muddle-headed wombat (1951â1970), which also spawned a book series (1962â1982). ==personal history== park was born in auckland to a scottish father and a swedish mother. her family later moved to the town of te kuiti further south in the north island of new zealand, living in isolated areas. during the great depression her working-class father did various jobs: he laboured on bush roads and bridges, worked as a driver, did government relief work and became a sawmill hand. finally, he shifted back to auckland, where he joined the workforce of a municipal council. the family occupied public housing, known in new zealand as a state house, and money remained a scarce commodity. after attending a catholic primary school, park won a partial scholarship to secondary school, but her high-school education was broken by periods of being unable to afford to attend. park's first break as a prof
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