Awards
He received a number of awards in recognition of his achievements, including:
- 1960: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- 1967: Sydney Myer Award for the best volume of poetry of the year
- 1967: Grace Leven Prize for Poetry for Collected Poems 1936-1967
- 1968: Britannica-Australia Award in the humanities
- 1979: Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
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