Awards
- 1933 South Australian Tennyson Medal for English Literature
- 1961 NT Poetry Prize
- 1963 Farmers International Poetry Prize
- 1978 the Noosa Arts Theatre Playwriting Competition, Best Play Award for Travellers through the night (inaugural winner)
- 1988 Alice Award by the Society of Women Writers
- Advance Australia award for environmental campaigning
- 1991 Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Queensland
- 1984 Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
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