Family
He was the son of Frederick Hetherington (1883–1951), who was born in Hexham, Northumberland, England — one of the seven children of Thomas Hetherington and Margaret Diana Hetherington (née Ritson) — and Ellen Mary Hetherington (1888–1976) (née Markwell). They were married at Balmain in 1918, and Norman Frederick Hetherington was born on 29 May 1921 in Lilyfield.
He grew up at 35 Meryla Street, Burwood. He attended primary school at Burwood Public School from 1927 to 1933, and secondary school at Sydney's Fort Street Boys' High School from 1934 to 1937. He studied art, full-time, at East Sydney Technical College (now known as the National Art School), from 1937–1938; and, because he had taken a position with one if Sydney's largest advertising agencies, Lintas (Lever International Advertising), he transferred to part-time studies, studying at night from 1939 to 1941 (when he enlisted in the army).
In 1958, he married Margaret (née Purnell); she would later write all of the scripts for Mr. Squiggle. They moved to the Sydney suburb of Mosman in 1960, and Hetherington remained there until his death.
The couple's children are Stephen (1959-), an academic philosopher, and Rebecca (1962-), a television presenter, and one time associate producer on radio 2UE.
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