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          Nan Chauncy was born in England in and moved to Australia at age The family settled in Sandy Bay but then bought land at Bagdad, now the Chauncy Vale.

        1. Nan Chauncy was born in England in and moved to Australia at age The family settled in Sandy Bay but then bought land at Bagdad, now the Chauncy Vale.
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          6. The s marked an unprecedented development in Australian children's literature, with the emergence of many new writers—mainly women, like Nan Chauncy....

          Nan Chauncy

          English-Australian children's writer

          Nan Chauncy

          Nan Chauncy, c.1950

          BornNancen Beryl Masterman
          (1900-05-28)28 May 1900
          Northwood, Middlesex, England
          Died1 May 1970(1970-05-01) (aged 69)
          Bagdad, Tasmania, Australia
          OccupationNovelist
          NationalityBritish Australian
          Period1948–1969
          GenreChildren's literature
          SpouseHelmut Anton Rosenfeld (1938–1970)
          ChildrenHeather Chauncy

          Nan Chauncy (28 May 1900 – 1 May 1970) was a British-born Australian children's writer.

          Early life

          Chauncy was born Nancen Beryl Masterman in Northwood, Middlesex (now in London), and emigrated to Tasmania, Australia, with her family in 1912, when her engineer father was offered a job with the Hobart City Council.

          She attended St Michael's Collegiate School in Hobart. In 1914, the family moved to the rural community of Bagdad, where they grew apple trees. The bush setting of Bagdad, including a bushranger's cave, would inspire some of