Colin Milton Thiele, AC (November 16, 1920 - September 4, 2006) was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy and Blue Fin.
Thiele was born in Eudunda in South Australia to a Barossa German family. The young Colin only spoke German until he went to school in Julia Creek. He was educated at several country schools including Kapunda High School before studying at t...
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Colin Milton Thiele, AC (November 16, 1920 - September 4, 2006) was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy and Blue Fin.
Thiele was born in Eudunda in South Australia to a Barossa German family. The young Colin only spoke German until he went to school in Julia Creek. He was educated at several country schools including Kapunda High School before studying at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1941. He served with the Australian Army and RAAF attaining the rank of corporal during World War II and later taught in high schools and colleges.
Thiele wrote more than 100 books, which often described life in rural Australia, particularly the Coorong region of coastal South Australia. Several of his books have been made into films or television series, including Sun on the Stubble, The Fire in the Stone, Blue Fin and Storm Boy.
In 1977 he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, the second...
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