Morag Loh


Morag Jeanette Loh was an Australian writer, specializing in children's literature and Australian history.

Early life

Morag Jeanette Foster was born in Melbourne and attended the University of Melbourne. Before 1974, she was a teacher.

Career

Books by Morag Loh

Loh also wrote plays, including Snail and the Hare, Wu Sung Fights the Tiger, Glimpses of Richmond, Tombolas Go Historical and Right Royal Panto. She said of her historical projects on immigration in Australia, "It is really an attempt to improve communication in Australian society. If it also educates people then that is fine, and certainly it is meant to be entertaining." She spoke at literary festivals, to community groups and schoolchildren.

Awards

Loh's study of Chinese-Australian history was funded in part by a grant from the Australia-China Council. Her children's book, Grandpa and Ah Gong, won the 1995 Young Readers/Picture Book award from The Family Therapy Associations of Australia. In 2008 she was added to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

Personal life

Morag Foster married surgeon Timothy Loh in 1958. She died in 2019, aged 83 years, in Melbourne.