Veronica Brady
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5 January 1929
Veronica Brady | |
|---|---|
 Veronica Brady, South Brisbane 2006 | |
| Born | Patricia Mary Brady 5 January 1929 |
| Died | 20 August 2015 |
Veronica Brady IBVM (born Patricia Mary Brady; 5 January 1929 – 20 August 2015) was an Australian religious sister who was a noted writer and academic. She was one of the first Australian religious sisters to broadcast on radio and to teach at a secular university.[1] She was a member of the inaugural board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in the 1980s.[2]
Brady was an authority on Nobel Prize-winning Australian author Patrick White and wrote South of My Days, a biography of Australian poet Judith Wright.[3]
Patricia Mary Brady was born in Melbourne in 1929 (she took the name of "Veronica" upon joining her religious order). She matriculated from Loreto Mandeville at the age of 15 before attending Melbourne University. She went on to complete one of the first PhD degrees on Australian literature, graduating from the University of Toronto in 1969 after completing a thesis on the writing of Patrick White (as "Patricia Mary Brady").
Career
Brady returned to teach at Loreto Mandeville as well as Loreto Kirribilli, where she first met White.[1] She went to the University of Western Australia in 1972 and retired as a reader in 1994. She joined the Sisters of Loreto, and has been described as an early proponent of feminist ideals.[4]
