INDEX    NEWLY PUBLISHED WORK          RECENT PERFORMANCE 1    RECENT PERFORMANCE 2     FROM A QUIET PLACE  and   LAMENT FOR KOSOVO            BETTY'S BIOGRAPHY         INFLUENCES BETTY         BEATH-COX ART  ENTERPRISES      DAVID'S BIOG     DAVID'S AWARDS      FAVOURITE LINKS

1974 SOUTH-EAST ASIA  FELLOWSHIP, Australia Council Literature Board,     
           awarded jointly with composer, Betty Beath, to research material in Indonesia
1976 RESEARCH GRANT, from The Schools Commission .
1978 National WALKELEY AWARD,  Best newspaper illustration
1980 TRAVEL GRANT, Literature Board of The Australia Council
1982, 1985, HONOUR BOOKS, Children's Book Council of Australia,
                   Book of the Year awards.
1985 RESIDENCY, (jointly with composer, Betty Beath) North Adams College,
         Massachusetts
. 1986 SHORTLISTED, CBCA Book of the Year awards.
1988 PARENTS' CHOICES MAGAZINE AWARD  USA Best book illustrations
1988 CHILDREN'S CHOICES LIST, USA.         1992 SHORTLIST, CBCA awards.
1994 INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA TRADE FAIR, JAKARTA, represented
         Australian children's authors.
1994 SPECIAL PURPOSE GRANT, Literature Board of the Australia Council
1995 SHORTLIST, CBCA awards.               
1996 SHORTLIST, CBCA awards
2004 Senior Writer's Grant Literature Board, Australia Council
2007 Dame Isabelle Rankin Award for distinguished services to Children's
         Literature in Queensland