Brenda Niall wins the National Biography Prize for Mannix

By Susan Wyndham
Updated August 15 2016 - 6:15am, first published 2:54pm
Brenda Niall's biography of Archbishop Mannix "is so much more than the severe, spindly caricatures of the cartoonists".  Photo: Justin McManus
Brenda Niall's biography of Archbishop Mannix "is so much more than the severe, spindly caricatures of the cartoonists". Photo: Justin McManus

In researching her biography of Daniel Mannix, the Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years, Brenda Niall was surprised to find how liberal his views were on most issues: he opposed World War I conscription, capital and corporal punishment, and the White Australia policy; supported the church reforms of Vatican II; and called for more openness in teaching children about sex.

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