She has received several awards: My Place won the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission humanitarian award in 1987, the Western Australia Week literary award for non-fiction in 1988, and the 1990 Order of Australia Book Prize.
Recibiu moitos premios: My Place gañou o premio humanitario Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission humanitarian en 1987, o premio literario da semana da universidade de Western Australia na categoría de non-ficción en 1988, e o premio Order of Australia Book de 1990.