Thomas Keneally Schepisi's "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" (1978) (based on his own novel) and played Father Marshall in the award-winning film "The Devil's Playground" (1976), also by Schepisi. In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). He is an Australian Living Treasure. Keneally was a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council from 1985 to 1988 and President of the National Book Council from 1985 to 1989. Keneally was a visiting professor at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) where he taught the graduate fiction workshop for one quarter in 1985. From 1991 to
Keneally ministry a subsequent reshuffle two weeks later. Only changes in portfolios are shown below. This arrangement cover the period from the second ministerial reshuffle on 5 June 2010 until 6 September 2010, following the resignation of Paul McLeay. Only changes in portfolios are shown below. This arrangement cover the period from the second ministerial reshuffle on 6 September 2010 until the dissolution of the Keneally government on 28 March 2011, following the 2011 state election. Only changes in portfolios are shown below. Keneally ministry The Keneally ministry is the 92nd ministry of the Government of New South Wales, and was led