Editing Thomas Keneally (section)

==Personal life==
Keneally married Judy Martin, then a nurse, in 1965, and they had two daughters, [[Meg Keneally|Margaret]] and Jane.<ref>{{cite news|title=Interestingly enough … The life of Tom Keneally, and his women|last=Steggall|first=Stephany Evans|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/interestingly-enough--the-life-of-tom-keneally-and-his-women/news-story/f5e41eeea60f7c81e94f10e0a33573d1|newspaper=[[The Weekend Australian]]|date=26 September 2015|access-date=10 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="NLA" />

Keneally was the founding chairman (1991–93) of the [[Australian Republic Movement]]<ref name="ABC" /> and published a book on the subject ''Our Republic'' in 1993. Several of his Republican essays appear on the website of the movement. He is also a keen supporter of [[rugby league]] football,<ref>{{cite book
  | author1 = Toby Creswell
  | author2 =Samantha Trenoweth
  | title = 1001 Australians You Should Know
  | publisher = Pluto Press
  | year = 2006
  | location = Australia
  | pages = 136
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QqtinbjO0oEC&q=rugby
  | isbn = 1-86403-361-4}}
</ref> in particular the [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]] club of the [[NRL]]. In 2004, he gave the sixth annual [[Tom Brock Lecture]].<ref>[http://www.sporthistory.org/TomBrocklect.htm Tom Brock Lecture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218162918/http://www.sporthistory.org/TomBrocklect.htm |date=18 February 2011 }} at the Australian Society for Sports History's website</ref> He made an appearance in the 2007 rugby league drama film ''[[The Final Winter]]''.<ref>{{Cite news
  | last = FitzSimons
  | first = Peter|author-link=Peter FitzSimons
  | title = The Fitz Files
  | work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]
  | place = Australia
  | date = 20 October 2007
| url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/time-to-choose-between-a-bok-and-a-hard-place/2007/10/19/1192301041887.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap3
  | access-date = 2 October 2010}}</ref>

In March 2009, the [[Prime Minister of Australia]], [[Kevin Rudd]], gave an autographed copy of Keneally's biography ''Lincoln'' to President [[Barack Obama]] as a state gift.<ref name=age20090326>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/obama-lauds-rudd-in-meeting-of-the-minds-20090325-9aip.html?page=-1|title=Obama lauds Rudd in 'meeting of the minds'|work=The Age|date=25 March 2009 }}</ref>

Keneally's nephew [[Ben Keneally|Ben]] is married to the former senior [[Australian Labor Party]] [[Australian Senate|Senator]], [[Kristina Keneally]]. She is also a former [[Premier of New South Wales]] and [[Sky News Australia]] newscaster.