Colin Roderick materials pertaining to his book on John Knatchbull, circa 1963.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Colin Roderick materials pertaining to his book on John Knatchbull, circa 1963.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173022865

The collection consists of five items related to Roderick's book about John Knatchbull, a criminal transported from England to Australia and convicted and hanged for murder in 1844; includes typescript proceedings of book's launching ceremony, 7 March 1963, at East Sydney Technical College; clipping about Knatchbull and Roderick's book by John Hetherington, 9 March 1963, in The Age; clipping about Roderick's book by John V. Barry, 6 April 1963, in Nation; two photographs of the launch ceremony, 7 March 1963, one of the audience, the other of Roderick and the panel, with penned identifications on the verso.

5 items.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6919456

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Roderick, Colin, 1911-2000

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t444tk (person)

Colin Roderick was an Australian author, educator, and editor, and a major influence on 20th century Australian literary affairs, perhaps best known for his books about Australian literature. Born in 1911 in Queensland, he served as editor and later director of the publishing house Angus & Robertson, 1945-1965, and Professor of English at James Cook University, 1965-1976. Roderick wrote prolifically on Australian literature, especially on Henry Lawson, and published a book of travel writing ...

Knatchbull, John, 1792?-1844

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6201njv (person)