Papers of Christine Williams, 1876-1996. 1876-1996.

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Papers of Christine Williams, 1876-1996. 1876-1996.

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The collection contains manuscript, proofs, correspondence, notes, photographs and cassettes relating to Chris (Christine) Williams' biography of Christina Stead and her later publication, Fathers and sons. For the biography of Stead, the correspondence is mostly with Stead's friends and acquaintances. During the research Williams also corresponded with the Australian Archives; U.S. Intelligence and F.B.I.; Virago; McPhee Gribble. The cassettes contain interviews with informants, including Elizabeth Harrower, Elizabeth Riddell and Stead's stepdaughter Ruth Hall. The chief correspondents include C.B. Christesen, Dorothy Green, Jack Lindsay, Kate Stead. Material for the book Fathers and sons (Angus & Robertson, 1996) includes correspondence, taped interviews, drafts of the interview manuscripts, and photographs. The interviewees included Graeme Blundell, Ric Charlesworth, Marcus Einfeld, Michael Kirby, Lionel Rose, Norman Swan, Ted Whitten Jnr., Robyn Williams and Michael Wilding.

1.34 m. (11 boxes) + 3 fol. items.

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Harrower, Elizabeth, 1928-...

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Novelist. Born in Sydney. Harrower lived in London from 1951-59. On her return to Sydney, she worked for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, as a reviewer for the Sydney Morning Herald and for a publishing firm. Harrower has written four novels, Down in the city (1957), The long prospect (1958), The catherine wheel (1960) and The watch tower (1966), and a number of short stories. In 1996 Harrower won the Patrick White Literary Award. (See The Oxford companion to Australian literature, pp 321...

Williams, Christine S.F., 1941-

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Stead, Christina, 1902-1983

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Novelist. Christina Stead is the author of "The man who loved children" (1940) and other books. Thistle Harris (1902-1990) was a botanical writer, landscape designer and photographer. In 1951 she married David Stead, father of Christina Stead. From the description of Letters to Thistle Harris [manuscript]. 1939-1942. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225825756 Christina Stead was born and educated in Australia, but spent most of her life abroad. During the 1930s she...

Williams, Chris, 1952 January 29-

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Williams is an Australian writer and journalist. From the description of Papers of Christine Williams, 1876-1996. 1876-1996. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 221069423 ...

Riddell, Elizabeth, 1907-1998

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Journalist and poet. Born in Napier, New Zealand in 1907, Riddell came to Australia in 1928 and worked from the 1930s on a number of papers including "Smith's Weekly", "Daily Guardian" and for the Fairfax and Packer groups. During World War II she was a war correspondent in London, returning later to Australia as a feature writer and book reviewer for the "Daily Mirror", "The Australian" and "The Bulletin". Her poetry has won numerous awards and published as collected works (e.g. Selected poems,...