Papers. 1909-1949.

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Papers. 1909-1949.

Address given to the Writers and Literature Lovers' Club, Melbourne, in August 1945 on the Tasmanian poet James Hebblethwaite. Also verses by Hebblethwaite, photographs of Hebblethwaite and O'Dowd and other related material; article entitled "Bernard O'Dowd's early writing" by E. Morris Miller published in Meanjin, vol. 8, no. 4, 1949; and copy of O'Dowd's "Poetry militant : an Australian plea for the poetry of purpose", published in Melbourne by T.C. Lothian in 1909, inscribed to William Moore.

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Moore, William, 1868-1937

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Art critic, historian and author. See The Encyclopedia of Australian art (pp. 817-818). From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1895-1937. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225829959 ...

Hebblethwaite, James, 1857-1921

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Miller, Edmund Morris, 1881-1964

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Miller began his professional career at the Public Library of Victoria in 1900. In 1913 he became a lecturer in philosophy and economics at the University of Tasmania. He produced the two volume "Australian Literature from its beginnings." From the description of Letter : to Warwick Eunson. 1956. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222849658 1922-1952 Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at Tasmania University. 1933-1945 Vice-Chancellor. 1952 + Professor Emeritus. ...

O'dowd, Bernard, 1866-1953

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Bernard O'Dowd was a noted Melbourne poet and man of letters. From the description of Letters and ephemera [manuscript]. 1905-1953. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223435115 Bernard O'Dowd was born in Victoria, Australia; both parents were Irish immigrants, and infused their son with stories of his heritage. At fifteen he started college, began publishing poetry at sixteen, and at seventeen, after an injury to his father, he began working, ultimately becoming a le...