Papers [manuscript]. 1915-1970.
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Davison, Frank Dalby, 1893-1970
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Writer and novelist, Frank Dalby Davison won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for his novel Man Shy (1931). His interest in soil erosion and deforestation led to his stories Blue Coast Caravan (1935), The Wasteland (1935), and Children of the Dark People (1936). Davison was awarded a Commonwealth Literary Fund Fellowship in 1939-1940. He made political commentary through his literature "to reveal the Australian situation and to promote liberal democratic values." He saw literature as...
Serle, Percival, 1871-1951
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Bibliographer and compiler of the Dictionary of Australian biography. From the description of Biography files. [not after 1949] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222234625 Bibliographer and compiler of Dictionary of Australian Biography (1949). From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225770394 ...
Kennedy, Victor, 1895-1952
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Victor Kennedy, born at Eaglehawk, Victoria, in 1895, held various journalistic positions in country towns throughout Australia before becoming a sub-editor with the Melbourne Argus. Closely associated with the Jindyworobak Movement, Kennedy published four books of verse and died in Melbourne in 1952. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225771732 ...
Baker, Kate, 1861-1953
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Born in Ireland, Baker came to Australia as a child. While she was a school teacher in Victoria, she became acquainted with Joseph Furphy, and encouraged him to write. After his death she did much towards promoting his works. She was awarded the O.B.E. for her services to Australian literature. From the description of Papers. 1880-1950. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222289802 Born in Ireland, came to to Australia as a child. While she was a school teacher in Vic...
Palmer, Nettie, 1885-1964
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Nettie Palmer was a prominent Australian writer and critic. From the description of Letters : Sorrento and Armadale, to Mildred Moore, Mentone [manuscript]. 1900-1902. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223121158 This volume was a twenty-first birthday gift to Nettie Higgins in August 1906. From the description of Commonplace book [manuscript]. 1907-1936. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225785683 Nettie Palmer was born Janet Gertrude H...
Furphy, Joseph, 1843-1912
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Joseph Furphy, the writer, was born at Yering, near Yarra Glen. He is best known for Such is life (1903) published under the pen-name 'Tom Collins'. From the description of [Manuscript booklet of poems], ca. 1905-[not after 2000]. [manuscript]. ca. 1905-[not after 2000]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271320680 Joseph Furphy is widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian novel." He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins, and was extremely popular in Au...
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...
