Correspondence [manuscript]. 1950-1998.

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Correspondence [manuscript]. 1950-1998.

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Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright enjoyed a friendship spanning over four decades.This collection comprises their letters to each other, documenting this long friendship. Blackman's early letters to Wright revolve around bringing up her young family and supporting Charles in his work. Her letters of later years detail her attempts to establish a career for herself and contain many of her philosophical outlooks on life. Similarly, Wright's early letters detail her family life, but also include references to her career. Her later letters detail her growing interest and involvement with issues relating to conservation. Many of Wright's letters contain poems she has jotted down for Blackman to read.

18 cm. (9 folders)

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Libraries Australia

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Blackman, Barbara, 1928-

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Barbara Blackman is an essayist and author. She was married to the artist Charles Blackman and during their 30 years together was involved in both the Australian and European art scenes, numbering amongst her friends and acquaintances many well-known Australian artists. She has worked as a magazine columnist, a radio producer for Radio for the Print Handicapped and on behalf of the National Library of Australia has recorded a number of interviews with leading figures in the Australian art scene....

Wright, Judith, 1915-2000

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Poet, essayist and conservationist. Author of The moving image (1946), Five senses (1963), Preoccupations in Australian poetry (1965), Collected poems, 1942-1970 (1971) and many other books. From the description of Papers of Judith Wright [manuscript]. 1949-1951. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225825154 Poet, essayist and conservationist, born in 1915. Author of The moving image (1946), The gateway (1953), Birds (1962), Five senses (1963), Preoccupations in Austr...