Collection of manuscripts and correspondence of Australian authors [manuscript]. 1864-1925.

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Collection of manuscripts and correspondence of Australian authors [manuscript]. 1864-1925.

Material of Australian writers including William Gay, Julian E. Tenison Woods, D. M. Ross, P. J. Holdsworth, W. Blocksidge, Zora Cross, Charles Harpur, Henry Lawson, Mrs M. Forrest.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7069071

Libraries Australia

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Harpur, Charles, 1813-1868

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Poet. Harpur's first book of poems entitled "Thoughts : a series of sonnets", was published in Sydney in 1845 and three further volumes appeared during his lifetime. From the description of Letters to Henry Kendall. 1864-1867. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222512395 ...

Ross, D. M. (David Macdonald), 1865-1933

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Gay, William, 1865-1897

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Epithet: of Barnstaple British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000446.0x0002ed Born on 2 May 1865 at Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Gay was the eldest child of William and Jane Gay (nee Tagg). The younger William studied Greek and English literature at the University of Glasgow before a bout of tuberculosis whilst still a teenager forced him to travel for his health. In April 1885 he arrived at Port Chalmers, ...

Baylebridge, William, 1883-1942

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W. Baylebridge, 1883-1942, poet, was the name adopted by Charles William Blocksidge after 1923. He also wrote the words for some songs under the pseudonym of Will Leven. He published his own works under the imprint of the Tallabila Press in c.1920-c.1939. In memory of his aunt, Grace Leven, 1865-1922, he bequeathed the Grace Leven Prize for poetry. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225784549 ...

Holdsworth, Philip J. (Philip Joseph), 1851-1902

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Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922

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Short-story writer, balladist. Born 1867 at Grenfell, N.S.W., died in Sydney, 1922. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1917-1979. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225828202 Henry Lawson was one of Australia's greatest short-story writers and poets, and became, for many twentieth century critics, the personification of Australian literature. The images of the bush and bush people in Lawson's best stories have remained influential. Lawson's artistic decline...

Cross, Zora, 1890-1964

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Woods, Julian Tenison, 1832-1889

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Forrest, M. (Mabel), 1872-1935

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Mabel Forrest was a prominent Queensland author and poet, acclaimed as being one of the three outstanding Australian Writers of the first-quarter of the twentieth century. From the description of OM80-102 Mabel Forrest Autobiography. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 755746921 Mabel Forrest was a prominent Queensland author and poet, acclaimed as being one of the three outstanding Australian novelists of the first quarter of the twentieth century. From t...