Letters. 1915-1932.

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Letters. 1915-1932.

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The letters are written to H. Duncan Hall by John Le Gay Brereton, poet, librarian at Fisher Library, University of Sydney and later Sydney University's Professor of English Literature. The members of the Hall family and Brereton were bush-walking companions. When Duncan left for Oxford the letters began. They are in two batches. The first providing comment on the reaction in Sydney to some of the vital issues of the war years: conscription, Daniel Mannix, the I.W.W., Billy Hughes and censorship as well as University affairs. There is a break (1920-1925) when Duncan returned to Australia. The second batch ends with Brereton's death in 1932. They include descriptions of the founding of the Fellowship of Australian Writers and comments on John Anderson, F.A. Todd, H.M. Green and others. Some of Brereton's poems appear throughout the letters.

1 cm. (37 letters)

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Hall, H. Duncan (Hessel Duncan), 1891-

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Epithet: of the League of Nations Secretariate Geneva British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x00024f Hessel Duncan Hall was born in 1891 at Emu Plains, NSW. He was Professor in International Relations at the University of Syracuse, USA from 1926 to 1927 and in 1927 organised the first inter-university Assembly of the League of Nations in the USA. He was a member of the League of Nations Secretariat from 1927 t...

Brereton, J. Le Gay (John Le Gay), 1871-1933

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Poet, academic, librarian. Brereton was Librarian of the University of Sydney (1902-21) and Professor of English Literature (1921-33). He published eight volumes of poems, as well as essays, plays and criticism. From the description of Letter. 1908. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222578035 John Le Gay Brereton, the younger, 1871-1933, was born in Sydney, N.S.W., the fifth son of Dr John Le Gay Brereton, 1827-1886. He began contributing to literary magazines while...