Letters and poems [manuscript]. 1938-1976.

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Letters and poems [manuscript]. 1938-1976.

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Four typed letters, three of which are signed, from Frank Dalby Davison to Pixie O'Harris (two undated; two dated - 1938, 1944); a signed poem "The Garden Breathed Your Name" and an unsigned typed poem entitled: "A Song for you". Also includes letters from Ray Mathew to Pixie O'Harris, 1950-1976. There is an additional folder of letters from F.D. Davison, John Croyston, Myrtle Rose White and Bill Hart-Smith and an album of letters, cards, telegrams and cuttings relating to the MBE awarded to Pixie O'Harris in 1976.

14 cm. (1box) + 1 folio packet.

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Libraries Australia

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White, Myrtle Rose, 1888-1961

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Myrtle Rose White is the author of From that day to this (1961), No roads go by (1932) and Beyond the western rivers (1956). From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1940-1961. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225782930 ...

Croyston, John.

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Mathew, Ray, 1929-2002

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Raymond Frank Mathew is a poet, playwright, short-story writer and novelist. A tutor at Sydney University from 1954-1959, he won a drama bursary from Arts Council, Great Britain, 1959-1960. Publications include: Song and dance (1956), A Bohemian affair, (1961), A spring song (1961) Because of the ruzilla (1965), The joys of possession (1967). From the description of Papers of Ray Mathew [manuscript]. 1951-1963. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225826629 Australian ...

Hart-Smith, William

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William Hart-Smith, teacher and poet was born in England, but spent most of his adult life in New Zealand, where he was from 1948 to 1954, Adult Education Tutor at the Canterbury University College. He spent some years in Sydney, then in 1970 move to Perth and in 1978 returned to N.Z. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1915-1977. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225820623 ...

O'Harris, Pixie, 1903-

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Artist and children's author. O'Harris' published works include "The fairy who wouldn't fly" (1946) and "Marmaduke the possum" (1947). See "Who's who in Australia, 1950", p. 548. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1970. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225848534 Pixie O'Harris, born in Wales in 1903, emigrated to Australia in 1920, becoming one of leading children's book illustrators and authors. Several generations of Australians have been brought up on ...

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...