Papers of Bene Gibson Smyth, 1923-1946 [manuscript]. [1923-1946]

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Papers of Bene Gibson Smyth, 1923-1946 [manuscript]. [1923-1946]

MS Acc11.044 comprises manuscript scores of songs by Bene Gibson Smyth. The scores include an album titled "Song stories for children", 1946; a musical play, "The wishing well ... adapted from Stories told by Little Miss Kookaburra" (aka Hazel Maude, who broadcast bedtime stories in Australia), 1936; and individual songs. Some of the song lyrics are by Gertrude Hart. In addition, there is a sheet of typewritten poems by Queensland writer Mabel Forrest, with a covering note from the author, and photocopies of four photographic portraits (1 packet).

0.06 m. (1 packet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8122325

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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...

Smyth, Bene Gibson, 1883-1966

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Composer. Bene Gibson Smyth was an Australian composer of songs for children. She was born Robina Gibson Hunter at Sandridge, near Bendigo, Victoria in 1883. She married James Stuart Smyth in Newmarket, Melbourne, in 1910 and had three children. Bene Gibson Smyth died in Ourimbah, New South Wales in 1966. From the description of Papers of Bene Gibson Smyth, 1923-1946 [manuscript]. [1923-1946] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 747426059 ...

Hart, E. Gertrude

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Maude, Hazel.

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