Item F3053 - Letters from Australian authors, 1944-1970

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F3053

Title

Letters from Australian authors, 1944-1970

Date(s)

  • 1944-1970 (Creation)

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10 items ; 26 cm. and smaller.

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Name of creator

(1899-1979)

Biographical history

Robert Steel Byrnes was an Australian poet, and president of the Fellowship of Australian Writers.

Name of creator

(1890-1976)

Biographical history

James Martin Devaney was born in Sandhurst, Victoria, on 31 May 1890. Devaney studied at St. Joseph's College and in 1915 made his final vows, taking the religious name Fabian Joseph. However he left the order in July 1921. In 1921 he moved permanently to Queensland to a career of full-time writing and journalism. From 1924 to 1943 he published a weekly column of nature notes for the Brisbane Courier-Mail under the pseudonym 'Fabian'. He also wrote a regular 'Literary Section' for the Catholic Leader. Devaney was president of the Queensland Authors' and Artists' Association (later the Fellowship of Australian Writers or FAW). He died on 14 August 1976.

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(1911-1976)

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Name of creator

(1923-1993)

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(1904-)

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Archival history

Letters originally inserted in monographs donated to Fryer Library from estate of R.S. Byrnes.

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Scope and content

Letters from : James Devaney (1945 Sept.14, 1951 Jan.29, 1970 June 3, undated) ; Ian Mudie (1944 Apr.15) ; Nancy Keesing ([1951]) ; Enid Bell (1968 Oct.1) ; L.H. Luscombe (1970 Aug.27, 1970 Nov.22) ; Ada England (1946 Mar.22)

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Accruals

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

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Language of material

  • English

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Publication note

The Australian women's register, AWH003899

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Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991002036209703131

Millennium Local System Number

.b18822423

OCLC Number

222659626

Libraries Australia ID

21260346

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Status

Revised

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Revised, AM, 01-Jun-2020.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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