Item F3815 - Australian birthright

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F3815

Title

Australian birthright

Date(s)

  • [1946?] (Creation)

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11 leaves ; 30 cm.

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Name of creator

(1886-1967)

Biographical history

Emily Isabelle Hunt was born in 1886 at Williamstown, Victoria. She was a professional violinist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra who also authored several books. Married Fairfax Phillip Garland Moresby in 1924. She died in 1967 at Prahran, Victoria.

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Previously titled: Australian birthright, 1946.

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Unpublished eleven page typescript poem in homage to the Australian landscape and nation, text on rectos only. Quarto, cloth backed folder with manuscript title label (vertical crease); inscribed by author on verso of front cover 'For dear Jim -- a little "Welcome Home" tribute from his friend Isabelle Moresby. 20.1.46', with later bookplate of Melbourne bibliophile Jeff Prentice; first page of typescript signed by Moresby; the poem has several corrections made by the author.

This patriotic poem (spoiler: it contains the word 'girt') was apparently originally to be titled Birthright, and attributed to 'Kirroo', but that heading, which appeared on all but the first page of text, has in each case been almost obscured beneath a blank piece of paper laid on by the author. -- Publisher's blurb

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Unrestricted access.

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  • English

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Alma MMS ID

991013933692703131

Libraries Australia ID

65002638

OCLC Number

1091883925

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Revised

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Revised, Linda Justo, 1-Feb-2022. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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