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- [19??] (Creation)
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8 leaves ; 34 cm. and smaller.
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Joseph O'Dwyer was born in Melbourne and educated at the University of Queensland, where he gained a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was later a public servant and a teacher at Rockhampton Grammar School. He came into prominent notice with 'The Trojan doom', which won the CJ Dennis Memorial Prize. He was the author of a number of volumes of poetry, and also contributed to literary periodicals such as 'Meanjin Papers' and 'Angry Penguins'. His 'Collected Poems' was published in 1987.
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Manuscript originally part of the F.W. Robinson collection, UQFL5.
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10 poems : 'Christmas Eve', 'Delirium', 'Faith', 'Good Friday', 'I seek an unknown land', 'The invalid', 'Moonlight nocturne', 'Parting', "The reader', 'The old habitual'.
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- English
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Signed, with author's address.
8 typescript poems, 2 handwritten.
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Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.