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- 1954 (Creation)
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1 leaf ; 26 cm.
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David Rowbotham was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, served in the RAAF in the Second World War, studied at the University of Sydney and The University of Queensland, worked as a journalist, broadcaster and academic and as literary and theatre critic for The Courier Mail from 1969-1979 and from 1980-1987 as its Literary Editor. His 22 books include verse, short stories and a novel. Major awards received include the Xavier Society Award and Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1964; recognition by the Australia Council as an Emeritus Fellow of Literature in 1988; and the Order of Australia (AM) in 1991 "for services to literature and journalism".
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Frederick Walter Robinson (known as "Doc Robbie") was born in Sydney on 21 October 1888. He was educated at Sydney High, University of Sydney and the University of Jena. He was Associate Professor of Modern Languages at Royal Military College Duntroon (1913-1932), and Captain and Intelligence Officer in the AIF (1915-1919). F.W. Robinson lectured in English and German at The University of Queensland (1923-1945), and later became Associate Professor of English (1946-1958). He was in the General Staff Office as a Major (Intelligence) in 1941-42. He presented the Commonwealth Literary Fund Australian Literature Seminars and Lectures at The University of Queensland in 1944 and 1958, and at Sydney University in 1946. F.W. Robinson also set up the Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature at The University of Queensland. For many years he was associated with the Oxley Library, the Queensland Art Gallery and other cultural institutions. He played a large part in the planning of the University of Queensland at St Lucia. F.W. Robinson died on 26 August 1971.
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Letter accompanied donation to Fryer Library of his book, Ploughman and poet. Includes reply from Professor F. W. Robinson (1954 Oct. 18, 1 leaf typescript)
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- Rowbotham, David, 1924-2010 (Subject)
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Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.