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- [1909?] (Creation)
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87 l. ; 30 cm.
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Randolph Bedford, born in 1868 in Sydney, became a journalist in the 1880s, founder of 'The Clarion' (1897-1909). Author of 5 novels, countless short stories, poetry, travel, descriptive and autobiographical work and the play 'The white man's land' which was staged in Melbourne in 1909. He was a member of the Qld Legislative Council, 1917-1923, and of its Legislative Assembly, 1923-1941. Randolph was the father of Eric Bedford, and grandfather of Liz Collins. He gained considerable wealth from goldmining in Western Australia.
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From the Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts.
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- English
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In margins : Australian Archives Accession A1336/2, item 931.
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Note in pencil on first page by Richard Fotheringham : first performed 27 Feb. 1909, Protestant Hall, Exhibition St., Melbourne.
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Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.