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Ken Wilder Papers

  • UQFL334
  • Collection
  • 1975-1985

Four letters from Xavier Herbert to Ken Wilder, 1978-1979; newspaper cutting re Xavier Herbert; inscribed copy of book Poor Fellow my Country, and oil painting by Ray Crooke (60 x 91 cm framed) used for the dust jacket image.

Wilder, Ken, 1927-

Landscape painting for Poor Fellow My Country

This oil on canvas is of an Australian bush landscape, featuring an Aboriginal figure holding a spear in the lower left-hand section. It was commissioned by William Collins Publishers for the jacket cover of Xavier Herbert's book Poor Fellow My Country. The painting was presented to Ken Wilder, Managing Director of Collins, when he retired. The painting was donated to Fryer Library in 2001 in memory of Ken and Jean Wilder's son, Christopher.

Crooke, Ray, 1922-