Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1936-2008 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
39 boxes, 1 parcel.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Donald Bruce Dawe, Australian poet, was born on 15 February 1930 in Fitzroy, a Melbourne suburb. He worked in various occupations before joining the RAAF in 1959. In 1968 Dawe began teaching at Downlands College, Toowoomba. In 1971 he began as a lecturer at the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education (DDIAE); became a senior lecturer in 1980 and an Associate Professor at the renamed University of Southern Queensland. Dawe's awards include: Patrick White Literary Award in 1980; Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) Christopher Brennan Award in 1983; the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian literature in 1992. He retired from full-time teaching in 1993. He died on 1 April 2020.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1936-
Collection alternatively titled as: Bruce Dawe Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, poetry and prose manuscripts, newspaper cuttings, miscellaneous items.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Haskell, D. (2002). Attuned to alien moonlight: the poetry of Bruce Dawe. St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press.
Land and identity : proceedings of the 1997 Conference held at the University of New England Armidale New South Wales 27-30 September 1997, edited by Jennifer McDonnell and Michael Deves.
Publication note
'Guide to the Papers of Bruce Dawe, The University of Queensland Library, Fryer Library'. (2001). Guide to Australian literary manuscripts. University of Western Australia Library & Australian Literary Manuscript Collections Project.
Notes area
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Dawe, Bruce, 1930- (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, JR, 22-Apr-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.