Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1965-2016 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
41 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in Melbourne, Wearne emerged out of the Monash University poetry readings 1967-69. His published works reflect the new directions afforded by the New Poetry movement. Wearne's published works include "Public Relations" (1972), "New Devil, New Parish" (1976). In 1986 Wearne published his much acclaimed "The Nightmarkets" for which he won The NBC Banjo Award and the Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal. Wearne has been the Meanjin Poetry Editor and continues to write. In 1997 he published "Kicking in Danger" and in 2001 the epic verse novel "The Lovemakers".
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1975-.
Collection alternatively titled as: Alan Wearne Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Alan Wearne
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, Literary manuscripts, Book reviews, Critical writing, Typescripts for Doctorate of Creative Writing, Publicity material and reviews of Wearne’s work, Biographical and Autobiographical material, Audio cassettes.
The literary manuscripts include "The Nightmarkets" and "The Lovemakers". The audio cassettes include an interview with Alan Wearne.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into 8 series.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Box 1 - Box 41
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Wearne, Alan, 1948- (Subject)
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, JH, 21-Feb-2020
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.