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- 1976-1985 (Creation)
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2 items, 24 folders
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This series contains drafts, notes, newspaper cuttings, research material and correspondence. Sticks that kill was published by University of Queensland Press in 1983. Initially the novel was preceded by a stage play called Goaribari. This series includes drafts, handwritten notes, research material, cuttings of reviews from journals and magazines, and material removed or deleted from the novel.
The novel is set in British New Guinea and covers a very short period from 1900 to 1903. The story centers around John Rhys, newly arrived to Port Moresby, who works as clerk to the Government Secretary, Mr Ellison. During Rhys's time there the tensions of colonial government (with Britain and Australia both having responsibility for the region during this time) , missionaries, and the local population are revealed.
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Photocopies on heat sensitive paper have been discarded as unable to be read.
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Arranged chronologically where possible.
Box 2
Folder 5 : Pre first draft of opening, handwritten notes, undated
Items 3-4 : Handwritten drafts in exercise books for the stage play 'Goaribari', which preceded the novel, undated
Items 5 -9 : Handwritten drafts in exercise books, [vol. 1-5], pp. 1-327, undated
Box 3
Items 1-7 : Handwritten drafts in exercise books, [vol. 6-12], pp. 328-685, undated
Item 8 : Handwritten notes in spiral notebook, [1979?]
Item 9 : Handwritten notes in 1976 Kingsgrove Diary. Includes handmade paper tabs with sticky tape (that are falling off) for subject contents and corresponding notes and research: L.M.S. ; Traders ; Administration; Town; Miscellaneous people; Musgrave; Barton; Ballantine; Miscellaneous Info. & Incidents.
Folder 1 : Photocopied research material marked 'Goaribari', undated
Folder 2 : Photocopied and typed research material relating to New Guinea, undated
Folder 3 : Typed extracts from the novel and manuscript returned from publishers with rejection correspondence, 1982
Folder 4 : Handwritten copies of research material relating to British New Guinea and Rev. James Chalmers from the Mitchell Library, undated. Previously housed in folder marked 'In KCAE reprint file' and 'Reprints from journals, christianity in the South Pacific', undated
Box 4
Item 1 : Edited final draft, typed, marked 'F1' on page 1, [600 leaves], undated
Item 2 : Edited draft, typed, undated
Box 5
Folder 1 : University of Queensland Press book launch invitation, 1983
Folder 2 : Previously in envelope marked 'Goaribari'. Typescript of the stage play 'Goaribari', 80 leaves, Aug 1983. Typescript of the stage play 'Goaribari', with 3 hand drawn maps, [82] leaves, Aug 1983
Folder 3 : Previously in folder marked ' Sticks that kill cuttings'. Journal/ newspaper cuttings/ photocopies of book reviews, 1983 to 1985
Folder 4 : Photocopied research material relating to the Goaribari Royal Commission in 1904, undated
Folder 5: Photographs and newspaper cuttings of Port Moresby c1900. Letter from Rev B Costello to T. Shearston, 27 Dec 1982
Folder 6: Typescript manuscript of "A sad Island", 20 pages, Feb 1983? Attached: rejection letter from the Advertising Manger of Air Niugini, 22 Feb 1983; 7 colour slides of Papua New Guinea (listed on page 21 of manuscript), undated; 4 b&w photographs of Port Moresby, 1884 and 1904 (listed on page 21 of manuscript); maps of Port Moresby in about 1896. Letter from Trevor Shearston to D'Arcy Randall, which accompanies maps, 17 Jan 1983
Folders 7-10: Books 1-4, typed drafts with notes and annotations, undated
Box 6
Folders 1-5: Books 5-9, typed drafts with notes and annotations, undated
Folder 6: Material removed or deleted from novel, undated
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Box 2 Folders 5-9; Box 3 Items 1-9, Folders 1-4; Box 4 Items 1-2; Box 5 Folders 1-10; Box 6 Folders 1-6
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Created, Linda Justo, 15-Oct-2019