The 83rd issue of the La Trobe Journal focuses on writers from Victoria and complements 'The Independent Type', the Library's major exhibition for 2009. Writers discussed include Joan Lindsay, Nettie Palmer, Frank Hardy, Sidney Courtier, June Wright, Laurence Collinson and Peter Mathers and 'neglected' writers Jean Campbell, 'Georgia Rivers' and 'Capel Boake'. Chris Wallace-Crabbe contributes an essay about Melbourne.
List of contents
- Editorial
- 'Sweet Yarra, Run Softly' by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- 'Crime and Architecture: designing a centre for Australian Crime Fiction' by Derham Groves
- 'Three Neglected Women Writers of the 1930s: Jean Campbell, "Capel Boake" and "Georgia Rivers"' by Gavin De Lacy
- 'Joan Lindsay: a time for everything' by Terence O’Neill
'Remembering the Palmers' by John Barnes
- '"A Fine Ruddy Mess": the publication of Nettie Palmer’s Fourteen Years' by Robin Lucas
- 'Moods of Love and Commitment: Laurence Collison in Melbourne' by Graham Willett
- 'Proof Copy or Clandestine Edition?: the "Fraser" copy of Power without Glory' by Des Cowley
- 'Sunshine and Shambles: the Peter Mathers Papers' by Peter Pierce
- 'A Letter of Introduction "for Mr Andrew M McCrae and his four sons"' by Angus Trumble
- 'Theatre in the Neild Scrapbooks' by Mimi Colligan
Feature article
Terence O'Neill throws new light on the background behind Picnic at Hanging Rock in his essay 'Joan Lindsay: a time for everything'.
Read 'Joan Lindsay: A Time for Everything' >
Obtaining a copy
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