Guide to the Papers of Henrietta Drake-Brockman, 1882-1975

Summary

Collection number:

MS 1634

Creator:

Drake-Brockman, H. (Henrietta), 1901-1968 and Drake-Brockman, P. M. , Mr.

Extent:

14.73 metres and (73 ms boxes + 1 archive box + 1 packet + 1 large folio box + 1 poster tube + 1 map folio + 10 sound/av carriers)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Henrietta Drake-Brockman, National Library of Australia, MS 1634, [series/file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The papers comprise correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, diaries, photographs, cuttings and research material relating to the life and writings of Henrietta Drake-Brockman. The collection also contains some papers of the Jull and Stewart families.

Biographical Note:

Henrietta Jull was born in Perth in 1901. In 1921 she married Geoff Drake-Brockman, then Commissioner for the far north west of Australia. They travelled extensively in north western Australia and this formed the basis of her articles for the West Australian and her novels Blue north (1934), The younger son (1937) and The fatal days (1947).

Drake-Brockman also wrote for the theatre in the 1930s and 1940s. She was co-editor with Walter Murdoch of Australian Short Stories (1951).

Drake-Brockman joined the Sydney branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers in 1939 and was one of the founders of the West Australian Branch, becoming president in 1941 and again in 1956-1957. She was awarded an O.B.E. in 1967 and died in 1968.

Indexed terms

Names:

Drake-Brockman, P. M. , Mr.

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for research.

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Henrietta Drake-Brockman, National Library of Australia, MS 1634, [series/file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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