The Australian collection: Australia's greatest books, 1985

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Component identifier:
Series 24
Content Summary:

A volume containing extracts from what were, in Dutton's opinion, Australia's greatest books. They include Ralph Rashleigh by the convict James Tucker, Robbery under arms by Rolph Bolderwood, My brilliant career by Miles Franklin, Capriconia by Xavier Herbert, Lucinda Brayford by Martin Boyd, Alien son by Judah Waten, Storm boy by Colin Thiele, The year of living dangerously by Christopher Koch and The transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard.

The series include correspondence, notes and other papers. The correspondents include Christopher Christopher Koch, Patrica Wrightson, Eric Rolls, Nene Gare, Geoffrey Blainey, Olaf Ruhen, Thomas Hungerford, Thea Astley, Donald Charlwood, Roger McDonald, Kenneth Cook, Ivan Southall, Peter Mathers, Helen Garner, Hugh Stretton, Murray Bail, Peter Carey, Jessica Anderson and Morris Lurie.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were purchased in a number of instalments. The bulk of the papers were received from Geoffrey Dutton between 1986 and 1998, with a further two small instalments received from his partner, Robin Lucas, in 2002 and 2003.

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Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1357699).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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