Blue Wren edition. Original green cloth, 1917

Request this via the Catalogue
 
Component identifier:
Item 52(h)
Content Summary:

Tipped in are two pencil drawings of C.J. Dennis, one of which depicts him as one of his own Glugs, the other as the ''umble Den walking up from Yarra Glen to his mountain shack'.

Both drawings are by Hal Gye.

Also tipped in is photograph of Hal Gye standing by Dennis's grave in Box Hill. The headstone reads: 'C.J. Dennis 'Den' loved husband of Biddy'.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection was purchased from Harry Chaplin in 1981.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Available for research.
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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
Contact:
Contact us