Guide to the Papers of Robin Wallace-Crabbe, 1947-1992

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 8053
Creator:
Robin Wallace-Crabbe
Extent:
2.24 metres and (16 boxes, 3 folio items)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Robin Wallace-Crabbe, National Library of Australia, MS 8053, [series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Access partly restricted: Box 1 available for reference; boxes 2-16 restricted until the author's death.

Background

Content Summary:
The papers comprise letters, correspondence of Robin and Virginia Wallace-Crabbe, drawings, photographs, sketchbooks,notes, drafts and other papers relating to Robin Wallace-Crabbe's artistic and literary career. The drafts include nine published novels and various unpublished novels, articles, short stories and other writings. Also includes papers of Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe relating to his experiences in Burma during World War II and drawings by Wally Driscoll.
Biographical Note:

Robin Wallace-Crabbe is a painter, print maker and writer. He was born in Melbourne in 1938 and studied art at the Melbourne Technical College. His father was Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe, a Melbourne journalist, and his brother is Chris Wallace-Crabbe, a poet and academic.

In his early working life, Wallace-Crabbe worked as an artist and art teacher. He first exhibited in 1961 and has had over 30 solo and group exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane. His works are represented in many Australian galleries.

In 1978 Wallace-Crabbe published his novel Feral Palit followed by Goanna (1982), his comic family history, Australia, Australia (1989) and Dogs (1993). Under the pseudonym Robert Wallace he has published his crime thrillers To catch a forger (1988), An axe to grind (1989), Pay day (1989), Paint out (1990), Flood rain (1991), Finger play (1991) and Art rat (1993).

Robin Wallace-Crabbe has also worked as an art and literature reviewer and as a cartoonist for the Canberra Times.

Provenance:

The papers were received in three instalments: October 1989, March 1992 and June 1996.

Indexed terms

Names:
Robin Wallace-Crabbe

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1567098).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Robin Wallace-Crabbe, National Library of Australia, MS 8053, [series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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