Guide to the Papers of Anthony Hill, c1900-2012

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 9824
Creator:
Hill, Anthony
Extent:
(52 MS boxes + 2 Map Folios)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Anthony Hill, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The bulk of the papers relate to Hill's published works, forming a comprehensive record of his literary career. There is research material, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, galley and page proofs, correspondence and letters from readers. Major correspondents are Rosemary Creswell (Hill's agent), Max Harris and the numerous publishers with whom Hill dealt. There is a small group of drafts of unpublished short stories, plays and poems and cutting books containing copies of newspaper and journal articles by and about Hill, including reviews of his books.MS Acc12.120 comprises typescript manuscripts, proofs, drafts, outlines, story files, research notes, diaries, ephemera, posters and correspondence relating to Anthony Hill's publications, primarily "Animal Heroes", "Captain Cook's Apprentice" and "The Story of Billy Young".
Biographical Note:

Anthony Hill is a Canberra-based author. He was born in Melbourne in 1942 and worked as a journalist with the Melbourne Herald before joining the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Canberra in 1972. From 1977 to 1983 Hill owned an antique shop near Yass and from 1989 to 1999 worked as a speech writer for Governors-General Bill Hayden and Sir William Deane. He has published works in several genres including fiction for children and adults, biography, reference, newspaper and journal articles and librettos for musicals.

Hill's published works include:

Books

The Bunburyists, Melbourne, Penguin Books, 1985Antique furniture in Australia, Melbourne, Viking, 1985Birdsong, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1988The burnt stick, Melbourne, Viking, 1994Spindrift, Melbourne, Puffin Books, 1996The grandfather clock, Melbourne, Lothian Books, 1996Growing up and other stories, Canberra, Ginninderra Press, 1999Soldier boy: the true story of Jim Martin the youngest Anzac, Melbourne, Penguin, 2001Forbidden, Melbourne, Puffin Books, 2002Young digger, Melbourne, Penguin Books, 2002The shadow dog, Sydney, Viking, 2003

Musicals

Nganbra a Canberra canticle, music Judith Clingan, 1988Spirit of place, music Charlie Chan, 1995The grandfather clock, music Judith Clingan, c2002Awards Hill has received include:Young digger

Short listed for the New South Wales Premier's History Prize, Young People's History Prize, 2003

Soldier boy: the true story of Jim Martin the youngest Anzac

Winner of New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize, 2002

Honour Book, Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award, Eve Pownall Award, 2002

Highly commended, ACT Book of the Year Award, 2002

Short listed for Kids Own Australian Literature Award (KOALA), 2003

Short listed for Reading, Enjoying Australian Literature - Older Readers, 2003

Spindrift

Notable Book, Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards, 1996

The burnt stick

Honour Book, Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award, 1995

Australian Christian Book of the Year Awards, Children's Christian Book of the Year, 1995

Short listed for Australian Multicultural Children's Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year, 1995

Short listed for Human Rights Award, 1995

Forbidden

Notable Book, Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards, 2003

Provenance:

The papers were purchased by the Library from Anthony Hill in 2004 and 2012.

Arrangement:

Hill placed the papers in order prior to handing them over to the Library, and this arrangement has been maintained.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Literature
Arts
Youth

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is available for reference.
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 Anthony Hill, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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