Copy of Occasional Address given on the occasion of receiving an honorary doctorate at Sydney University, sent to his mother at Easter in 1996, 1996

Containers:

Box 1 (MS Acc09.208)

Component identifier:

File 4

Content Summary:

Discusses Bell's time at Sydney University and the difference between Maitland and University; mentions some of his peers and elders, including Germaine Greer, Clive James, Mungo McCallum, Les Murray, Leo Schofield, Robert Hughes. Discussion of heritage and the past in the present.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The bulk of the collection was donated to the National Library of Australia by John Bell and Anna Volska in 1993. Three small additions of cuttings, programs and artwork, which formerly belonged to Bell's mother, were donated to the Library by his sister in February 2002 and April and December 2003. Further papers were received in 2009.

Names:

Bell, John

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