Guide to the Papers of Tom Cole, 1923-1993

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 8721
Creator:
Tom Cole
Extent:
1.5 metres and (11 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Tom Cole, National Library of Australia, MS 8721, [series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

These papers include correspondence, diaries, photographs, manuscripts, typescripts and cuttings. A donation of further material was received late in 1994. This addition (Folders 82-91) is described under Series 1, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10.

The correspondence comprises mostly of Cole's letters from Australia and New Guinea to his family in England.

The manuscripts and typescripts relate to Cole's published works Spears and smoke signals (1986), Hell west and crooked (1988), The last paradise (1990), Crocodiles and other characters (1992) and Riding the wildman plains (1992).

Biographical Note:

Cole was born in England in 1906. He emigrated to Australia in 1923.

Cole worked in outback Queensland, the Northern Territory and New Guinea as stockman, drover, horse breaker and crocodile and buffalo hunter.

Cole based his book Spears and smoke signals (1986) on his experiences in New Guinea. His other published works includes two autobiographies Hell west and crooked (1988) and The last paradise (1990), a collection of reminiscences Crocodiles and other characters (1992), and a selection from his letters and diaries Riding the wildman plains (1992).

Reference: The Oxford companion to Australian literature, p.176

Provenance:

Purchased by the Library from Cole in 1994.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2073448).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Tom Cole, National Library of Australia, MS 8721, [series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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