Guide to the Papers of Cathy Peake relating to Joan and Daryl Lindsay, 1889-1988

 

Collection context

Summary

Collection number:
MS 8891
Creator:
Cathy Peake
Extent:
1.45 metres and (10 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Cathy Peake relating to Joan and Daryl Lindsay, National Library of Australia, MS 8891, [series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection includes a large quantity of secondary resource material, mostly in the form of photocopies, together with some original papers of Joan Lindsay and her artist husband Daryl Lindsay. The biography was never completed.

Born in Melbourne in 1946, Cathy Peake studied English literature at the University of Melbourne, gaining her Masters degree in 1979. She has worked widely as a freelance journalist, publishing in journals and newspapers such as Theatre Australia, The Age and the Lip, and editing and writing for Transition magazine. Peake is now based in Sydney where she is director of the Tusculum Gallery, Potts Point, N.S.W.

Biographical Note:
Date Event
1889 Daryl Lindsay born, Creswick, Victoria
1896 Joan a'Beckett Weigall born, East St Kilda, Victoria, daughter of Sir Theyre and A.S.H. Weigall
1915 Daryl Lindsay served with the AIF in France as assistant to the war artist Will Dyson (later to be his brother-in-law)
1916-20 Joan Weigall studied painting at the National Gallery School, Melbourne
1917 Daryl Lindsay transferred to work as an artist for plastic surgery at Queen Mary Hospital, Sidcup, Kent
1918 Daryl Lindsay studied painting at the Slade School, London under Professor Henry Tonks
1919 Daryl Lindsay returned to Australia to work as a freelance artist
1921 Joan Weigall first exhibited with the Victorian Artists Society
1922 Marriage of Joan and Daryl Lindsay, Marylebone, London
1936 Publication of Joan Lindsay's first book <em>Through Darkest Pondelayo</em>
1940-41 Daryl Lindsay employed as Keeper of Prints, National Gallery of Victoria
1941-56 Daryl Lindsay served as Director, National Gallery of Victoria
1956 Daryl Lindsay awarded a knighthood
1962 Publication of <em>Time Without Clocks</em>
1962-70 Sir Daryl served as Chair, Commonwealth Art Advisory Board
1964 Publication of <em>Facts Soft and Hard</em>
1967 Publication of <em>Picnic At Hanging Rock</em>
1975 Release of film <em>Picnic At Hanging Rock</em>, directed by Peter Weir
1976 Death of Sir Daryl, Mornington, Victoria
1983 Publication of Lady Lindsay's book for children <em>Syd Sixpence</em>
1984 Death of Lady Lindsay, Melbourne
Provenance:

In February 1995 the National Library of Australia purchased papers of Cathy Peake comprising notes, letters and other information assembled when she was writing a biography of the Australian author and artist Joan Lindsay in the late 1980s.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn828193).
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 Cathy Peake relating to Joan and Daryl Lindsay, National Library of Australia, MS 8891, [series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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