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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
- Contact: