| Bib ID |
1109622 |
| Format |
Manuscript, Online - Google Books |
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| Access Conditions |
Available for reference. Not for loan. |
| Description |
1904-1996
70 cm.
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| Summary |
The collection consists of letters from a number of literary figures including Havelock Ellis and C.G. Jung, correspondence between E.L. Grant Watson and his mother while he was in Australia during the early part of this century, and letters from his friend, Ida; photographs; newspaper cuttings; texts of broadcast talks given by E.L. Grant Watson in the 1940s and a talk about him given in 1955; typed drafts of published and unpublished poems, novels, short stories and his autobiography; copies of some of his nature books and essays, novels and scientific works. Also includes correspondence between Dorothy Green, Katherine Grant Watson and daughter Josephine, and a manuscript copy of Katherine Grant Watson's autobiography, Between two worlds.
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| Biography/History |
Novelist and biologist. Between 1910 and 1912 he accompanied anthropologist A. Radcliffe Brown and Daisy Bates to the north-west of Western Australia on a scientific expedition. This experience gave him a background for his Australian novels which include Journey under the southern stars (1968), Where bonds are loosed, (1914) and The partners (1933).
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| Notes |
Manuscript reference no.: NLA MS 4950.
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| Related Material |
Related material : Papers of Paul Brennan at NLA MS 8116. |
| Cited In |
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; C1159.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Descriptive list available. |
| Subjects |
Grant Watson, E. L. - (Elliot Lovegood), - 1885-1970 - Archives. | Novelists, Australian - 20th century - Archives. | Biologists - Australia - Archives.
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| Time Coverage |
1904-1967 |
| Occupation |
Novelists. | Biologists. |
| Other authors/contributors |
Green, Dorothy, 1915-1991 | Grant Watson, Josephine | Grant Watson, Katharine
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