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1."New Guinea: the last unknown": handwritten drafts. 2."Lion and kangaroo: the initiation of Australia": handwritten drafts & correspondence (1975-1976), including from Pat Lane, Cyril Parry, J.A. La Nauze, Sir Garfield Barwick & N.J. Flanagan. 3."Acts of Parliament": drafts & correspondence (1981-1988) including from Peter Ryan, Manning Clark, Gough Whitlam, John La Nauze, Sir Garfield Barwick, Clyde Cameron & Ken Inglis. 4. "Acts of Parliament": research material from Parliamentary Library : includes photographs, typescripts, printed material. 5. "Company of Heralds: a century & a half of Australian publishing by John Fairfax Ltd & its predecessors, 1831-1981": correspondence with Manning Clark, Ken Inglis, Tom Goodman, Michael Davie (1978-86). 6."Heralds and angels: the house of Fairfax 1841-1992": handwritten drafts, typescripts, research material. 7."Cocos: a history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands & the Clunies Ross family" (unpublished): complete drafts. 8. Australian Society of Authors, 1987-88: mostly newsletters, leaflets. 9. Films Board of Review: correspondence relating to his position as a Deputy Chairman, 1981-1984, including from Peter Durack, Lionel Bowen & R. Kingsland.
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Biography/History |
Journalist with the "Sydney Morning Herald" (1948-1987), historian & author of a number of books, including "New Guinea: the last unknown" (1963), "Lion and kangaroo" (1976), "Acts of Parliament" (1988) & "Heralds and angels" (1991). See "Who's who in Australia 1993" (p. 1191).
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