Australian lives : an Oxford anthology

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"Joy Hooton - an acknowledged authority on Australian autobiography and co-author of The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature - has compiled an absorbing anthology of some of our finest autobiographical writings from the convict era to the present day. She illustrates the strengths of this...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hooton, Joy W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Autobiographies
Australia > Biography
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Convicts and Outlaws. Joseph Holt (1756-1826). John Frederick Mortlock (1809-82). Ned Kelly (1855-80)
  • 2. Childhood and Family Relations. Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905-90). Jack Davis (1917-). Graham McInnes (1912-70). Hal Porter (1911-84). Bernard Smith (1916-). Vincent Buckley (1925-88). Eve Hogan (dates unknown). Jill Ker Conway (1934-). Bruce Beaver (1928-). Barbara Hanrahan (1939-91). Peter Conrad (1948-)
  • 3. Living Black. Jimmie Barker (1900-72). Glenyse Ward (1949-)
  • 4. Wilderness, Sea, and Bush. Eliza Davies (dates unknown). Edward Eyre (1815-1901). James Armour (dates unknown). Emily Skinner (1832-90). Morley Roberts (1857-1942). William Linklater (1867-1959). G. W. Broughton (dates unknown)
  • 5. New Chums and New Australians. Charles Stretton (dates unknown). Thorvald Weitemeyer (1850-?). Andrew Riemer (1936-). Mary Rose Liverani (1939-). Morris Lurie (1938-). Elisabeth Wynhausen (1946-). Christos Tsiolkas (1965-)
  • 6. Australians Overseas.
  • Alan Moorehead (1910-83). Donald Horne (1921-). Gillian Bouras (1945-). Clive James (1939-). Kate Jennings (1948-)
  • 7. War. Brian Lewis (1906-91). A. B. Facey (1894-1982). Martin Boyd (1879-1972). A. Tiveychoc (1897-?). David Martin (1915-97). Barney Roberts (1920-). Patsy Adam Smith (1924-). Jessie Elizabeth Simons (dates unknown). Clive James (1939-). Terry Burstall (1941-)
  • 8. Death. Ada Cambridge (1844-1926). Thorvald Weitemeyer (1850-?). W. J. Turner (1884-1946). Alan Moorehead (1910-83). Ruth Park (1922-). Roger Milliss (1934-). Robert Dessaix (1944-)
  • 9. Love. Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946). Stella Bowen (1895-1947). Alan Moorehead (1910-83). John Foster (1944-94)
  • 10. Occupations and Vocations. Alfred Deakin (1856-1919). Mrs. Arthur H. Garnsey (dates unknown). Mary Marlowe (1884-1962). Montague Grover (1870-1943). Claude McKay (1878-1972). Lloyd Rees (1895-1988). Graham Richardson (1949-)
  • 11. Thinkers, Questers, and Stirrers.
  • Alexander Harris (1805-74). Havelock Ellis (1859-1939). Bessie Lee (1860-1950). Arthur Lynch (1861-1934). E. L. Grant Watson (1885-1970). Thomas Keneally (1935-).

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