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1905 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1905. Books * Rolf Boldrewood – ''The Last Chance: A Tale of the Golden West'' * Guy Boothby — ''A Brighton Tragedy'' * Tom Collins – ''Rigby's Romance'' * G. B. Lancaster – ''The Spur to Smite'' * Rosa Praed — ''The Maid of the River'' Children's and young adult * Mary Grant Bruce – ''A Little Bush Maid'' * Jeannie Gunn — ''The Little Black Princess'' * Ethel Turner – ''A White Roof-Tree'' Short stories * Guy Boothby – ''A Crime of the Under Seas, and Other Stories'' * Joseph Furphy – "The Jeweller's Shop" Poetry * Arthur A. D. Bayldon – ''The Western Track and Other Verses'' * Victor J. Daley ** "The Call of the City" ** "St. Francis II" * Henry Lawson – '' When I Was King and Other Verses'' * Louisa Lawson – ''The Lonely Crossing and Other Poems'' * Dorothy Frances McCrae – "The Treasure" * Hugh McCrae – "Australian Spring" * A.B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Boldrewood
Thomas Alexander Browne (born Brown, 6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian author who published many of his works under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood. He is best known for his 1882 bushranging novel '' Robbery Under Arms''. Biography Browne was born in London, the eldest child of Captain Sylvester John Brown, a shipmaster formerly of the East India Company, and his wife Elizabeth Angell, ''née'' Alexander. His mother was his "earliest admirer and most indulgent critic . . . to whom is chiefly due whatever meed of praise my readers may hereafter vouchsafe" (Dedication Old Melbourne Memories). Thomas added the 'e' to his surname in the 1860s. After his father's barque ''Proteus'' had delivered a cargo of convicts in Hobart, the family settled in Sydney in 1831. Sylvester Brown took up whaling and built a stone mansion, ''Enmore,'' which gave its name to the suburb of Sydney.Introduction to ''Robbery Under Arms'' by Dr. A. T. Brissenden, The Discovery Press, 1968 T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saltbush Bill, J
Saltbush is a vernacular plant name that most often refers to '' Atriplex'', a genus of about 250 plants distributed worldwide from subtropical to subarctic regions. ''Atriplex'' species are native to Australia, North and South America, and Eurasia. Many ''Atriplex'' species are halophytes and are adapted to dry environments with salty soils. The genus ''Chenopodium'' is taxonomically a cousin of the genus ''Atriplex''. Certain chenopodiums may be called saltbushes, including '' C. robertianum'' and '' C. nutans''. ''Sarcobatus vermiculatus'', native to North America, is a halophyte plant, and is sometimes informally called a saltbush. File:Atriplex canescens habit.jpg, Four-winged saltbush (''Atriplex canescens'') File:Einadia hastata Brush Farm.JPG, ''Chenopodium robertianum'' berries File:Einadia nutans 1.jpg, ''Chenopodium nutans'' berries File:Sarcobatus vermiculatus (4018712194).jpg, Cone-like structures containing the female flowers of ''Sarcobatus vermiculatus'' See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphabetical Order
Alphabetical order is a system whereby character strings are placed in order based on the position of the characters in the conventional ordering of an alphabet. It is one of the methods of collation. In mathematics, a lexicographical order is the generalization of the alphabetical order to other data types, such as sequences of numbers or other ordered mathematical objects. When applied to strings or sequences that may contain digits, numbers or more elaborate types of elements, in addition to alphabetical characters, the alphabetical order is generally called a lexicographical order. To determine which of two strings of characters comes first when arranging in alphabetical order, their first letters are compared. If they differ, then the string whose first letter comes earlier in the alphabet comes before the other string. If the first letters are the same, then the second letters are compared, and so on. If a position is reached where one string has no more letters to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2000. Events * ''Drylands'' by Thea Astley and '' Benang'' by Kim Scott were joint winners of the Miles Franklin Award Major publications Novels * Peter Carey, ''True History of the Kelly Gang'' * Rodney Hall, '' The Day We Had Hitler Home'' * Alex Miller, '' Conditions of Faith'' * Frank Moorhouse, ''Dark Palace'' Short story anthologies * Carmel Bird (editor), ''The Penguin Century of Australian Stories'' Poetry * Dorothy Hewett and John Kinsela, ''Wheatlands'' Children's and young adult fiction * Jaclyn Moriarty, ''Feeling Sorry for Celia'' * Sonya Hartnett, '' Thursday's Child'' * James Moloney, '' Touch Me'' * John Marsden, ''Winter'' * Shaun Tan, ''The Lost Thing'' Plays * Hannie Rayson, ''Life After George'' * David Williamson **'' Face to Face'' **'' The Great Man'' Non-fiction * Brian Matthews, ''A Fine and Private Place'' * Wendy McCarthy, ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Rees (writer)
George Leslie Clarke Rees (28 December 1905 – 17 August 2000) was an Australian writer for children who was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. Career He attended Perth Modern School and then the University of Western Australia, where he edited the student magazine, ''Black Swan''. He then worked for The West Australian as a journalist before travelling to London to study at University College on a scholarship. It was while there that he married fellow Western Australian, Coralie Clarke, who had been a sub-editor during his time on the ''Black Swan''. Rees returned to Australia in 1936 to become the Australian Broadcasting Commission's first federal drama editor in Sydney. He was also President of PEN (Sydney) for a number of years. As a writer, Rees is best known as a prolific author of children's books as well as written travel books, plays and an autobiography. He wrote the first Australian-written drama to air on Australian television, '' The Sub-Editor's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1965. Major publications Books * Thea Astley – ''The Slow Natives'' * Clive Barry – '' Crumb Borne'' * Nancy Cato – ''North West by South'' * Don Charlwood – ''All the Green Year'' * Catherine Gaskin – ''The File on Devlin'' * Donald Horne – ''The Permit'' * George Johnston – ''The Far Face of the Moon'' * Thomas Keneally – '' The Fear'' * Christopher Koch – ''Across the Sea Wall'' * Eric Lambert – ''The Long White Night'' * D'Arcy Niland – ''The Apprentices'' * Randolph Stow – ''The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea'' * George Turner – ''A Waste of Shame'' * Morris West – '' The Ambassador'' Short stories * Mena Kasmiri Abdullah and Ray Mathew – ''The Time of the Peacock: Stories'' *Damien Broderick – ''A Man Returned'' * Peter Cowan – ''The Empty Street: Stories'' * John K. Ewers – ''Modern Australian Short Stories'' (edited) * Thelma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Fitzpatrick (Australian Author)
Brian Charles Fitzpatrick (17 November 1905 – 3 September 1965) was a writer, historian, journalist and one of the founders of the Australian Council for Civil Liberties. Life and career Fitzpatrick was born in Warrnambool, Victoria, the seventh of eight children. His father died when Brian was 14 years old. Brian rebelled against his oldest brother's management of the family after his father's death. Fitzpatrick was educated at Essendon High School and then at the University of Melbourne on a scholarship. He graduated Bachelor of Arts (with honours) in 1925 and Master of Arts in 1934. At the university he was a founder and chief of staff of ''Farrago'', the student newspaper, and also a founder of the Melbourne University Labor Club. From 1925 to 1935, he worked as a journalist in London, Sydney and Melbourne. He married Kathleen Fitzpatrick on 28 August 1932, but they separated in 1935. In 1937, Fitzpatrick won the University of Melbourne's Harbison Higinbotham Scholars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2004. Events *John Hay, Peter Porter, Elizabeth Webby, W. H. Wilde, and Barbara Ker Wilson are all recognised in the 2004 Australia Day Honours. *Peter Craven is sacked as editor of ''Quarterly Essay'' and the annual ''The Best Australian...'' anthologies after a dispute with Black Inc. publisher Morry Schwartz. *Kenneth Dutton, Nick Enright, Morag Fraser, David Myers, and Brenda Niall are recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours list. *Independent book publishers Text (Australia) and Canongate (UK) form a joint venture. The Text Media Group, purchased by John Fairfax earlier this year, sells Text Publishing to the joint venture partners. *''Sydney Morning Herald'' Literary Editor, Malcolm Knox exposes Norma Khouri and her 'factual' account of honour killings in Jordan as a fabrication. *Mark Rubbo, David Marr and Kerryn Goldsworthy resign as Miles Franklin Award judges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Fox
Leonard Phillips Fox (28 August 1905 – 3 January 2004) was an Australian writer, journalist, social activist, and painter. Background and early years Fox was born in Melbourne. His uncle was the painter Emanuel Phillips Fox, who died when Len Fox was aged 10. In 1984 Fox donated a painting ''Sunlight Effect'' painted by his uncle (''ca''. 1889) to the National Gallery of Australia, in memory of his mother. Fox studied science at the University of Melbourne, concurrently earning a Diploma of Education. He taught at Scotch College from 1928 to 1932, then spent four years in Europe where he witnessed the rise of Fascism. On returning to Melbourne he joined the Movement Against War and Fascism and the Communist Party of Australia. He was to remain a member until 1970, long after most 'comrades' had quit as a reaction to the Stalinist purges. Career His career as a journalist began in 1936 with a pamphlet entitled ''Spain!''. He moved to Sydney in 1940, and immediately started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1980. Events *The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Inaugural award to Archie Weller, ''The Day Of The Dog''; the award was initially given to Paul Radley, who, in 1996, admitted that his manuscript was actually written by his uncle. * Jessica Anderson won the 1980 Miles Franklin Award for ''The Impersonators'' Major publications Books * Jessica Anderson — ''The Impersonators'' * Murray Bail — ''Homesickness'' * Jon Cleary — '' A Very Private War'' * Shirley Hazzard — ''The Transit of Venus'' * Elizabeth Jolley — ''Palomino'' * Thomas Keneally — ''The Cut-Rate Kingdom'' * Randolph Stow — ''The Girl Green as Elderflower'' Short story collections * Helen Garner – '' Honour & Other People's Children'' Science fiction * Damien Broderick — ''The Dreaming Dragons'' Crime and mystery * Peter Corris — ''The Dying Trade'' * Gabrielle Lord — ''Fortress'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1945. Events * June – Ern Malley hoax: Australia's most celebrated literary hoax takes place when ''Angry Penguins'' is published with poems by the fictional Ern Malley. Poets James McAuley and Harold Stewart created the poems from lines of other published work and then sent them as the purported work of a recently deceased poet. The hoax is played on Max Harris, at this time a 22-year-old avant garde poet and critic who had started the modernist magazine ''Angry Penguins''. Harris and his circle of literary friends agreed that a hitherto completely unknown modernist poet of great merit had come to light in suburban Australia. The Autumn 1944 edition of the magazine with the poems comes out in mid-1945 due to wartime printing delays with cover illustration by Sidney Nolan. An Australian newspaper uncovers the hoax within weeks. McAuley and Stewart loved early Modernist poets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
