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1911 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1911. Books * Edward Dyson – ''Tommy the Hawker and Snifter his Boy'' * Sumner Locke – ''Mum Dawson, 'Boss' '' * Ambrose Pratt ** ''Dan Kelly, Outlaw'' ** ''The Outlaws of Weddin Range'' * Louis Stone – ''Jonah (novel), Jonah'' * Steele Rudd – ''The Book of Dan'' * Lilian Turner – ''April Girls'' Short stories * Randolph Bedford – ''Billy Pagan, Mining Engineer'' * Edward Dyson ** ''Benno and Some of the Push: Being Further 'Fact'ry 'Ands' Stories'' ** ''The Golden Shanty'' * Norman Lindsay – "Fatty Bennet" * Thomas Edward Spencer – ''That Droll Lady: Being Further Adventures of Mrs. Bridget McSweeney'' Poetry * E. J. Brady – ''Bells and Hobbles'' * Christopher Brennan – "The Wanderer: 1902- : 95" * Victor Daley, Victor J. Daley ** "A Ballad of Eureka" ** ''Wine and Roses'' * C.J. Dennis – wikisource: The_Songs_of_a_Sentimental_Bloke/II._The_Intro, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Dyson
Edward George Dyson (4 March 1865 – 22 August 1931), or 'Ted' Dyson, was an Australian journalist, poet, playwright and short story writer. He was the elder brother of illustrators Will Dyson (1880–1938) and Ambrose Dyson (1876–1913), with three sisters also of artistic and literary praise. Dyson wrote under several – some say many – nom-de-plumes, including Silas Snell. In his day, the period of Australia's federation, the poet and writer was "ranked very closely to Australia's greatest short-story writer, Henry Lawson". With Lawson known as the "swagman poet", William Henry Ogilvie, Ogilvie the "horseman poet", Dyson was the "mining poet". Although known as a freelance writer, he was also considered part of ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'' writer group. Early life He was born at Morrisons, Victoria, Morrison's Diggings near Ballarat in March 1865. His father, George Dyson, arrived in Australia in 1852 and after working on various dig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Singer
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eunice Hanger
Eunice Hanger (8 March 1911 – 16 October 1972) was an Australian playwright and educator. Early life and education Eunice Hanger was born at Mount Chalmers, Queensland, Mount Chalmers in Queensland on 8 March 1911 to parents Thomas Hanger and Myfanwy Granville-Jones. Her older brother, Mostyn Hanger, became Chief Justice of Queensland and was knighted. She completed her secondary education at Gympie High School and won a tertiary scholarship. She then attended the University of Queensland, graduating with a BA in 1932 and MA in 1939. Career Qualified with her BA, Hanger began her teaching career at Gympie High School, where her father was headmaster. While teaching at Roma High School, she was one of five teachers who went on a tour to study education in Japan, reporting that "suicides from despair at failure in the all-important examination are not at all uncommon". In 1940 she was transferred to Rockhampton High School and in 1948 was promoted to Brisbane High School. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1976. Events * Major publications Books * Robert Drewe – ''The Savage Crows'' * David Ireland (author), David Ireland – ''The Glass Canoe'' * Thomas Keneally – ''Season in Purgatory'' * Frank Moorhouse – ''Conference-Ville'' * Gerald Murnane – ''A Lifetime on Clouds'' * Christina Stead – ''Miss Herbert (The Suburban Wife)'' * Morris West – ''The Navigator (West novel), The Navigator'' * Patrick White – ''A Fringe of Leaves'' Short stories * Elizabeth Jolley – ''Five Acre Virgin and Other Stories'' * Dal Stivens – ''The Unicorn and Other Tales'' Science Fiction and Fantasy * A. Bertram Chandler – ''The Way Back'' * Lee Harding (writer), Lee Harding ** ''The Altered I : An Encounter with Science Fiction'' (edited) ** ''Beyond Tomorrow'' (edited) ** ''Future Sanctuary'' * David Lake (writer), David Lake – ''Walkers on the Sky'' Children's and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Mudie
Ian Mayelston Mudie (1 March 1911 – 23 October 1976) was an Australian poet and author. Early life and education Mudie was born in 1911 in Hawthorn, South Australia, son of Henry Mayelston Mudie, an accountant, and his second wife Gertrude Mary. Mudie attended Scotch College, Adelaide from 1920 to 1926, but did not graduate. After school he attempted to make a living from freelance writing but also pursued work as a "wool-scourer, furniture-dealer, grape-picker, and as a salesman of insurance and real estate". Writing career Mudie published his first poem in 1931. Encouraged by P. R. Stephensen, who published one of his poems in his magazine ''The Publicist'' in 1937, he became associated with the Jindyworobak Movement in 1939 and in 1941 moved to Sydney and became involved in the Australia First Movement. Historian David Bird has written that "Ian Mudie proved the most strident champion of the cultural line taken by Australia First and the Jindies, although he was not a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1984. Events * Tim Winton’s ''Shallows'' won the 1984 Miles Franklin Award Major publications Novels * Helen Garner — ''The Children's Bach'' * Nicholas Hasluck — '' The Bellarmine Jug'' * David Ireland — ''Archimedes and the Seagle'' * Peter Kocan — ''The Treatment; and, the Cure'' * Elizabeth Jolley — '' Milk and Honey'' * Amanda Lohrey — ''The Morality of Gentlemen'' * David Malouf — ''Harland's Half Acre'' * Jill Neville — ''Last Ferry to Manly'' * Randolph Stow — ''The Suburbs of Hell'' * Tim Winton — ''Shallows'' Crime and mystery * Marshall Browne — ''Dark Harbour'' * Evan Green — ''Alice to Nowhere'' * Tony Kenrick — ''Blast'' * William Marshall — ''The Far Away Man'' Science fiction and fantasy * A. Bertram Chandler — ''The Wild Ones'' * Keith Taylor — ''Bard II'' * Cherry Wilder ** ''A Princess of the Chameln'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Porter
Harold Edward "Hal" Porter (16 February 1911 – 29 September 1984) was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. Biography Porter was born in Albert Park, Victoria, grew up in Bairnsdale, and worked as a journalist, teacher and librarian. A car accident just before the outbreak of World War II prevented him from serving in the armed forces. His first stories were published in 1942 and by the 1960s he was writing full-time. His 1963 memoir, ''The Watcher on the Cast Iron Balcony'', is regarded as an Australian masterpiece. His other works were less successful. The literary critic Laurie Clancy said: "Porter's novels are, with one exception, less successful than his stories, not least because his scorn for most of his characters becomes wearying over the length of a novel." The exception, Clancy thought, was ''The Tilted Cross'', a historical novel set in Hobart in the 1840s. On 24 July 1983 he was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver in Ballarat and rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Esson
Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson (10 August 1878 – 27 November 1943) was an Australian poet, journalist, critic and playwright. He was a co-founder of the Pioneer Players. His second wife, Hilda Esson (nee Bull), had a career in theatre besides working as a doctor in the field of public health. Early life and education Esson was born on 10 August 1878 at Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland, but moved to Melbourne, Australia, when he was three, along with his widowed mother. She had siblings in Melbourne, including artist John Ford Paterson, and Esson was raised mostly by his aunts. He attended the University of Melbourne from 1896, but did not finish his arts degree. Career Esson began working as a journalist and playwright afterwards, and visited London, Ireland, and Paris in 1904–1905. He met Irish playwrights J. M. Synge (in Paris) and W. B. Yeats (in Dublin), who suggested that he writes plays with Australian themes. He returned to Melbourne in 1906, hoping to establish the equiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Mate
''My Mate, or a Bush Love Story'' is an Australian play by Edmund Duggan which was first produced in 1911. Synopsis Nellie Moreland returns to her family's farm after being away at school in Sydney for half a dozen years. Two best friends are in love with her, Jack Melton and Jim Fernleigh, as well as the villainous Ralph Seymour. Jim declares his love for Nellie but she tells him he will only ever be like a brother to her – her heart belongs to Jack. This causes trouble between Jack and Jim. Ralph kidnaps Nellie and Jack comes to her rescue; Ralph is about to stab Jack dead with a knife but Jim shoots Ralph dead. Jim is arrested for murder, but eventually escapes from gaol. The Moreland family are in financial crisis because of the evil Cashman, who holds a bill of sale over the property, but Jim rides a horse to victory in Melbourne and the family's fortunes are restored. Comic relief is provided by Dolf Darling. Production The play was first produced at Kings Theatre in Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Duggan (playwright)
Edmund Duggan (1862 – 2 August 1938) was an Irish-born actor and playwright who worked in Australia. He is best known for writing a number of plays with Bert Bailey including '' The Squatter's Daughter'' (1907) and ''On Our Selection'' (1912). His solo career was less successful than Bailey's. His sister Eugenie was known as "The Queen of Melodrama" and married noted theatre producer William Anderson, for whom Duggan frequently worked as an actor, writer and stage manager. Between 1892 and 1895 Duggan and South's "Her Majesty's Dramatic Company", toured New South Wales with (''inter alia'') ''La Tosca'', ''All for Gold'', ''Greta''. '' His Natural Life'' and ''Robbery Under Arms''. consistently receiving good notices. Duggan's wife died two years before he did and he was survived by two daughters. Select theatre credits *''The Democrat'' (1891) – writer (later revived as ''Eureka Stockade'') *''For the Term of his Natural Life'' (1897) – writer (adapting the novel), (190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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