Barrett Reid AM (1926–1995) was an Australian

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, poet and literary editor.

Early life

He grew up in

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and moved to

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in the early 1950s where he started working at the

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Poet

Reid, Barrett, (1995). Making country. Sydney: Angus and Robertson

Editor

Overland 1988–1993 (244 issues)
Barjai
Barrett Reid (editor),

Laurence Collinson Laurence Henry Collinson (7 September 1925 – 10 November 1986) was a British and Australian playwright, actor, poet, journalist, and secondary school teacher. Biography Born in Leeds, England, Collinson's family moved to Australia in 1930. Whi ...

(editor), Brisbane :Barjai Publishing Service, 1943–1947 periodical (15 issues)
Ern Malley's Journal
Max Harris (editor), Barrett Reid (editor), John Reed (editor), 1952 periodical (4 issues) Letters of John Reed : Defining Australian Cultural Life 1920–1981 John Reed, Nancy Underhill (editor), Barrett Reid (editor),Ringwood : Viking, 2001

Honours and legacy

On Australia Day 1983, Reid was appointed a

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(AM) for services to librarianship. The State Library of Victoria Barrett Reid Scholarship is awarded to Victorian public library employees to assist with professional development activities.

References

1926 births 1995 deaths Australian librarians Members of the Order of Australia People educated at Brisbane State High School People from Brisbane {{Australia-academic-bio-stub