Ruth Park and D'Arcy Niland literary papers, 1950-1992
Ruth Park and D'Arcy Niland literary papers, 1950-1992
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1950-1992
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MLMSS 8078
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1.69 metres of textual material (13 boxes)
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright
Restricted : - 14 December 2050 -
Approval for reproduction required : No copies to be provided until 40 years after Ruth Park's death except with the permission of literary executor or the copyright holder
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A collection of papers relating to literary, radio, televison and screen projects by Ruth Park and D'Arcy Niland. Manuscripts by Ruth Park include drafts of her novel One-a-pecker, Two-a-pecker, the guide book The Sydney We Love, the children's books The Big Brass Key and Callie's Brother, and her autobiography Fence Around the Cuckoo. Also include...
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Ruth Park and D'Arcy Niland literary papers, 1950-1992
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Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Ruth Park, August 1993
Administrative / Biographical history
Ruth Park (1917-2010), was born on the 24 Aug 1917 Auckland, New Zealand. In the late 1930s she corresponded with the young Australian writer D'Arcy Niland whom she married in 1942. Determined to make a living from freelance writing, they wrote in many different forms, including short stories, radio plays, westerns, romances. Park and Niland lived...
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MLMSS 8078
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1Jkm8bDY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1Jkm8bDY
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447335
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