Lala Fisher - papers, 1895-1981, concerning John Norton, chiefly compiled by Frank Hill
Lala Fisher - papers, 1895-1981, concerning John Norton, chiefly compiled by Frank Hill
Lala Fisher - papers, 1895-1981, concerning John Norton, chiefly compiled by Frank Hill
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Date
1895 - 1981
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MLMSS 6432
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1 volume - 0.02 Meters
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1895-1981; Letters received from John Norton, 1907-1915, his wife Ada, 26 Apr. 1914, and his daughter Joan, date unknown, with letters from John Norton to Frank Hill, 1909-1915, many of the forementioned letters bearing typed annotations by Hill; and telegram received by Ada Norton informing her of John's state of unconsciousness, 6 Apr. 1916; a...
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Lala Fisher - papers, 1895-1981, concerning John Norton, chiefly compiled by Frank Hill
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Digital order no:a1320001
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Acquired from The Antique Bookshop & Curios, McMahon's Point, in 1989
Administrative / Biographical history
Lala Fisher and Frank Hill were partners in, and editors of, Sydney's The Theatre Magazine, which she had bought in 1909. In 1896 John Norton, newspaper owner and politician, acquired the Sydney weekly The Truth, notorious for its sensational journalism. Norton married Ada McGrath in 1897 and their daughter Joan was born in 1907. Fisher had campaig...
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MLMSS 6432
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1wNV2QRn
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152864
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