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Papers of Hazel de Berg
Letters to Hazel de Berg, 1960-1967, most of which concern her interviewing of artists, writers, etc; Address book and lists of appointments for interviews; Australian Society of Authors - reports, agendas, etc. 1965-1967; Literary manuscripts by Rodney A. Milgate: Eleven poems, Inside outside or Fifteen poems etc.,and by Mary Lisle: Memoried ways, TS poem (1 p.), Out west its worse (Feature written and produced for ABC radio by John Thompson. Annotated photocopied TS); Printed material (mostly invitations to art exhibitions and catalogues of exhibitions).
De Berg, Hazel
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The Endless Playground
This lavishly illustrated book takes a broad sweep through the history of Australian childhood, from the early nineteenth century to the present. Drawing on material from the Library's Pictorial, Manuscript, Ephemera and Newspaper Collections, and using excerpts from the Oral History Collection, in addition to specially commissioned feature articles from Robert Holden, and children's writers Steven Herrick, Ursula Dubosarsky and Jack Bedson, the book surveys and celebrates two centuries of growing up in Australia.
Self Portraits
A selection of 15 interviews with Australian writers by Hazel de Berg, introduced and edited by the novelist David Foster. The original interviews form part of the National Library's Oral History Collection.
Useless Beauty
The story of Australian art does not begin and end with landscape. This book puts flowers front and centre, because they have often been ignored in preference for more masculine themes. Departing from where studies of single flower artists leave off, Useless Beauty embraces the general topic of flowers in Australian art and shines new light on a slice of Australian art history that extends from 1880 to 1950. It is the first book of broad chronology to discuss Australian art through blossoms, which it does by addressing stories of major figures including Hans Heysen, Margaret Preston and Sidney Nolan, as well as specific objects such as surreal flowers, Aboriginal flowers and war flowers. Whe...
Nora Heysen
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