Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
Farmington Hills, Mi Gale 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780787660048
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0787660043
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography v. 260
Content:
Marjorie Barnard (1897-1987) and Flora Eldershaw (1897-1956)(M. Barnard Eldershaw) -- Martin Boyd (1893-1972) -- David Campbell (1915-1979) -- Gavin Casey (1907-1964) -- Charmian Clift (1923-1969) -- Peter Cowan (1914- ) -- Dymphna Cusack (1902- 1981) -- Eleanor Dark (1901-1985) --Frank Dalby Davison (1893-1970) -- C.J. Dennis (1876-1938) -- Jean Devanny (1894-1962) -- Rosemary Dobson (1920- ) -- Mary Durack (1913-1994) -- Louis Esson (1878-1943) -- Robert D. FitzGerald (1902-1987) -- Mary Gilmore (1856-1962) -- Frank Hardy (1917-1994) -- Xavier Herbert (1901-1984) -- Rex Ingamells (1913-1955) --George Johnston (1912-1970) -- Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) -- Kenneth Mackenzie (Seaforth Mackenzie)(1913-1955) -- Frederic Manning (1882-1935) -- Alan Marshall (1902-1984) -- David Martin (1915-1997) -- James McAuley (1917-1976) -- Hugh McCrae (1876-1958) -- John Morrison (1904-1998) -- Nettie Palmer (1885-1964) -- Vance Palmer (1885-1959) -- Ruth Park (1923?- ) -- Brain Penton (1904-1951) -- Hal Porter (1911-1984) -- Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883-1969) -- Kenneth Slessor (1901-1971) -- Christina Stead (1902-1983) -- P.R. Stephensen (1901-1965) -- Douglas Stewart (1913-1985) -- Harold Stewart (1916-1995) -- Dal Stivens (1911-1997) -- Randolph Stow (1935- ) -- Francis Webb (1925-1973) -- Patrick White (1912-1990) -- Judith Wright (1915-2000).
Content:
The starting date for this volume is central to Australia's self-definition; it is the year of the most famous battle in Australian military history - Gallipoli, during World War I. It marked the first time that Australians fought as a nation rather than part of the British military, and the Gallipoli campaign has come to signify a legendary image of the Australian character - one who is brave in the face of danger, stoic in adversity, and loyal to ones comrades
Note:
Original 510 p
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
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