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Article: Inspiration by Trevar Langlands Winter Edition #264 JUN 2019 QUARTERLY BULLETIN OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF AUSTRALIAN WRITERS NSW INC. Article: Inspiration by Trevar Langlands ame Mary Gilmore was born in We are proud that Dame Mary was D1865, a poet, journalist, author, such an important part of our early patriot and campaigner against injustice. Fellowship and it was with great She was also a founding member of pleasure that I met another Dame the Fellowship of Australian Writers in Mary fan, Maggie Somerville. 1928 and Sydney’s Lyceum Club and active in organisations as the NSW aggie Somerville is from Institute of Journalists and Aboriginal MMelbourne but also spent a good Australian Fellowship. deal of her young days at The Rock, Maggie Somerville Sydney’s literati gathered annually near Wagga Wagga. She was so enamoured with the to celebrate her birthday. She began writing songs in her late poetry she decided to create a whole Mary Gilmore was born to Donald 20s and 30s with a folk band called CD album called The Forest Prayed— and Mary Ann Cameron, near The Squatters. featuring poems by Mary Gilmore Goulburn New South Wales and After having three children she and music by Maggie Somerville. educated at small country schools got back to writing and produced Poems such as ‘Nationality’, ‘Fourteen mainly in the Wagga Wagga district. the music for an amateur theatre Men’, ‘Never admit the pain’, ‘War’, She married William Alexander production called Mulga Bill’s Bicycle ‘Whistling Man’, and the most famous: Gilmore in 1897 and had one child, staged in Melbourne. ‘No Foe shall gather our Harvest’. Willian Dysart Cameron Gilmore. In 2015 she produced an album The album has a booklet with She later served as a teacher called The Two Bees, poems of photos of the musicians including C J Dennis set to music. Maggie and the words of all poems. Neutral Bay and Stanmore. She fell in love with Dame Mary cont. page 18… at Beaconsfield,To protect her Illabo, teaching Silverton, career, she Gilmore’s poetry and after a couple wrote under pen names such as Em of other albums and joining the Jacey, Sister Jacel and Rudione Calvert. Victorian Folk Music Club entertained IN THIS ISSUE… She later edited the daily journal at many Balls and Concerts, then Cosme Evening Notes—a hand written later met Dr Stephen Whiteside who State Council News 3 news bulletin which was read aloud introduced her to Dame Mary’s work. Financial Summary 2018–19 5 to the colonists every evening—and The FAW Award Trust Fund 6 had a column in The Australian Worker. FAW Branch Reports 7 be appointed Dame Commander of Seniors Short Stories workshops 14 theShe British became Empire the firstfor contributions person to Networking with Narelle 15 to literature in 1937. Quite an Poets Voice 16 achievement for a woman in that era. Roundup 17 Dame Mary wrote many volumes of poetry and prose, as well as Book Reviews 18 columns for ‘Tribune’ until her death Literary Achievements 20 Writing Competitions 23 Funeral accorded to and Australian Branch Meetings and Contacts 26 Writerin 1962. since She thehad death the first of HenryState Lawson 40 years earlier. FAW Members’ Bookshelf 28 Image source: maggiesomerville website FAW NSW Inc. State Council: Biannual Delegates Meetings May and Fellowship November each year. Minutes are mailed to each Branch Secretary. of Australian TheNext Executive meeting Committee will be Saturday and Branch 2 November Delegates meet2019, the 10.00am first Saturday at Sydney of Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney. Writers NSW Inc. General Membership and Subscriptions ABN 59 557 152 715 Membership is open to anyone who has a love for writing—writers, whether amateur or professional—or anyone interested in promoting Australian literature. 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Webby PAYMENTS VIA ONLINE BANKING: Patti Miller BSB: 082-936 Account: 172389833 Account name: Fellowship of Australian Writers. State President:am, faha, Ms ba, ma Trevar Langlands – 0402 209 267 Writing Fellows <[email protected]> FAWPlease Writing include Fellows your name are listed as identification here: <fawnsw.org.au/membership/writing-fellows/>. for payment. Vice President: The broad criteria for this class of membership, are that the applicant should have had a Cate Plink – 0458 375 256 substantial body of work published and should normally have been a member of the FAW <[email protected]> for at least two years. A committee of the State Council adjudicates on each application, which should be forwarded to the Registrar of Writing Fellows, FAW State Council, Hon. Secretary: C/- Hon Sec. 22 Promontory Way, North Arm Cove NSW 2324. The application should: Maureen Kelly – 0417 403 720 a) be accompanied by a $50.00 cheque, payable to ‘Fellowship Aust. 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