BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ADAMS, Glenda (1940- ) b Sydney, moved to New York to write and study 1964; 2 vols short fiction, 2 novels including Hottest Night of the Century (1979) and Dancing on Coral (1986); Miles Franklin Award 1988. ADAMSON, Robert (1943- ) spent several periods of youth in gaols; 8 vols poetry; leading figure in 'New Australian Poetry' movement, editor New Poetry in early 1970s. ANDERSON, Ethel (1883-1958) b England, educated Sydney, lived in India; 2 vols poetry, 2 essay collections, 3 vols short fiction, including At Parramatta (1956). ANDERSON, Jessica (1925- ) 5 novels, including Tirra Lirra by the River (1978), 2 vols short fiction, including Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories (1987); Miles Franklin Award 1978, 1980, NSW Premier's Award 1980. AsTLEY, Thea (1925- ) teacher, novelist, writer of short fiction, editor; 10 novels, including A Kindness Cup (1974), 2 vols short fiction, including It's Raining in Mango (1987); 3 times winner Miles Franklin Award, Steele Rudd Award 1988. ATKINSON, Caroline (1834-72) first Australian-born woman novelist; 2 novels, including Gertrude the Emigrant (1857). BAIL, Murray (1941- ) 1 vol. short fiction, 2 novels, Homesickness (1980) and Holden's Performance (1987); National Book Council Award, Age Book of the Year Award 1980, Victorian Premier's Award 1988. BANDLER, Faith (1918- ) b Murwillumbah, father a Vanuatuan; 2 semi­ autobiographical novels, Wacvie (1977) and Welou My Brother (1984); strongly identified with struggle for Aboriginal rights. BAYNTON, Barbara (1857-1929) b Scone, NSW; 1 vol. short fiction, Bush Studies (1902), 1 novel; after 1904 alternated residence between Australia and England. 'BoLDREWOOD, Rolf' (Thomas Alexander Browne) (1826-1915) b London, arrived Australia 1831; farmer, police magistrate; 17 novels including Robbery Under Arms (1882-3), short fiction, articles, agricultural manuals. BosTocK, Gerald (1942- ) leading figure in Aboriginal drama and film production; play, Here Comes the Nigger, 1 vol. poetry. BoYD, Robin (1919-71) leading figure in Australian architecture as practitioner, writer, critic, lecturer; 12 books, including The Australian Ugliness (1960). BRENNAN, Christopher (1870-1932) 5 vols poetry, including Poems [1913] (1914), 1 vol. prose published posthumously; taught modern languages at University of Sydney; literary affinity with French Symbolist writers. BRETT, Lily (1946- ) b Melbourne of Polish Jewish refugees; won Mattara Poetry Prize for The Auschwitz Poems (1986). BucKLEY, Vincent (1925 -88) b Romsey, Vic. of Irish Catholic lineage; poet, critic, academic, editor; 7 vols poetry, including The World's Flesh (1954), 4 critical works, 2 autobiographical works, including Cutting Green Hay (1983). CAMBRIDGE, Ada (1844-1926) b Norfolk, migrated 1870; 3 vols poetry, including Unspoken Thoughts (1887), 17 novels, 1 vol. short fiction, 2 vols autobiography. 566 Biographical Information CAMPBELL, Marion (1948- ) writer of short fiction and 2 novels, Lines of Flight (1985) and Not Being Miriam (1988); lived for several years in France. CAPPIELLO, Rosa (1942- ) b Naples, migrated 1971; 2 novels, including Paese fortunato (1981), translated as Oh Lucky Country (1985). CAREY, Peter (1943- ) advertising agency principal, novelist, writer of short fiction; 3 novels including Bliss (1981) and Oscar and Lucinda (1988), 2 collections short fiction; Booker Prize 1988. CLARKE, Marcus (1846-81) b London, migrated 1863; leading Melbourne journalist; 5 published plays, 3 novels including His Natural Life (serialised 1870-2), 19 vols short fiction/articles, including Old Tales of a Young Country (1871). CooK, James (1728-79) commanded HMS Endeavour in expedition to search for the Great South Land, reached Botany Bay, 28 April1770 and named whole of east coast 'New South Wales', claiming possession for Britain. CosTELLO, Moya (1952- ) part-time tutor in adult education, associated with collective producing Womenspeak; first prose collection Kites in jakarta (1985). CouANI, Anna (1948- ) b Sydney of Greek-Polish descent; poet and editor, 3 vols short fiction including Italy (1977) and The Train (1983); edited Telling Ways: Australian Women's Experimental Writing (1988); joint founder of Sea Cruise Books. CuRLEWIS, Jean (1899-1930) daughter of Ethel Turner and Judge H. R. Curlewis; 3 novels, 5 children's books, collaborated with mother on The Sunshine Family (1923). DAMPIER, William (1652-1715) naval trader and privateer; in 1688 explored north-west coast of Western Australia; notable writer of voyage narratives. DAVIS, Jack (1918- ) Noongah people, WA; author, actor, director; 2 vols poetry including The First-Born and Other Poems (1970); 5 plays including Kullark and Barungin (1988); ed. Identity 1973-9. DAVISON, Frank Dalby (1893-1970) 5 novels including Man-shy (serialised 1923- 5), 2 travel books, 2 collections shorter fiction. DAWE, Bruce (1930- ) 11 vols poetry including No Fixed Address (1962), poems collected as Sometimes Gladness (1978, 1983, 1988), 1 vol. short fiction; Patrick White Literary Award 1980. DoBsoN, Rosemary (1920- ) poet, publisher, translator from Russian, artist; 10 volumes of poetry including Cock Crow (1965), editor of Sisters Poets 1 anthology (1979). DRANSFIELD, Michael (1948-73) associated with neo-Romanticism and drug culture; 6 vols poetry (3 published posthumously), including Streets of the Long Voyage (1970). EE TIANG HoNG (1933- ) b Malacca (now Malaysia), migrated to Western Australia 1975; 3 vols poetry including Myths for a Wilderness (Kuala Lumpur 1976). FARMER, Beverley (1941- ) spent 3 years in Greece; 1 novel Alone (1980), 2 vols short fiction, Milk (1983) and Home Time (1985); NSW Premier's Award 1984. FARRELL, John (1851-1904) son of Irish immigrants to goldfields 1852; contributor to Boomerang, Worker, Bulletin; 2 vols poetry including My Sundowner and Other Poems (1904). FIELD, Barron (1786-1846) migrated 1819-24 as NSW Supreme Court judge; First Fruits of Australian Poetry (1819) first book of poems published in Australia. FITZGERALD, R. D. (1902-87) poet, literary commentator, surveyor; 10 vols poetry, including Moonlight Acre (1938), 1 vol. prose (1976). Foorr, Mary Hannay (1846-1918) b Glasgow, migrated 1853; literary editor Queenslander for a decade; 2 vols poetry, including Where the Pelican Builds and Other Poems (1885). FRANKLIN, Miles (1879-1954) grew up in Monaro and Goulburn regions of NSW; Biographical Information 5 67 1906-32lived in England and USA; 12 novels including My Brilliant Career (1901), some published as by 'Brent of Bin Bin'. FuRPHY, Joseph ('Tom Collins') (1843-1912) 1 vol. poetry, 3 novels, including Such is Life (1903); poor sales and little recognition in his lifetime but promoted afterwards by Kate Baker who provided Miles Franklin with material for a biography. GARDNER, Silvana (1942- ) b Dalmatia, migrated with parents as refugees; 5 vols poetry including When Sunday Comes (1982). GARNER, Helen (1942- ) 2 novels, including Monkey Grip (1977), 2 vols short fiction including Postcards from Surfers (1985), film scripts. GENCER, Giin (1944- ) b Turkey; poet, playwright, dramaturge, director; graduated from NIDA 1976. GERSTAECKER, Friedrich (1816-72) b Hamburg, spent less than a year in Australia in 1851; handbook for German immigrants, 2 fictional works including The Two Convicts (1857), travel narrative. GIBSON, G. H. ('Ironbark') (1846-1921) b Plymouth, migrated NZ 1869, Australia 1874; 3 vols verse, including Southerly Busters (1878). GILBERT, Kevin 11933- ) Irish father, mother of Aboriginal descent; established Kalari Aboriginal Art Gallery; 2 vols poetry, including People ARE Legends (1978), 2 prose works, collection of interviews; play 'The Cherry Pickers' first contemporary work by Aboriginal playwright performed in Australia; ed., Inside Black Australia (1988). GILMORE, Dame Mary (1865-1962) 6 vols poetry, including Marri'd and Other Verses, 3 vols prose; ed. Women's Page of Sydney Worker 1908-31; joined William Lane's New Australia venture in Paraguay 1896. GoRDON, Adam Lindsay (1833-70) came to South Australia 1853, mounted policeman and property owner, author of many stories and poems about horses including the poems in Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870); committed suicide because of financial failure 1870. GRENVILLE, Kate (1950- ) 3 novels, including Lilian's Story (1985) which won the Australian/Vogel Award and joan Makes History (1988); 1 vol. short fiction, Bearded Ladies (1984). HALL, Rodney (1935- ) b England, migrated after 1939-45 War; 11 vols poetry including Selected Poems (1975), 5 novels including Just Relations (1982); poetry editor The Australian 1967-78, edited 3 posthumous vols of Dransfield's poetry; Miles Franklin Award 1982. HARDY, FRANK (1917- ) 6 novels, including Power Without Glory (1950) which was subject of defamation action and But the Dead are Many (1975), 6 vols short fiction/yarns; also journalist, songwriter, and writer for radio and TV. HARFORD, Lesbia (1891-1927) 1 novel, 2 vols poetry including The Poems of Lesbia Harford (1941), all published posthumously. HARPUR, Charles (1813-68) 3 vols poetry, including The Tower of the Dream (1865), 3 pamphlets poetry, 1 play; suffered from many corrupt editions until Poetical Works (1984) edited by Elizabeth Perkins. HARWOOD, Gwen (1920- ) poet, musician; 4 vols poetry, including Poems (1963), librettos; Patrick White Literary Award 1978. HERBERT, Xavier (1901-84) 3 novels, including Capricornia (1938) and Poor Fellow My Country (1975), 1 novella, 1 vol. short fiction,