Papers of Sandra Burchill
MSS 123
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Papers of Sandra BurchillCollection Identifier
MSS 123Inclusive date(s)
1972 to 1985Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
Research papers, biographical notes and correspondence relating to Burchill's work for Dorothy Green on the Oxford companion to Australian literature (1985) and A History of Australian literature (1984-1985). Also including research notes and photocopies regarding the life and work of Katharine Susannah Prichard, and original material relating to poet and theatre director John Joseph Jones.
Administrative / Biographical history
Sandra Burchill is a literary scholar and university administrator who retired from the role of Executive Officer to the Rector, UNSW Canberra, in 2018. Burchill holds the distinction of being the first female to be awarded a PhD from UNSW Canberra (1988), for her thesis on the novelist Katharine Susannah Prichard.
Prior to and following her doctoral project, Burchill worked for 20 years in the private sector and in various higher education administrative roles in Australia and overseas, including the University of Qld, James Cook University and the Australian National University, before returning to UNSW Canberra.
Whilst a UNSW student Burchill was an assistant to the eminent academic, scholar, critic, writer and poet Dorothy Green, undertaking research for several literary articles and Green's collection of critical essays, The Music of Love. Ringwood: Penguin, 1984.
References:
Dr Sandra Burchill: first female to receive a PhD at UNSW Canberra (1988) https://alumni.unsw.edu.au/international-womens-day-2018/sandra-burchill retrieved 22 January 2019
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Scope and Content
This collection chiefly comprises research papers amassed by Sandra Burchill in her role as research assistant to literary academic Dorothy Green, including biographical notes and correspondence relating to entries published in the Oxford companion to Australian literature. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1985 and Volume 3 of A history of Australian literature. Revised edition. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1984-1985. Also included are papers documenting the David Campbell Seminar, Duntroon House, 19-20 September 1985, and research undertaken on the history of Australian literature teaching in schools and universities, including photocopied extracts from school readers and university calendars. Of special interest are two boxes of research notes and photocopied material relating to the life and work of Katharine Susannah Prichard (the subject of Burchill's doctoral thesis), and a short sequence of material relating to the British-Australian poet, folk singer, musician, playwright and theatre director, John Joseph Jones, documenting productions at the Parkerville Amphitheatre (near Perth, WA) in the early 1970s.
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.