Papers of Graeme Kinross-Smith
MSS 314
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Papers of Graeme Kinross-SmithCollection Identifier
MSS 314Inclusive date(s)
1959 to 1992Extent and Medium
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Subject: Person(s)
Collection Description
The papers of Graeme Kinross-Smith consist of correspondence, drafts of and notes for works of prose and poetry, memoranda of agreements with various publishers, reviews, critiques, and photographs
Administrative / Biographical history
Graeme Kinross-Smith was born in 1936 in Melbourne. After publishing his first book in the early 1970s, he went on to publish prolifically on such topics as the Murray River, Australian sport, and rural Australia, along with works of poetry and fiction. As well as teaching creative writing at Deakin University, Kinross-Smith has also taught school, adult, and community groups, and given readings of his poetry and short fiction at festivals and conferences in Australia, London and California. He has won the Patricia Hackett Prize, jointly in 1974 and outright in 2004 for short story Where Here Is.
References:
Austlit : Graeme Kinross-Smith https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20667 retrieved 18 August 2020
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
Author Graeme Kinross-Smith's collection largely relates to his works of non-fiction, including numerous drafts and notes for Australia's Writers (1980), an illustrated guide to the lives and work of Australian authors, poets and dramatists, and 'Tell Me Something - the Oxford Guide for the Starting Writer' (published in 1992 as Writer : a Working Guide for New Writers). The collection also contains correspondence, article drafts, reviews, photographs, and newspaper cuttings. Correspondents include Sumner Locke Elliott, Rosemary Dobson, Hal Porter, William Stafford, Dal Stivens, Alan Marshall, Patrick White, Kylie Tennant, Les Murray, Xavier Herbert, Mary Durack and Peter Cowan
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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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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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Disclaimer
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.