Papers of Richard Beilby
MSS 005
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Papers of Richard BeilbyCollection Identifier
MSS 005Inclusive date(s)
1967 to 1988Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
This collection comprises manuscript papers and related material produced and accumulated by Richard Beilby.
Administrative / Biographical history
Richard Courtney Beilby was born in Malacca, Malaysia 18 July 1918 and died in 1989. He moved to Western Australia in 1928. During the Second World War he served in the AIF in North Africa, Greece, Crete and New Guinea. Prior to becoming a full-time novelist in 1970, Beilby worked in a number of occupations including truck driver, painter, insurance salesman and part-time union organiser.
Beilby's novels have explored such issues as the experiences of war, and the tensions between Aboriginal and white cultures in an urban environment. Beilby became Vice President of the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Society of Authors in 1972, and continued to serve that organisation for many years. He was later made an Honorary Life Member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers.
Richard Beilby's publications include:
The sword and the myrtle (1968)
No medals for Aphrodite (1970)
The brown land crying (1975)
Gunner : a novel of the retreat from Crete (1977)
The bitter lotus (1978).
References:
AustLit Australian Literature Gateway database, 2004.
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The papers of Richard Beilby include typescript drafts, notes, notebooks, research material, newspaper clippings and photographs.
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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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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.