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Barbara Hanrahan, 1939-1991
Spring-time in the Botanic Gardens 1988
coloured lithograph; 69.4 x 49.9 cm
From the Pictorial collection
Reproduced with the permission of the Adelaide City Council

 

March 1996 Volume VI Number 6

MAX HARRIS - HIS LIFE AND LETTERS

Peter Ward provides an insight into the business and literary career of Max Harris, revealing Harris’s lifelong, yet little-known, work as a poet

BROADENING LITERARY HORIZONS

Interviewer Diana Giese explores the editorial style and policies Helen Daniel brings to her role as Editor of Australian Book Review

A STRONGER COPYRIGHT - DEATH OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN?

Australia’s Copyright Act is currently under review. Jamie Wodetzki examines the nature of copyright and the role of libraries in providing access to information within the existing, complex copyright provisions

SUTHERLAND: TOWARDS A LITERARY LANDSCAPE

A resident of Sydney’s Sutherland Shire for over 12 years, Edward Duyker explores the Shire’s historic and literary heritage

A LIFELONG CAMPAIGN

Penelope Layland investigates the National Library’s significant holdings of the personal papers of poet, writer and activist Judith Wright, and gleans from them a fascinating picture of a remarkable Australian

FRIENDS

A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia

NLA PUBLICATIONS

The Autumn issue of Voices, featuring articles on editing and publishing in Australia, has just been published by the National Library

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