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Penleigh Boyd, 1890-1923
Self-portrait
watercolour; 19 x 14 cm
From the Pictorial Collection

(Theodore) Penleigh Boyd was a member of the celebrated artistic Boyd family: brother of novelist Martin Boyd (see page 9 of 'Literary Links' story in this issue), uncle of painter Arthur Boyd, and father of architect and writer Robin Boyd.

 

March 1998 Volume VIII Number 6

ON-BOARD OBSERVATIONS OF A CONVICT TRANSPORT: THE DIARY OF SERGEANT JOHN ROBINSON

An 1830s diary augments official records with a lively eye-witness account, as Suzanne Rickard reports

LITERARY LINKS: A CONTINUING BRITISH-AUSTRALIAN SAGA

Roslyn Russell describes how an exhibition became a book

PARTNERS IN PUBLISHING

Ensuring ongoing access to Australia's documentary heritage is an increasingly complex joint venture, as Leanne Brandis reports

DEAD MAN'S CHEST: THE TREASURES OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Edward Duyker rummages through the Library's trove of Stevensonia

THE OTHER HARPUR, OR: HOW I STUMBLED ACROSS AN UNKNOWN COLONIAL POET

The byways of Australian literature can provide unexpected discoveries. Patricia Clarke explains

FRIENDS

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

NLA EXHIBITIONS

Two of the Library's exhibitions are currently on tour, and scheduled for a site near you

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