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Manuscript Name | Papers of Colleen Burke |
Manuscript Number | MSS 069 |
Last Updated | June 2021 |
Extent | 3 boxes |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Manuscripts, poems, drafts, correspondence, and papers relating to Colleen Burke |
Literary
The papers of Colleen Burke comprise material relating to her work as an author and poet as well as correspondence, and a photocopy of the Last Will and Testament of Francis Patrick Burke. Material relating to published works include She Moves Mountains (1984), Hags, Rags and Scriptures (1977), and Doherty's Corner : the Life and Work of the Poet Marie E.J. Pitt (1985)
1973-1985
Poet, biographer and prose writer Colleen Burke was born in 1943 in Sydney. Along with teaching creative writing and oral history, Burke has received three grants from the Literature Board of the Australia Council, two Varuna Writing Fellowships, and a NSW Writers’ Fellowship in 2000. In addition to publishing extensively as a poet, Burke has written a number of biographies, most notably Doherty's Corner : the Life and Work of the Poet Marie E.J. Pitt (1985)
References:
Austlit : Colleen Burke https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A4727 retrieved 14 July 2020
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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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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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Papers of Colleen Burke, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 069, Box [Number], Folder [Number]
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Colleen Burke, 1943- — Archives
Women authors, Australian — 20th century
Australian poetry — 20th century
Australian women poets — Biography
Colleen Burke, 1943-
Marie EJ Pitt, 1869-1948
Authors
Poets
Biographers
Folders 1-4
Doherty’s Corner - The Life and Work of the Australian Poet Marie E J Pitt 1864-1949
Folder 5
Doherty’s Corner - The Life and Work of the Australian Poet Marie E J Pitt 1864-1949 - final manuscript
Folders 6-8
She Moves Mountains - draft
Folder 9
Copies of poems from:
She Moves Mountains
The Incurable Romantic
Hags, Rags and Scriptures
Manuscript of ‘Call Around and See Us But We Are Going Out’.
Folder 10
‘This Small Earth’ poetry
Folders 11-12
Drafts of various poetry
Folder 13
Last Will and Testament of Francis Patrick Burke (photocopy)
Folders 14-16
Correspondence
Folder 17
Miscellaneous
Folders 18-19
Marie Pitt correspondence
11 manilla folders with Colleen Burke’s signature and handwriting (miscellaneous) thereon