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Emma : Queen of the South Seas
( dir. John Banas
)
Sydney
:
Andro Productions
,
1988
Z1807254
1988
series - publisher
film/TV
historical fiction
The daughter of the American consul to Samoa and his Samoan mistress attends boarding school in California, marries her father's business partner, is widowed, becomes aware of colonialism, has several affairs, heads a Fijian copra plantation, and tries to win the support of the German Kaiser.
Source: Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Out in the Open : An Autobiography
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1994
Z91836
1994
single work
autobiography
'"I was born in a house of books."
'So begins this long-awaited autobiography, in which Geoffrey Dutton embarks on an honest, controversial and brilliantly entertaining journey through seventy crowded years.
'His unusual childhood was dominated by the lavish lives of his wealthy parents who collected houses as well as books, although young Geoffrey was despatched to boarding school at a young age while his mother traveled abroad to enjoy a flirtation with the European aristocracy.
'His real education came later, in wartime. I've joined the air force, and as well as embarking on various amorous adventures, his risky low flying antics had him promptly locked up in the "boob".
'During the war he also began publishing poetry and was closely associated with the modernist movement in art and literature. Later I studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where CS Lewis was one of his tutors.
'Since then Geoffrey Dutton has become renowned as a poet, critic, biographer, publisher and editor. In this masterpiece of literary autobiography he traces many journeys, from his sojourn in Cold War crazy Kansas to a wild and wonderful visit to Russia as a hapless victim of Intourist. Other travels take him through the Pacific, Africa, Europe and the Mediterranean.
'There are many intimate portraits of his sometimes volatile friends, among them the feisty Zhenya Yevtushenko, fellow flier David Campbell, Russell Drysdale, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, the precocious Robert Hughes, Ken Slessor, and Max Harris, eccentric survivor of "Ern Malley " Here too is the full story of the celebrated, quarter-century friendship with Patrick White which ended so bitterly.' (Publication summary) -
South Seas' Uncrowned Queen
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 April 1976; (p. 16)
— Review of Queen Emma of the South Seas : A Novel 1976 single work novel -
Untitled
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 April 1976; (p. 17)
— Review of Queen Emma of the South Seas : A Novel 1976 single work novel -
Untitled
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 April 1976; (p. 24)
— Review of Queen Emma of the South Seas : A Novel 1976 single work novel
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Untitled
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 April 1976; (p. 24)
— Review of Queen Emma of the South Seas : A Novel 1976 single work novel -
Untitled
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 April 1976; (p. 17)
— Review of Queen Emma of the South Seas : A Novel 1976 single work novel -
South Seas' Uncrowned Queen
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 April 1976; (p. 16)
— Review of Queen Emma of the South Seas : A Novel 1976 single work novel -
y
Out in the Open : An Autobiography
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1994
Z91836
1994
single work
autobiography
'"I was born in a house of books."
'So begins this long-awaited autobiography, in which Geoffrey Dutton embarks on an honest, controversial and brilliantly entertaining journey through seventy crowded years.
'His unusual childhood was dominated by the lavish lives of his wealthy parents who collected houses as well as books, although young Geoffrey was despatched to boarding school at a young age while his mother traveled abroad to enjoy a flirtation with the European aristocracy.
'His real education came later, in wartime. I've joined the air force, and as well as embarking on various amorous adventures, his risky low flying antics had him promptly locked up in the "boob".
'During the war he also began publishing poetry and was closely associated with the modernist movement in art and literature. Later I studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where CS Lewis was one of his tutors.
'Since then Geoffrey Dutton has become renowned as a poet, critic, biographer, publisher and editor. In this masterpiece of literary autobiography he traces many journeys, from his sojourn in Cold War crazy Kansas to a wild and wonderful visit to Russia as a hapless victim of Intourist. Other travels take him through the Pacific, Africa, Europe and the Mediterranean.
'There are many intimate portraits of his sometimes volatile friends, among them the feisty Zhenya Yevtushenko, fellow flier David Campbell, Russell Drysdale, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, the precocious Robert Hughes, Ken Slessor, and Max Harris, eccentric survivor of "Ern Malley " Here too is the full story of the celebrated, quarter-century friendship with Patrick White which ended so bitterly.' (Publication summary)
Last amended 16 Sep 2011 12:40:03
Subjects:
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cPapua New Guinea,cPacific Region,
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cPapua New Guinea,cPacific Region,
- South Pacific, Pacific Region,
Settings:
- 1800-1899
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