AustLit logo
Barbara Petrie Barbara Petrie i(A24236 works by) (a.k.a. Barbara Louisa Petrie Thwaites; Barbara Louisa Petrie)
Also writes as: Marilyn Bowater ; Hayley Hemlock
Born: Established: 1942
c
New Zealand,
c
Pacific Region,
;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1963
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

BiographyHistory

Barbara Petrie grew up on a farm at Woodend on the Canterbury Plains of the south island of New Zealand. She attended Woodend Primary School and Rangiora High School (New Zealand), then worked as a reporter for The Press, Christchurch, before moving to Sydney. In the 1970s she helped produce and edit the Vista series of regional literary magazines. Her poems have been broadcast by ABC Radio. A novel, Light Cord, is mentioned by some bibliographers (and appears in a Libraries Australia record with the ISBN 0947333517). No holdings for this text have been traced.

Most Referenced Works

Last amended 24 Jan 2007 14:05:43
Other mentions of "" in AustLit:
    X