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Annette Trevitt Annette Trevitt i(A33418 works by) (a.k.a. A. Trevitt)
Born: Established: 1963 Armidale, Armidale area, New England, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 My Father Was Worth Quite a Bit ... to Us Annette Trevitt , 2023 extract autobiography (I Had a Father in Karratha)
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 May 2023; (p. 17)
1 y separately published work icon I Had a Father in Karratha Annette Trevitt , Perth : Upswell Publishing , 2023 25547506 2023 single work autobiography 'What happens when your father dies and he's in the Pilbara, 4500 kms away? What happens when your father dies and you fly across to lay him at rest and find his estate is a spectacular mess of hoarded junk, bank debts, lost paperwork and rundown properties in a mining town gone bust? What happens when your father dies and you are the oldest child and the sole executor of his will? I Had a Father in Karratha tracks Annette Trevitt's two-and-a-half-year epic undertaking of cleaning up her father's mess in Karratha, Western Australia. A fly-in fly-out marathon as she holds together her life with her teenage son in Melbourne. Written in passages of reflective prose and text messages, what unfolds is an intimate story of being a daughter of a runaway father - a father who bolted when the going got tough. Trevitt's attention to reality is as relentless as the paperwork, the corporate sloth and greed she faces at every turn. Nothing is straightforward other than the humour and openness she brings to every absurd and maddening situation from one end of the country to the other. This is a story of commitment, responsibility, doggedness and love.' 

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1 Twenty Dollars Annette Trevitt , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2015 2015; (p. 195-209)
1 Jellyfish Annette Trevitt , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Etchings , no. 11 2012; (p. 145-153)
1 The Sea and Dad Annette Trevitt , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Wet Ink , no. 26 2012; (p. 43-45)
1 Sean Annette Trevitt , 2005-2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Summer no. 10 2005-2006; (p. 64-68)
1 Myra Annette Trevitt , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Salt , vol. 16 no. 2002; (p. 192-198)
1 My Uncle Annette Trevitt , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Salt , vol. 16 no. 2002; (p. 117-123)
1 Deb Simpson Annette Trevitt , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Salt , vol. 16 no. 2002; (p. 97-101)
1 Outside on the Cement Annette Trevitt , 2001 single work short story
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 29 2001; (p. 89-93)
1 Biscuits Annette Trevitt , 1999 single work short story
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 28 1999; (p. 106-110)
1 Swans Annette Trevitt , 1999 single work short story
— Appears in: Nocturnal Submissions , no. 6 1999; (p. 118-119)
1 Shopping Annette Trevitt , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 27 1998; (p. 33-37)
1 Colleen Spencer Annette Trevitt , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 152 1998; (p. 86-87)
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