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Dirk H.R. Spennemann Dirk H.R. Spennemann i(A50209 works by) (a.k.a. Dirk Heinrich Rudolph Spennemann)
Born: Established: 1958 ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: German
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1 Albury Banner Dirk H.R. Spennemann , 2014 single work companion entry
— Appears in: A Companion to the Australian Media : A 2014; (p. 17-18)
1 The 'Boldrewoods' at Home at Albury (1885-1895) Dirk H.R. Spennemann , 2005 single work biography
— Appears in: Margin , November no. 67 2005; (p. 22-44)
1 The Reception of Robbery Under Arms in Albury in 1888/89 Dirk H.R. Spennemann , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Margin , April no. 65 2005; (p. 32-35) Despite Boldrewood living in Albury at the time of Robbery Under Arms' release, the reception of the novel in the town was low key.
2 2 y separately published work icon His Native Wife Louis Becke , Jamison Centre : Mulini Press , 2005 Z798309 1895 single work novella

John Barrington takes a berth as a second mate to return to the Caroline Islands, where he left his Islander wife two years before. The ship is carrying three passengers, a missionary and his wife and her sister. The missionary, Parker, and his wife knew Barrington previously and Mrs Parker is secretly in love with him.

Barrington's wife, Nadee, is waiting for him on the island of Losap with her grandmother, who hates Europeans and endeavours to convince Nadee that Barrington will not return. When he does reach the island, in dramatic circumstances, a misunderstanding is deliberately perpetuated and tragedy ensues.

Becke also uses this narrative to put forward vitriolic views of missionaries and the harm he believes they cause.
1 2 y separately published work icon Murray Time : An Illustrated Progressive Novel Created by Thirty-Four Artists and Writers Jane Downing , Graham Jackson , Louise D'Arcy , Paul Greene , Nick Boswell , Jean Menere , Sharyn Bachhorn , Ian Trevaskis , Dorothy Simmons , Bill Robbins , Robyne Young , Dirk H.R. Spennemann , Noel Wingad , DL Teek , Margaret McDonald , Susan Beinart , Dirk H.R. Spennemann (editor), Jane Downing (editor), MaryRose Riley (illustrator), Johnny Beinart (illustrator), Caryn Giblin (illustrator), Chris Chilton (illustrator), Annie Edney (illustrator), Jeannette Pockley (illustrator), Brian Scott-Robson (illustrator), Eddie Kneebone (illustrator), Lily Cunningham (illustrator), Jenni Munday (illustrator), Vicky Pattison Luke (illustrator), Mary-Jane Griggs (illustrator), Wendy Chilton (illustrator), Mary Newton Ross (illustrator), Stephen Anderson (illustrator), Janine Castillo (illustrator), Sean Chambers (illustrator), Albury : Letao , 2003 Z1098194 2003 single work novel
1 Novels by Instalments Dirk H.R. Spennemann , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Margin , April no. 59 2003; (p. 37-38)
— Review of Index to Serials in Australian Periodicals and Newspapers : Nineteenth Century Toni Johnson-Woods , 2001 single work index
1 Editor's Introduction Dirk H.R. Spennemann , Jane Downing , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: An Iliad of Albury and Other Poems (1878-1883) 2002; (p. v-xxx)
1 y separately published work icon New Albury Writing : Poetry and Prose from Albury and District Graham Jackson (editor), Dirk H.R. Spennemann (editor), Jane Downing (editor), Albury : Letao , 2002 Z1017694 2002 anthology poetry prose
1 2 y separately published work icon An Iliad of Albury and Other Poems (1878-1883) John Farrell , Dirk H.R. Spennemann (editor), Jane Downing (editor), Albury : Letao , 2002 Z989835 2002 selected work poetry 'This anthology compiles all the poems John Farrell is known to have published while living and working in Albury.' (Preface)
1 Mrs. "Rolf Boldrewood's" The Flower Garden in Australia. Dirk H.R. Spennemann , 2001 single work biography
— Appears in: Margin , April no. 53 2001; (p. 10-21) The paper summarises the Albury period of Margaret Browne, wife of the police magistrate and novelist Thomas A Browne (aka Rolf Boldrewood), detailing her gardens and exhibitions of flowers at the annual Albury Shows. Towards the end of her 10-year stay in Albury, she published The Flower Garden in Australia, the first Australian gardening book ever written by a woman.
1 Editors' Introduction Jane Downing , Dirk H.R. Spennemann , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: ReCollecting Albury Writing : Poetry and Prose from Albury and District 1859 to 2000 2000; (p. xi-xvi)
1 y separately published work icon Louis Becke Dirk H.R. Spennemann , Albury : Charles Sturt University , 2000 Z916454 2000 website Contains an extensive bibliography, biographical note, and a selection of full-text short stories.
1 2 y separately published work icon ReCollecting Albury Writing : Poetry and Prose from Albury and District 1859 to 2000 Jane Downing (editor), Dirk H.R. Spennemann (editor), Albury : Letao , 2000 Z793692 2000 anthology short story poetry extract An anthology of fiction writing from the Albury region, 1859-2000.
2 y separately published work icon Recollecting Albury Writers : Biographical Sketches of Writers from Albury and its District Dirk H.R. Spennemann , 1999- single work biography
— Appears in: Letao Publishing 1999-; Contains short biographies of amongst others: John Farrell, Rolf Boldrewood, William Lang, Mary Gaunt, Reginald Spencer-Browne, Alfred William Eustace, Kerani, Henry Handel Richardson, John O'Brien, Ernest Moll, Dorothy Simmons and Jane Downing.
2 y separately published work icon The Border Post (Albury, NSW) Fiction Index 1856-1885 Dirk H.R. Spennemann , 1999- single work index
— Appears in: Letao Publishing 1999-; Founded in 1856, the Border Post was Albury's first newspaper. The range of verse, from doggerel to bush ballads to literary poetry, was a common art form in the mid 19th century. Some of the letters to the editor, as well as some election announcements and even advertisements were expressed in verse. Prose fiction was expensive and was thus limited. This is well reflected in the pages of the Border Post, which focussed on verse over prose in its offerings. The Border Post (Albury, NSW) Fiction Index 1856 - 1885 illustrates the wide range of poetry and short fiction offered to the readership, fiction drawn from British, American and Australian papers, magazines and books. The wide scope of the sources used by the Border Post demonstrates the scope of the editors. Far from being a small parochial paper, the Border Post was a major influence shaping the cultural and political development of North-Eastern Victoria and Southern New South Wales. - from author website
1 Cassandra 92 i "Long ago Troy fought off the Greeks", Dirk H.R. Spennemann , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 45 1993; (p. 77)
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