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Untitled
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— Review of The Scandalous Penton : A Biography of Brian Penton 1994 single work biography -
Armchair Tourism : The Popularity of Australian Travel Writing
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 182-202) 'Richard White examines the 'uneasy relationship' between the genre of travel writing and the notions of the popular. He considers the way in which 'Australian travel writers negotiated the pitfalls of popularity' and argues that 'a number of Australian writers broke with these conventions and willingly embraced the popular.' He takes Frank Clune and Colin Simpson as case studies to examine how their writing courted a popular mass market in Australia and created a genre where ordinary tourist was hero.' (Editor's foreword xiv) -
The Harp in the South : Reading Ireland in Australia
2011
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— Appears in: The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume V 2011; (p. 440-461)'The Australian branch of the modern Irish diaspora has several apparently distinctive features, when compared with the British, American and Canadian branches. As explained by the historian Oliver MacDonagh, these include, firstly, its large size in relation to the total population – over 30% in the eastern mainland states, and sustained at that level down to the First World War and beyond; secondly, its unusually uniform distribution around the country, geographically, socially and even occupationally, with relatively strong Irish presences in all states, and in all classes and occupations (except the higher financial professions), but notably the law, politics, journalism and teaching; and thirdly their unique position within the diaspora,as a founding people, arriving at the beginning of European settlement (mainly as convicts and soldiers), and thereby staking a claim, and an interest, in the shape and destiny of the nation as a whole.' (Author's introduction)
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Australian Biography and Autobiography
2010
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— Appears in: Modern Australian Criticism and Theory 2010; (p. 165-179) Whitlock explores the richness of Australian biography and autobiography, as it relates to the dynamics of a settler colony. -
Reviving the Author: The 'Boom' in Australian Literary Biography
1996
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criticism
— Appears in: 'And What Books Do You Read?' : New Studies in Australian Literature 1996; (p. 196-207)
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single work
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— Review of The Scandalous Penton : A Biography of Brian Penton 1994 single work biography -
Australia's True Prophet
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 April 1994; (p. 8)
— Review of Collected Poems 1994 collected work poetry ; The Scandalous Penton : A Biography of Brian Penton 1994 single work biography -
Looking Beyond the Subject: Some Recent Biographies
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 17 no. 1 1995; (p. 95-99)
— Review of Hal Porter : A Man of Many Parts 1993 single work biography ; The Scandalous Penton : A Biography of Brian Penton 1994 single work biography -
A Convincing Scandal-Mongor
1994
single work
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— Appears in: The Sydney Review , May no. 64 1994; (p. 12-13)
— Review of The Scandalous Penton : A Biography of Brian Penton 1994 single work biography -
A Notable Australian
1994
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 April 1994; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of The Scandalous Penton : A Biography of Brian Penton 1994 single work biography -
Australian Biography and Autobiography
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Modern Australian Criticism and Theory 2010; (p. 165-179) Whitlock explores the richness of Australian biography and autobiography, as it relates to the dynamics of a settler colony. -
Armchair Tourism : The Popularity of Australian Travel Writing
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 182-202) 'Richard White examines the 'uneasy relationship' between the genre of travel writing and the notions of the popular. He considers the way in which 'Australian travel writers negotiated the pitfalls of popularity' and argues that 'a number of Australian writers broke with these conventions and willingly embraced the popular.' He takes Frank Clune and Colin Simpson as case studies to examine how their writing courted a popular mass market in Australia and created a genre where ordinary tourist was hero.' (Editor's foreword xiv) -
Literature and Journalism: Convergence and Conflict
1995
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— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , March vol. 7 no. 1 1995; (p. 36-39) -
Reflections on Awards and Reviews
1995
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— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , March vol. 7 no. 1 1995; (p. 67-69) -
ASAL Literary Awards, 1995 : The Walter McRae Russell Award
Andrew Peek
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C. A. Cranston
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Margaret Roberts
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1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , October no. 35 1995; (p. 16-17)
Awards
- 1995 winner ASAL Awards — Walter McRae Russell Award
- 1994 winner Colin Roderick Award
- 1994 joint winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
- Landtakers : The Story of an Epoch 1934 single work novel
- Inheritors : A Novel 1936 single work novel
- The Bulletin 1880 periodical (6777 issues)
- The Daily Telegraph 1879 newspaper (135 issues)
- The Sydney Morning Herald 1842 newspaper (10236 issues)