The several authors among its graduates included Marjorie Barnard
(who later became, with Flora Eldershaw
, part of a duo with a single pseudonym, M. Barnard Eldershaw). Christina left school in 1919 to go...
Education
Germaine Greer
After some years living as a bohemian in Sydney, Greer enrolled at the University of Sydney
for an MA in English. Her thesis subject was The Development of Byron
's Satiric Mode, and she...
Employer
Christina Stead
CS
was much involved in helping to bring up her younger half-brothers and sisters. In 1922, instead of beginning her teaching career, she was employed by Dr Gilbert Phillips
as a research assistant in psychology...
Employer
Germaine Greer
Once she had her MA from the University of Sydney
, GG
moved up from schoolteaching to became a senior tutor in English there.
Wallace, Christine. Germaine Greer: Untamed Shrew. Richard Cohen Books, 1999.
Lawson, Valerie. Mary Poppins She Wrote. The Life of P. L. Travers, London: Aurum Press 2005. Aurum Press, 2005.
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Textual Production
Henry Handel Richardson
By the time she had published her first two books HHR
's routine was rigid. She devoted four hours to in the mornings to writing, in a study protected by a sound-proof door, connected to...
Textual Production
Elizabeth Jolley
The Mitchell Library at the University of Sydney
holds manuscripts and tapescripts of EJ
's work.