Guide to the Papers of Cathy Peake relating to Joan and Daryl Lindsay

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MS 8891

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Collection Summary

Creator
Cathy Peake
Title
Papers of Cathy Peake relating to Joan and Daryl Lindsay
Date Range
1889-1988
Collection Number
MS 8891
Extent
1.45 metres (10 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Content

The collection includes a large quantity of secondary resource material, mostly in the form of photocopies, together with some original papers of Joan Lindsay and her artist husband Daryl Lindsay. The biography was never completed.

Born in Melbourne in 1946, Cathy Peake studied English literature at the University of Melbourne, gaining her Masters degree in 1979. She has worked widely as a freelance journalist, publishing in journals and newspapers such as Theatre Australia, The Age and the Lip, and editing and writing for Transition magazine. Peake is now based in Sydney where she is director of the Tusculum Gallery, Potts Point, N.S.W.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn828193).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Cathy Peake relating to Joan and Daryl Lindsay, National Library of Australia, MS 8891, [series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

In February 1995 the National Library of Australia purchased papers of Cathy Peake comprising notes, letters and other information assembled when she was writing a biography of the Australian author and artist Joan Lindsay in the late 1980s.

Biographical Note

DateEvent
1889Daryl Lindsay born, Creswick, Victoria
1896Joan a'Beckett Weigall born, East St Kilda, Victoria, daughter of Sir Theyre and A.S.H. Weigall
1915Daryl Lindsay served with the AIF in France as assistant to the war artist Will Dyson (later to be his brother-in-law)
1916-20Joan Weigall studied painting at the National Gallery School, Melbourne
1917Daryl Lindsay transferred to work as an artist for plastic surgery at Queen Mary Hospital, Sidcup, Kent
1918Daryl Lindsay studied painting at the Slade School, London under Professor Henry Tonks
1919Daryl Lindsay returned to Australia to work as a freelance artist
1921Joan Weigall first exhibited with the Victorian Artists Society
1922Marriage of Joan and Daryl Lindsay, Marylebone, London
1936Publication of Joan Lindsay's first book Through Darkest Pondelayo
1940-41Daryl Lindsay employed as Keeper of Prints, National Gallery of Victoria
1941-56Daryl Lindsay served as Director, National Gallery of Victoria
1956Daryl Lindsay awarded a knighthood
1962Publication of Time Without Clocks
1962-70Sir Daryl served as Chair, Commonwealth Art Advisory Board
1964Publication of Facts Soft and Hard
1967Publication of Picnic At Hanging Rock
1975Release of film Picnic At Hanging Rock, directed by Peter Weir
1976Death of Sir Daryl, Mornington, Victoria
1983Publication of Lady Lindsay's book for children Syd Sixpence
1984Death of Lady Lindsay, Melbourne
DateEvent
1889Daryl Lindsay born, Creswick, Victoria
1896Joan a'Beckett Weigall born, East St Kilda, Victoria, daughter of Sir Theyre and A.S.H. Weigall
1915Daryl Lindsay served with the AIF in France as assistant to the war artist Will Dyson (later to be his brother-in-law)
1916-20Joan Weigall studied painting at the National Gallery School, Melbourne
1917Daryl Lindsay transferred to work as an artist for plastic surgery at Queen Mary Hospital, Sidcup, Kent
1918Daryl Lindsay studied painting at the Slade School, London under Professor Henry Tonks
1919Daryl Lindsay returned to Australia to work as a freelance artist
1921Joan Weigall first exhibited with the Victorian Artists Society
1922Marriage of Joan and Daryl Lindsay, Marylebone, London
1936Publication of Joan Lindsay's first book Through Darkest Pondelayo
1940-41Daryl Lindsay employed as Keeper of Prints, National Gallery of Victoria
1941-56Daryl Lindsay served as Director, National Gallery of Victoria
1956Daryl Lindsay awarded a knighthood
1962Publication of Time Without Clocks
1962-70Sir Daryl served as Chair, Commonwealth Art Advisory Board
1964Publication of Facts Soft and Hard
1967Publication of Picnic At Hanging Rock
1975Release of film Picnic At Hanging Rock, directed by Peter Weir
1976Death of Sir Daryl, Mornington, Victoria
1983Publication of Lady Lindsay's book for children Syd Sixpence
1984Death of Lady Lindsay, Melbourne

Item Descriptions

Class MS 8891. Original Consignment

Series [unnumbered]. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

Subseries 1. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE OF JOAN AND DARYL LINDSAY, 1964, 1968, 1969-1984

Both Joan and Daryl Lindsay were prolific letter writers, and maintained frequent correspondence with close friends and advisers Joseph Burke, Professor of Fine Arts, University of Melbourne and Joseph Brown, an Australian fine art specialist and director of the Joseph Brown Gallery in Collins Street, Melbourne. Documented in this Series are original letters from these correspondents during the later period of their association with the Lindsays. Photocopies of additional correspondence between the Lindsays and Burke and Brown are filed in Series 10.

Letters from JL and DL to Sir Joseph Burke, 1964, 1968, 1969-71 (File 1) - Box 1
Letters from JL and DL to Sir Joseph Burke, 1973-74 (File 2) - Box 1
Letters from JL and DL to Sir Joseph Burke, 1975-76, 1979, 1984 (File 3) - Box 1
Correspondence between DL and Joseph Brown, 1969-73 (File 4) - Box 1
Correspondence between DL and Joseph Brown, 1974-76 (File 5) - Box 1
Draft of letter from DL to R.J. Hamer, 1976; notes and letters from JL to Rick and Tina Amor, ca. 1979-1982 (File 6) - Box 1
Subseries 2. EXTRACT FROM MANUSCRIPT OF SYD SIXPENCE BY JOAN LINDSAY
Handwritten and typed drafts from Chapter XI, 'Return By Turtle' of Syd Sixpence (File 1) - Box 1
Subseries 3. HANDWRITTEN RECOLLECTIONS OF LIONEL LINDSAY BY DARYL LINDSAY
Two leaves of reminiscences concerning his brother Lionel Lindsay's interests in astronomy and Spain and referring to his declining health (File 1) - Box 1
Subseries 4. PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOAN AND DARYL LINDSAY
Eight bw and colour photographs of JL and DL and Mulberry Hill, 1937- 1970s; four small bw photographs formerly belonging to Sir Joseph Burke depicting the Lindsays, Burke, his son Richard and Sir Russell Grimwade (File 1-3) - Box 1
Subseries 5. PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING THE FILMING OF PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK
Twelve small colour photographs taken on the set of Picnic At Hanging Rock, 6 February 1975, including pictures of Joan Lindsay, Peter Weir and major characters; three large colour photographic stills showing scenes from the film (File 1) - Box 1
Subseries 6. ORIGINAL PAPERS RELATING TO KEILA HINDE, 1930-72

Keila Hinde (nee Dillon) was an Australian-born writer who wrote for the British Australasian and Daily Mail in London. There in 1925 she launched with Theyre Weigall (Joan's father) the publication of the Conservative Review. Whilst a book reviewer Hinde came to know Professor Aldo Castellani, a Portugeuse expert in tropical diseases, and they maintained a correspondence over a number of years.

Scrapbook of press cuttings about Hinde, including some of her writings for The Argus and The Age, 1930-31; letters from Aldo Castellani to Hinde, 1953-72; photograph of, and reviews and newspaper articles about Castellani; letter to Hinde from Elizabeth Murdoch, ca. 1970s (File 1) - Box 1
Subseries 7. ORIGINAL INTERVIEWS BY CATHY PEAKE, 1986-88

In 1986 Cathy Peake undertook, as part of her research for the biography, a series of interviews with friends and associates of the Lindsays. Documented in this series are the notes made by Peake at the interviews, as well as transcripts from interviews recorded by the National Library of Australia and the Australia Council.

Peake's inventory and list of addresses for interviews; interview notes for: Tom Bassett; Stephen Murray-Smith; Martin Sharp. In spirax notebook: interview notes for Jean Charley; Lady Drysdale; Rex Ebbott; Peter Lindsay; Joanna Mendelsohn; Eric Westbrook; Peake's notes on DL from Mitchell Library; notes from The Bulletin, ca. 1920s and British Australasian; transcripts of letters by JL; Athenaeum Art Gallery notes (File 1) - Box 2
Interview notes for: Rick Amor; Ian Bassett; Barbara Beckett; Audrey Cahn; Jean Charley; Katherine Day; Mrs Donaldson; Dorothy Dundas; Yrsa Fitts; Keila Hinde; Pat Jarrett; Catherine King; R.H. Morrison; Dame Elizabeth Murdoch; Charis Pelling (File 2) - Box 2
Interview notes for: Carl Andrew; Joseph Burke; Colin Caldwell; Lady Drysdale; Mrs J. Neville Fraser; Elizabeth and Noel Gosse; Jane Macgowan; Terry O'Neill; Fred and Puss Ward; Peter Weir (File 3) - Box 2
Interview notes for: Meg Arrow smith; Alan Clements; Ray Clements; Alan McCulloch; R.H. Morrison; Guelda Pike; Celia Sklovsky; Bernard Smith; Sir Thomas Travers; Linda Douglas Weigall; Nancy and George Youngman (File 4-5) - Box 2
Transcripts of National Library of Australia Oral History and Australia Council interviews (File 6) - Box 2

Cliff Green interviewed by Hazel de Berg, 10/3/80 (ORAL DeB 1142-43)

Daryl Lindsay interviewed by Hazel de Berg, 17/8/62 (ORAL DeB 6)

Daryl Lindsay interviewed by Mel Pratt, 19/10/71 (ORAL TRC 121/22)

Joan Lindsay interviewed by John Taylor, 5/12/74 and uncut archival videotape of the interview

Patricia Lovell interviewed by Hazel de Berg, 29/7/76 (ORAL DeB 953)

Series [unnumbered]. PHOTOCOPIES AND SECONDARY RESEARCH MATERIAL COLLECTED BY CATHY PEAKE

Subseries 8. PERSONAL PAPERS OF JOAN AND DARYL LINDSAY
Papers relating to JL, including: birth, marriage certificates; family tree prepared by Peake; school reports, 1911-14; will; biographical and autobiographical notes; some legal and financial documents regarding Picnic at Hanging Rock; A Corner Site in St Kilda, JL's recollections of her childhood; notes taken by Peake from JL's diaries, 1952-84 (File 1) - Box 3
Papers relating to DL: autobiographical notes; certificate of honorary appointment to rank of lieutenant, AIF; will (File 2) - Box 3
Filmstrip depicting JL and DL, produced by Educational Technology Section, University of Melbourne (File 3) - Box 3
Subseries 9. PAPERS RELATING TO THE LINDSAY FAMILIES
My Little World, autobiography by A.S.H. Weigall (JL's mother) (File 1) - Box 3
A Record of My Life for My Family by Thomas a'Beckett; extracts from the diaries of Emma a'Beckett (File 2) - Box 3
Journal of Marian Pollak (JL's sister) (File 3) - Box 3
Diary of Peter Lindsay; Lionel Lindsay's letters relating to the publication of Discobolus (File 4) - Box 3
Miscellaneous papers concerning the Lindsay Family, including: portrait of Captain Henry Geary (JL's great grandfather); newspaper account of marriage of JL's parents; verse written for fun by JL's mother, 1910; notes on Sir William, Sir Thomas, Gilbert and Theyre (File 5) - Box 3

A'Beckett, Guy Boyd; extracts from A Single Flame by Martin Boyd; list of Lindsay Family papers, La Trobe University Library and Peake's notes on the Boyd Family

Subseries 10. CORRESPONDENCE OF JOAN AND DARYL LINDSAY
Correspondence between DL and JL, ca. 1921, 1923, 1945, 1961 (File 1-2) - Box 4
Letters TheyreWeigall (snr) to A.S.H. Weigall, ca. 1891 (File 3) - Box 4
Family letters, including: A.S.H. Weigall to JL; TheyreWeigall (jnr) to JL, ca. 1925; Lionel Lindsay to JL and DL, 1941-58; postcards to Mrs TheyreWeigall, 1933; letter from John? A. Lindsay to Alex Lindsay, 1889 (File 4) - Box 4
Letters to JL from Martin Boyd, 1939-40, 1968-71; transcript of letter from Boyd to Mim Pollak, 1968; from Sir Joseph Burke to DL, 1972; Sir Joseph and others to JL on DL's death, ca. 1976 (File 5) - Box 4
Letters to DL on the receipt of his knighthood, 1956 (File 6-7) - Box 4
Correspondence to and from JL and DL, including.: Carl Andrew, Pat Lovell, Peter Weir, Guelda and Pollie Pike; Edith Sitwell, Earl of Stradbroke, Lady Casey, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Nancy and George Youngman, Don Casey, Laurence Olivier, Barry Humphries, John Perceval, 1933-84 (File 8) - Box 5
Correspondence of Sunny and Vivian Ebbott, 1937-1950 (File 9) - Box 5
Letters from JL to Martin Sharp, Pat Jarrett; letters to JL from Sir Kenneth Clark, T.G. Tucker, 1941-84 (File 10) - Box 5
Correspondence between JL, DL and Joseph Brown, 1947, 1973-76 (File 11) - Box 5
Correspondence between JL and Kath and Ian Armstrong, ca. 1950-1980 (File 12) - Box 5
Correspondence of Colin Caldwell, 1959-1983, including letters from JL, 1968-78 (File 13) - Box 5
Correspondence between JL and Terry O'Neill, 1978-1981 (File 14) - Box 5
Correspondence relating to the Lindsay's art interests, 1942-85; letters from publishers, etc. regarding Through Darkest Pondelayo, 1935-37 (File 15) - Box 6
Correspondence from publishers, readers about JL's writings, including Picnic At Hanging Rock, 1950-84 (File 16) - Box 6
Miscellaneous correspondence to JL and DL, 1930-84, arranged chronologically (File 17) - Box 6
Subseries 11. WRITINGS OF JOAN AND DARYL LINDSAY
Fictional works by Joan Lindsay: Short stories, humorous poetry (File 1-3) - Box 6
Fictional works by Joan Lindsay: Album notes (File 4) - Box 6
Fictional works by Joan Lindsay: Love at the Billabong (File 5) - Box 6
Fictional works by Joan Lindsay: Mrs Buster and Mrs Mahaffey's Annual Report of World Philanthropy (File 6) - Box 6
Fictional works by Joan Lindsay: Pondelayo No. II (File 7) - Box 7
Plays by Joan Lindsay: Floreat Anglesea; This Modern Art; A Company of Carols (File 8) - Box 7
Plays by Joan Lindsay: Cataract (File 9) - Box 7
Plays by Joan Lindsay: My Kingdom for a Chocolate Blancmange (File 10) - Box 7
Plays by Joan Lindsay: Spring Tangle (File 11) - Box 7
Plays by Joan Lindsay: Wolf; theatre programme of the play as performed by The Swanage Repertory Company (File 12) - Box 7
Speeches and journalistic writings by Joan and Daryl Lindsay: Writings by JL for Home, Table Talk, The Weekly Courier and other journals, 1924-1939 (File 13) - Box 8
Speeches and journalistic writings by Joan and Daryl Lindsay: 'What Are You Reading?' column, Sun Women's Magazine and other newspaper contributions by JL, 1940s-1980; travel writings, ca. 1937; miscellaneous articles (File 14) - Box 8
Speeches and journalistic writings by Joan and Daryl Lindsay: Miscellaneous speeches by JL, ca. 1953-66; contributions by JL to Masterpieces of The National Gallery of Victoria, 1949; preface by DL (File 15) - Box 8
Speeches and journalistic writings by Joan and Daryl Lindsay: Speeches by JL delivered to meetings of the Catalysts, 1950s-1960s (File 16-17) - Box 8
Speeches and journalistic writings by Joan and Daryl Lindsay: Speeches and short written pieces by DL (File 18) - Box 8
Subseries 12. ART OF JOAN AND DARYL LINDSAY
Sketches by Joan Weigall of her father's hats and other people, ca. 1919 - pencil; drawing of JL by DL, ca. 1931; watch collage by JL? (File 1) - Box 9
JL and DL exhibition invitations and catalogues ca. 1919, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1961, 1971, 1972; notes relating to the Ballarat Art Gallery and Neo- Pantechnist's Exhibition; magazine articles about the Lindsay's, including Art in Australia, Daryl Lindsay Number, Aug. 1931 (File 2) - Box 9
Subseries 13. MULBERRY HILL

The Lindsays lived at Mulberry Hill at Baxter on the Mornington Peninsula from the late 1920s and it was there in 1961 that Joan Lindsay wrote Picnic at Hanging Rock. On her death in 1984, ownership of the house passed to the National Trust.

DL's notes on furniture at Mulberry Hill; correspondence, notes and articles on Mulberry Hill classification and bequest; notes by Peake of addresses at a Mulberry Hill literary lunch; Joseph Brown's valuation of Mulberry Hill art works (File 1) - Box 9
Mulberry Hill inventories (File 2-3) - Box 9
Conservation Analysis of Mulberry Hill, 1987 (File 4) - Box 9
Study of the Garden at Mulberry Hill, 1987 (File 5) - Box 9
Subseries 14. PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS ABOUT THE LINDSAYS
Newspaper cuttings, magazine articles, unpublished recollections of JL and DL, including notes on Joan Lindsay by Kath Armstrong; Peake's notes for speech given at a Mulberry Hill literary lunch, 15 February 1986 (File 1) - Box 10
Reviews, articles about JL's books Through Darkest Pondelayo, Time Without Clocks, Syd Sixpence (File 2) - Box 10
Newspaper cuttings, reviews of Picnic At Hanging Rock novel and film; cuttings, reviews of Yvonne Rousseau's The Murders At Hanging Rock (File 3) - Box 10
Subseries 15. MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH MATERIAL
Miscellaneous notes and letters set aside by Peake for follow up action; review by Peake of Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (File 1) - Box 10
Notes on Connie Smith, Lord and Lady Casey, Hans Pollak, Baldwin Spencer, George Moore, Stephen Thompson, T.G. Tucker; notes regarding Chomley Family papers, Fryer Memorial Library, University of Queensland; humorous poem 'All Except Anna' by Vandyck Browne; miscellaneous newspaper cuttings (File 2) - Box 10
List of members of the Catalysts to 1984; background notes relating to the Wallaby Club; notes on, and extracts from, Quarterly Bulletin of the Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria, 1962-65 (File 3) - Box 10
Extracts from The Chronicles of Clyde by Olga Hay, 1966 (File 4) - Box 10
A New Home for the Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, ca. 1985 (File 5) - Box 10

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