MS 9334
Papers of Peter Cochrane (1950- )
- Papers
- 1909-97
- 56 cm (4 boxes)
- Available for reference
The papers were donated to the Library by Dr Peter Cochrane in October
1997.
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, notes, research
material (primarily photocopies) and manuscript drafts relating to the
researching and writing of Cochranes book Simpson and the
donkey: the making of a legend (1992). The research material gathered
by Cochrane documents the life and legend of stretcher-bearer John Simpson
Kirkpatrick, who died in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I.
Among the correspondents are Ken Inglis, Bill Gammage, Jim Henderson,
Humphrey McQueen, John Hirst, John Herouvim, Peter Stanley, Barry York,
Alan McLean, Craig Munro, Catherine Snowden, Ian Duffield, Chris Pugsley,
Barry York, Ann Richter, Renata Howe and Michael Sharkey.
The original arrangement of the papers has been retained by the Library.
The Library also holds records relating to the periodical Bowyang,
which Cochrane co-edited with Humphrey McQueen, at MS 6511.
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1950 |
Born in Melbourne on 15 April |
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1974 |
Graduated BA (Hons), La Trobe University |
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1978 |
Graduated PhD, University of Adelaide |
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1978-79 |
Research Officer, South Australian Parliamentary Library |
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1979-80 |
Tutor in Politics, University of Adelaide |
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1980 |
Published Industrialisation and dependence: Australia's road to
economic development, 1870-1939 |
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1982-85 |
Lecturer in History, University of Sydney |
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1986-96 |
Senior Lecturer in History, University of Sydney |
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1992 |
Published Simpson and the donkey: the making of a legend
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1992 |
Received Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) Award for
Non-Fiction |
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1996 |
Awarded Harold White Fellowship |
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1997- |
Honorary Associate in History, University of Sydney |
The collection includes drafts, notes and research material relating to
Cochranes book Simpson and the donkey: the making of a legend
(1992). The research material (primarily photocopies) comprises copies
of or extracts from letters, newspaper cuttings, posters, poetry, writings
and publications relating to John Simpson Kirkpatrick, World War I, ANZAC
servicemen, and associated stories, legends and memorials.
There is also correspondence between Cochrane and other historians,
researchers and writers regarding research for and drafts of the book. The
correspondents include Ken Inglis, Bill Gammage, Jim Henderson, Humphrey
McQueen, John Hirst, John Herouvim, Peter Stanley, Barry York, Alan
McLean, Craig Munro, Catherine Snowden, Ian Duffield, Chris Pugsley, Barry
York, Ann Richter, Renata Howe and Michael Sharkey.
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1 |
Correspondence, 1989-92 |
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2 |
Papers relating to Chapter 1 To hide the man, 1910-91
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3-4 |
Papers relating to Chapter 1, specifically to the Reverend Irving
Benson and the Simpson legend, 1909-97 |
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Miscellaneous papers relating to Chapters 2-5, 1915-18 |
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Papers and notes on stretcher-bearers, generally relating to Chapter
4 A saintly bearing, 1915-88 |
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7 |
Papers relating to the naming problem in Chapter 5 The
name of unsung heroes, 1915-16 |
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8 |
Papers relating to Chapter 6 All creatures great and small,
1916-85 |
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9-10 |
Papers relating to Chapter 7 Photographic mysteries,
1920-93 |
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Papers relating to the 1937 controversy in Chapter 7,
1921-90 |
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Papers relating to the memorial appeal (1933-36) in Chapter 8 The
ritual centre, 1933-68 |
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Papers relating to the sculptor Wallace Anderson and the memorial
appeal, 1922-91 |
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14-15 |
Photographs |
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Papers relating to Chapter 9 Invented anew, 1918-90
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17 |
The School Paper and other school texts dealing with the
legend of Simpson and the donkey, 1916-90 |
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18 |
Poems relating to the legend of Simpson and the donkey, 1915-34
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19 |
Memorabilia relating to the legend of Simpson and the donkey,
including pamphlets, postcards and commemorative items, 1982-91
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20 |
Cartoons relating to the legend of Simpson and the donkey, 1954-64
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21-22 |
Miscellaneous photocopies relating to Simpson and the donkey,
1915-92 |
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23 |
Miscellaneous photocopies and notes relating to Simpson and the
donkey, 1915-91 |
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24 |
Edited typescript draft |
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Box |
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1 |
1-7 |
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2 |
8-13 |
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3 |
14-19 |
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4 |
20-24 |
Guide prepared March 1999
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