Papers of Alison Broinowski, 1965-2006 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 1759179
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Broinowski, Alison, 1941-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MS 9298 copy
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Part available for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1965-2006]
- 5.70 m. (38 boxes)
- Summary:
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Most of the papers in MS 9298 comprise correspondence, research material and drafts of The yellow lady: Australian impressions of Asia (Oxford University Press, 1992). The collection also includes papers on The male reasons (unpublished novel), book reviews and other writings, drafts of speeches and talks, official papers (relating to Broinowski's career in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) and seminar and conference papers. The correspondents include Nicholas Jose, Peter Rushford, Martin Sharp, Don'o Kim, Carolina de Waart, Mark O'Connor, Christopher Koch, John Wolseley, Harold Williams, Peter Sculthorpe, Vincent Plush, Yasmine Gooneratne, Heja Chong, Jim Angel, Alfred W. McCoy, R.F. Brissenden, Solrun Hoaas, David Marr, Tim Bowden, Blanche d'Alpuget, Michael Costigan, Stephen Fitzgerald, Rick Thompson, Richard Woolcott, Gregory Clark, Henry Albinski, John Trotter, Bill Hayden, Erland H. Heginbotham and Thea Astley. Copies of many of Broinowski's letters are included (26 boxes).
The Acc06.114 instalment comprises primarily draft material and printed research material relating to About face and Yellow lady, together with correspondence, notes, speeches and articles. Also includes one computer disc labelled "Symposium" and five cassette tapes of various broadcasts (12 boxes).
- Biography/History:
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Diplomat, journalist, author, academic and speaker, Alison Broinowski was born in Adelaide in 1941 and attended the University of Adelaide where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She joined the Department of External Affairs in 1963 and had postings to the Phillipines, Japan, and Jordan. She was counsellor in the Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York in 1989-1990. Broinowski also lived with her diplomat husband, Richard Broinowski, in Burma, Iran and the Philippines, and, as a researcher, travelled in Europe and the United States. On her return to Australia she was appointed as regional director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Melbourne. Broinowski has published several works on Asian-Australian relations, including The Yellow Lady: Australian impressions of Asia (1992 and 1996) and About Face: Asian accounts of Australia (2003). She is also the co-author of The Third Try: can the UN work? (with James Wilkinson, 2005). In 2001 Broinowski received a Ph.D. from the Australian National University for her study on representations of Australia in ten Asian countries. Broinowski is a visiting fellow in the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories at the Australian National University and lives with Richard in Sydney.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 9298, MS Acc06.114.
- MS 9298 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-419921046
- Related Material:
- Alison Broinowski interviewed by Sara Dowse; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 5507.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid available in the Special Collections Reading Room and on the Internet at: http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/9298.html
- Subject:
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- Broinowski, Alison, 1941- -- Archives
- Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade -- Officials and employees -- Archives
- Australian National University. Centre for Asian Societies and Histories -- Employees -- Archives
- Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Archives
- Diplomats -- Australia -- Archives
- College teachers -- Australia -- Archives
- Australia -- Foreign relations -- Asia
- Asia -- Foreign relations -- Australia
- Time Coverage:
- 1965-2006
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Terms of Use:
- Copying of Alison Broinowski's copyright material permitted for research purposes.
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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