Jill Hellyer interviewed by Ann-Mari Jordens in the Public lending right oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3061824
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hellyer, Jill, 1925-2012, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use for tapes 1 and 2. Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use of tapes 3 and 4 from her executor.
- Description:
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- 2003
- 4 digital audio tapes (ca. 192 min.)
- Series:
- Public lending right oral history project.
- Summary:
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Jill Hellyer, writer and founding member of the Australian Society of Authors, speaks about her experiences as an author; her role in the foundation of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) (1963); the role of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) in Sydney, N.S.W., which she joined in 1944; ASA developing an interest in the Public Lending Right Scheme (PLR) (1967); her role in the administration of the PLR; prominent personalities involved in the campaign for the PLR; her role as secretary, ASA (ca.1967-1971); the interest of politicans in the PLR scheme.
- Biography/History:
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Jill Hellyer joined the Fellowship of Australian Writers in 1944. She was one of the founders of the Australian Society of Authors and served as its first secretary (1963-1971). Hellyer has published a novel, Not enough savages (1975) and anthologies of poetry, The Exile and The song of the humpback whales (1981).
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 9 Dec. 2003 at Mount Colah, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (9 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 59 leaves).
- Subject:
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- Hellyer, Jill, 1925-2012 -- Interviews
- Hellyer, Jill, 1925-2012. Not enough savages
- Hellyer, Jill, 1925-2012. The Exile
- Hellyer, Jill, 1925-2012. The song of the humpback whales
- Public Lending Right Scheme (Australia) -- Management
- Fellowship of Australian Writers
- Australian Society of Authors
- Public lending rights (of authors) -- Australia
- Secretaries -- New South Wales -- Mt. Colah -- Interviews
- Australian literature
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Jordens, Ann-Mari, 1940-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Public lending right oral history project.
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- Until 2073 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2003
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