M A R G I N: life & letters in early Australia articles from July 2003

M A R G I N: life & letters in early Australia archives from July 2003

Special correction.(Correction Notice)
July 1, 2003... The name of the author of the article on John Lang's letter A Study of the Manuscript of John Lang's Narrative of a Voyage from Sydney to England... 1837 was spelt incorrectly. It should have been spelt Soheil AHMED. My apologies for this...

Editorial.(Editorial)
July 1, 2003... This is the sixtieth issue of Margin and in a way a mile stone. Started by Dennis Davison in 1973 he continued to produce it until his death in 1994. I took over in 1995 and the first issue under my management was No. 35 April 1995. I am now in...

On the track of Watkin Tench.
July 1, 2003... Watkin Tench wrote the first book giving a factual account of the establishment of the settlement at Sydney Cove in 1788. It was published in London in 1789 because Tench, a young Captain Lieutenant of the Marines, had arranged to write the...

Colonial drama revealed, or plays submitted for approval.
July 1, 2003... For most people studying Australian nineteenth century drama perhaps the last place they would consider heading for their research is State Records in Sydney. However the State archives there include the scripts of no fewer than thirty Colonial...

The Library of Catherine Martin, novelist.
July 1, 2003... It is not very often that we are able to look at the library of a novelist espaecially one who is long since dead. The library of a writer can give insight into the craft of that writer and the sources of their inspiration. Usually the only way...

An Australian Girl: Catherine Martin's famous novel.(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... A new edition of this novel by Catherine Martin has been recently republished by the Academy Editions of Australian Literature at ADFA. It is edited and introduced by Rosemary Campbell and contains a 'Biographical background of Catherine...

Still Waters remember Ianthe.
July 1, 2003... Charlotte Waters is only a speck on the map of the Northern Territory a few kilometres north of the South Australian border on a tributary of the Finke River. It was once a base for he Overland Telegraph line and a jumping off point for several...