Arthur Murphy - conversation with John Barnes concerning Australian poets

MLOH 38

fonds

1988

17202

Digitised

2 audiocassettes (1hr., 10min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

Arthur Murphy was born in Balwyn, Victoria in 1917. He was self-educated having left school very young. A victim of the Depression, he worked at many jobs and also studied at night to gain his formal education. He graduated as a teacher in 1943 and taught in high schools and was a principal for fourteen years. He published verse in various literary journals and was literary critic for 'Southerly' for many years. He died in 1990.

Item 1: A discussion on Australian literature between Arthur Murphy and John Barnes
Item 2: Arthur Murphy presents biographical details of poet William Hart-Smith focusing on his literary life

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