Doris Chadwick - literary papers, ca. 1945-1955, concerning her novel, John of the Sirius (1955)

MLMSS 6093/Box 1X

fonds

1945-1955

112726

0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon with manuscript annotations)
Textual Records - (printed)

Doris Chadwick was Assistant Editor, 1924-1950, and Editor, 1950-1959, of the New South Wales School Magazine. Her novel, John of the Sirius, was the first in a trilogy for children, which was completed by John of Sydney in 1957 and by John and Nanbaree in 1962. This modern Australian children's classic was originally published as a picture serial in the School Magazine and rewritten over the following decade for final publication in book form in 1955. It was highly commended in the 1956 Children's Book of the Year Awards.

ca. 1945-1948; John of His Majesty's Ship Sirius. A romance for children by Anne Western. Illustrated by Joyce Abbott, being earlier carbon typescript version with author's signature on title page (Call No.: ML MSS 6093/1X/1)
26 Jan. 1948; John of the Sirius by Doris Anne Chadwick, being later carbon typescript with author's signature on title page, several chapters removed and inclusion of revamped chapter 7: 'John Goes Fishing' and an afterword, 'To the Children of Australia' (dated 26 January 1948) (Call No.: ML MSS 6093/1X/2)
1955; John of the Sirius by Doris Chadwick; illustrated by Margaret Senior. London: Thomas Nelson, being a fine copy in very good dustwrapper of the first edition. (Call No.: ML MSS 6093/1X/3)

Another copy of the first edition of John of the Sirius. London: Thomas Nelson, 1955, is located at ML A823/C432/1A1 in the Mitchell Printed Books Collection