Reflections on the poetry of Gwen Harwood by Arthur Murphy

MLOH 121

fonds

between 1990 and 1991

401839

Digitised

1 audiocassette (32 min.) - 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, 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

MLOH 121/1 Side A (32 min.):
Poet and critic Arthur Murphy reflects on the poetry of Gwen Harwood

MLOH 121/1 Side B (Blank side)

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The description of this material has been supplied from the Oral History Digitisation Program, undertaken 2014 to 2017, of the Library's oral history collections.

MLOH 121/1 Side A: Recorded between 1990 and 1991

Other creator: Murphy, Arthur (Arthur Patrick) (speaker)

MLOH 121/1 Side A:
Cassette tape insert says, 'The Poetry of Gwen Harwood by Arthur Murphy. Essay written 1990 and recorded 1990-1991. Acknowledgement of assistance of Project Grants. Tape partly recorded by Arthur Murphy. Explanation is given at commencement of tape. Recording is completed by M.E. de Steiger.'

MLOH 121/1 Side B (Blank side)