Tom Mead further literary papers, 1989-1993

MLMSS 9566

fonds

1993-1994

980076

0.32 metres of textual material (2 boxes)

Thomas Francis Mead, 1918-2004, was a politician, political journalist, historian and writer. He was a member of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery for ten years and held the seat of Hurstville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 to 1976. He wrote a number of books the best known being 'Killers of Eden' (1961).

BOX 1
Papers concerning `The Fatal Lights: two strange tragedies of the sea' (1993). The stories of the wreck of the 'Dunbar' in 1857 and the wreck of the 'Ly-ee-Moon' in 1886.
Research material concerning the 'Dunbar', being mainly newscuttings and other printed material.
Research material concerning the 'Ly-ee-Moon', being mainly newscuttings and other printed material.
Draft with some research material. Typescript with Ms annotations and corrections, and newscuttings.
Draft. Typescript with Ms corrections.
Final edited version. Typescript.
Typeset version.

BOX 2
Papers concerning 'Boyd : a man before his time', retitled `Empire of straw : the dynamic rise & disastrous fall of dashing colonial tycoon Benjamin Boyd' (1994).
Draft of chapters 1-20. Typescript with Ms annotations and corrections.
Draft of chapters 20-34. Typescript with Ms annotations and corrections.
Final edited version, chapters 1-19. Typescript with Ms annotations and corrections.

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