• Title
  Zane Grey letter to his wife from Bermagui, 31 January [1936], with photographs
• Creator
  Zane Grey, 1875-1939
• Call number
  MLMSS 10398/Box 1X
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1936
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs, Textual Records
• Reference code
  9649413
• Issue Copy
  Partly Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.02 metres of textual material, 8 photographs (1 outsize box)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Wild West and the American frontier. His most popular novel was Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) which was a significant influence in shaping the formula of the Western genre. In January 1936 he visited Australia and set up camp at Bermagui on the NSW south coast to pursue his love of game fishing. He was Patron of the Bermagui Sport Fishing Association from 1936 to 1937 and Bermagui’s caravan park was renamed Bermagui Zane Grey Tourist Park in his honour. He also fished at other locations in Australia including the Great Barrier Reef where he made the film White Death in which he had a starring role playing himself. He recounted his Australian experiences in his book An American Angler in Australia (1937).
  Reference: Library correspondence file
• Collection history
  From the estate of Brian Murray, collector.
• Scope and Content
  A small collection including manuscript letter, 7 pp., signed ‘Doc’, dated ‘Zane Grey Camp Bermagui N.S.Wales Jan 31 [1936] with 8 accompanying photographs. The letter references Grey's reception in Australia and Bermagui, and relates his experiences to his wife. Among the 8 small photographs, two depict Grey on a fishing boat with sharks he has just caught. The remaining 6 depict him with Kathleen Keen, wife of his personal assistant, mostly in bushland settings holding koalas and snakes.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Author(s) died more than 70 years ago
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Grey, Zane, 1875-1939
  
• Subject
  Americans--Australia.
  Fishing--New South Wales.
  
• Place
  Bermagui (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE17685721

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