Series 1: Journals

MLMSS 11909/Boxes 1-3

series

1962-2018

9673709

0.48 metres of textual material (3 boxes)

Box 1

First poetry notebook, circa 1962

Field Journals

Book 1, Morocco, Turkey, Greece, Italy, 1969 - 1970
Book 2, England, Australia 1970, Greece, Libya, Italy, Central NSW, 1970
Book 3, Darling River Notes, Bourke, Wentworth, May 1978
Book 4, Broome, Kimberley, Darwin, Victoria, July - August 1978
Book 5, Sydney, Southern Alps, Eden, 1980 - 1981
Book 6, Broken Hill, Switzerland, Italy, October 1981
Book 7, Lachlan River Notes, Mission Beach Notes, Roughrider Notes, 2 October 1982 - 16 December 1985 (includes inserted aerogramme)
Book 8, Karuah Valley Chronicles, September 1982 - November 1984
Book 9, Endurance Ride, Cobb: Echuca/Hay, UK Visit 1986, July 1985 - September 1987
Book 10, Bali, 1987, Sydney, Orange, Thursday Island, Round Australia - Sacred Places trip July - August 1990; 12 October 1987 - 8 February 1991
Book 11, New York/USA, Dartington, Malta, Greece, Turkey, 2 October 1988 - 23 December 1990
Book 12, UK/USA trip 1991, Thursday Island, Borneo, Kimberelys, Sydney 12 February 1991 - 29 October 1991
Book 13, Sydney, England, Switzerland, Holland, USA, 5 February 1992 - 18 April 1994
Book 14, Balgo Hills, Alice Springs, 1993
Book 15, Toraja research; Indonesia, Toraja, 20 April - 12 June 1994
Book 16, Toraja, 13 June - 5 October 1994
Book 17, General Notes 1994
Book 18, Toraja, Balgo Hills December 1994 - April 1995
Book 19, Balgo Hills, 18 May 1995 - 31 December 1995

Box 2

Field Journals

Book 20, Balgo, Bali, Balgo, 2 January 1996 - 23 February 1996
Book 21, Balgo, Sydney, Holland, Zurich, Barcelona, 24 August 1996 - August 1997
Book 22, Rescho, Italy, Paris, Cortona, Sydney, 1 September 1997 - 28 March 1998
Book 23, Egypt, Italy, Spain, 23 February 1998 - 11 June 1999
Book 24, Palermo, Tuscany, Venice, Sydney, Montville, 19 January 2000 - 31 December 2001
Book 25, Montville, Michigan, London, Neustrelitz, Italy, 4 January 2001 - April 2002
Book 26, London/Montville, 4 December 2003 - 14 July 2004
Book 27(A), London, Port Louis, Paris, Sydney, Alice Turkey, November 1986 - January 2004
Book 27(B), Italy, Southern NSW, Queensland, Montville, June 1999 - September 2002
Book 28, Egyptian Journal II, October - November 2004
Book 29, Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2005 - December 2005
Book 30, Buenos Aires, December 2005 - May 2006
Book 31, Marrakech, Madrid, Buenos Aires, April 2006 - December 2006
Book 32, Antigua, Buenos Aires, Cyprus, Buenos Aires, December 2006 - September 2007
Book 33, Australia, Buenos Aires, Bariloche, London, 29 August 2007 - 16 February 2008

Box 3

Field Journals

Book 34, Milan, Turin, Aswan, Luxor, Cairo, March 2008 - July 2009
Book 35, Buenos Aires, Coolabine Ridge, USA, Baltic, Grandma, Switzerland, February 2008 - July 2009
Book 38, Italy/Australia, April 2011 - February 2012
Book 39, Wentworth Falls, Possum Creek, Bangalow, Chicago, Grand Rapids, New York, February 2012 - December 2012
Book 40, Notes Towards an Exegesis, Journey Through Italy, May 2014 - June 2014
Book 41, Jaipur, India, Bangalow, Adelaide, January 2014 - April 2016
Book 42, Istanbul, Athens, Delphi, Athens, Bangalow, Noumea
Book 43 [not present]
Book 44, Buenos Aires, Bangalow, Carnarvon Gorge, Moffat Beach, May 2016 - July 2017
Book 45, Bangalow, London, Zurich, August 2017 - November 2017
Book 46, Bangalow, January 2018 - 01 October 2018 (Final entry is the day before Cowan’s death, Lismore base hospital)
Book Unnumbered, in two sections: 1963 - 21 November 1980; 2nd Jan 1969 - 7 October 1980. “This notebook will be an attempt to put down my thoughts in the hope that some valuable insights may be revealed to me”
Book Unnumbered, "Impressions” Marrakech, March - October 1969
Book marked “BR” Book References

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