Yvonne Preston papers

MLMSS 12059

fonds

1975-1982

Textual Records, Clippings

9676316

0.16 metres of textual records (1 box)

The Walkley Award winning journalist Yvonne Preston was the China correspondent for Sydney Morning Herald between 1975-1978. She was one of only two Australian correspondents there at the time, the other being Warren Duncan for the ABC.

Reference:
Compiled from the Library’s acquisition file

This collection of 5 scrapbooks contains press clippings and related publications and covers Yvonne Preston's work as the Sydney Morning Herald's foreign correspondent in China between 1975-1978 and the National Times' foreign editor in 1980. Preston was there during a significant period in China’s history and international relations, with the ending of the Cultural Revolution and death of Mao Zedong on 9 September 1976; the devastating Tangshan earthquake, developments in China-Australian relations with an official visit by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser in 1976, and Deng Xiaoping brought back from exile becoming leader in 1978.

The collection mainly comprises clippings of articles by Preston but there are some related publications, including Chinese language newspapers.

English, Chinese

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Yvonne Preston has assigned her copyright to the Library. There may be other copyright holders in the collection.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder