The Paston Letters is a collection of correspondence between members of the Paston family of Norfolk gentry and others connected with them in England between the years 1422 and 1509. The collection also includes state papers and other important documents.
Barbara Jefferis AM was an Australian author.
Muriel Myee Steinbeck was an Australian actress who worked extensively in radio, theatre, television and film. She is best known for her film performance portraying the wife of aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in Smithy (1946) and for playing the lead role in Autumn Affair (1958–59), Australia's first television soap opera.
Justin Bayard is a 1955 novel by Australian author Jon Cleary about a policeman working in the Kimberley region. It was Cleary's sixth novel.
The Beckoning Shore is a 1950 novel by E. V. Timms. It was the third in his Great South Land Saga of Australian historical novels, and shifts the action to New South Wales.
Forever to Remain is a 1948 novel by E. V. Timms, the first in his Great South Land Saga series of novels. He wrote it intending to be the first in a 12-part series of novels. It is set in West Australia, where Timms had spent some of his childhood. Timms had written a numner of historical novels but this was his first with an Australian setting.
The Pathway to the Sun is a 1949 novel by Australian author E. V. Timms. It was the second in his Great South Land Saga of historical novels.
Shining Harvest is a 1956 Australian novel by E. V. Timms. It was the ninth in his Great South Land Saga of novels.
The Dark Abyss is a 1951 novel. It is about Captain Saunders who is injured in the Korean War then falls in love with Dr Balant.
Catherine Shepherd was a Southern Rhodesian-born Australian writer. She wrote for journals, stage and radio – short stories, plays and serials.
Portrait of a Gentleman is a 1940 Australian radio play by George Farwell about Thomas Griffiths Wainewright. It was the first time Wainewright's life had been dramatised.
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is a 1949 Australian radio drama by Edmund Barclay. The play, which ran for almost a year as a daily serial, was adapted by Barclay from the novel of the same name by Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson under her pen name, Henry Handel Richardson.
My Love Must Wait is a 1941 novel by Ernestine Hill.
Ralph Rashleigh and the Bushrangers is a 1953 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay based on an 1840s novel by James Tucker.
The Lawsons was an Australian radio serial broadcast by the ABC and created and written by Gwen Meredith that ran daily from 21 February 1944 to 25 February 1949. It was a forerunner to the better known Blue Hills. The show began as a propaganda series to introduce modern farming methods. Meredith researched it at a station near Gunnedah. The serial was hugely popular immediately and ran for five years. Meredith adapted the series into a play and a novel.
Jungle Drums is a 1937 Australian radio serial by Maxwell Dunn. It was his first radio drama and was very popular, launching his career.
The Shades Will Not Vanish is a 1952 Australian novel by Helen Fowler. It was her first novel.
Helen Fowler was an Australian writer. Her debut novel The Shades Will Not Vanish became a best seller and was adapted for radio and film.
Jim Brady, Leading Seaman is a 1954 Australian novel by J. E. Macdonnell. It featured Jim Brady who had been a character in Gimme the Boats.
Song of the Snowy is an Australian musical by Edward Samuels, best known for The Highwayman. It had a background of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
