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Manuscript Name | Papers of Graham Rowlands |
Manuscript Number | MSS 017 |
Last Updated | August 2021 |
Extent | 2.90 m (22 boxes) |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | The papers of Graham Rowlands include correspondence, manuscript drafts, diaries and photographs. |
Literary
The papers contain a substantial amount of personal and professional correspondence and drafts of poems by Graham Rowlands. Prose and editorial material is also included, along with material relating to the Friendly Street Poets.
1958-2000
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Rowlands
Graham John Rowlands was born in Brisbane in 1947, and educated at Brisbane Grammar School, the University of Queensland and Flinders University, Adelaide. While in Queensland, he was editor of the student magazine Makar : magazine of new writing (1966-67) and published Stares and statues (1972), his first book of poetry and the first volume of the Gargoyle poets series.
Rowlands moved to Adelaide in 1971, and was associated with the Friendly Street group of poets, editing with Pauline Wardleworth Friendly Street poetry reader no. 9 (1985). He was for many years both a poetry editor and poetry reviewer for Overland.
In 1978 Rowland completed a PhD in American Studies at Flinders University. He has since worked as a literary journalist, educational editor and lecturer in literature, Australian politics and crime prevention, poetry editor and poetry reviewer. Since 2003 he has taught Creative Writing at Flinders University.
In 2002 Rowlands was the winner of the Festival Awards for Literature (SA), Barbara Hanrahan Fellowship, and the winner of the Satura Prize for his poem 'Down on the ground'.
References:
AustLit : the resource for Australian literature, September 2006.
Directory of Australian poets 1980, Poets Union of Australia, Melbourne, 1980, p 116-117
Selected poems, by Graham Rowlands, 1992.
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
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Papers of Graham Rowlands, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
The collection was acquired from Graham and Diane Rowlands in sixty-five instalments from 1986-2000.
Further manuscript material relating to Graham Rowlands may be found in Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy in the papers of:
Jerri Kroll MS 59
Friendly Street Poets MS 61
Further papers of Graham Rowlands are held by the National Library, in the Papers of Graham Rowlands at MS 7023.
This collection originally included a number of publications, listed below. These works have been catalogued separately, and added to the Library's main collection.
Up the right channels. St. Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland, 1970.
Makar : magazine of new writing, vol. 2, nos 1-4, 1966.
Semper floreat, vol. 35, nos 1-12 and vol. 37, no. 3, 1965 and 1967.
Australian poetry, poets
Graham Rowlands 1947-
Poets, editors, academics
The collection includes a substantial amount of personal and professional correspondence. Correspondents include friends, family, publishers, fellow writers, editors and literary, cultural and educational organizations. The correspondence includes explanatory comments and cross references made by Rowlands at the time of donating the papers.
Folder 1
Correspondence from Dorothy Alison Rowlands (mother), 1968-1976
Folder 2-6
Correspondence from A. Rowlands (father), 1968-1999
Folder 7
Correspondence A, 1964-1998
Including:
Robert Adamson, Stuart Sayers and Ron Simpson of the Age, The Advertiser, JH Allsopp, Frank Armstrong, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Australian Society of Authors'
Folder 8-9
Correspondence, minutes and financial papers relating to the Arts Development Advisory Committee (ADAC), Department of the Arts and Cultural Development, together with manuscript evaluations and references for writers, 1990-1999
Folder 10
Correspondence B, 1965-1996
Including:
Connie Barber, Stefanie Bennett, Dane Thwaites of Black Lightning Press, Ken Bolton, Paul Bourke, Anne Brewster, Kevin Brophy, Patrick Buckridge, Peter Burton and Larry Buttrose
Folder 11
Correspondence C, 1971-1998
Including:
Heather Cam, Leon Cantrell, Anne Chittleborough, Andrew Clark, Jim Cleary and Valerie Coombe
Folder 12
Correspondence C, 1962-1988
Including:
Chris Cooney, Russell Cowie (together with school essays), Louise Crisp and Margaret Cullen
Folder 13
Correspondence D, 1972-1998
Including:
Michael Denholm, Patricia Dobrez and Michael Dugan
Folder 14
Correspondence from Anne Elder, 1973-1976
Including:
Photocopies of Elder's published poems
Research and draft of 'Anne Elder : poet' by Rowlands, together with correspondence from Barrie Reid, Overland
Correspondence from John and Catherine Elder
Correspondence from Philip Martin
Folder 15
Correspondence E-F, 1981-1993
Including:
Bob Ellis, Michelina Ferraro, Michele Field, John Foulcher, Ian Fraser and Marcelle Freiman
Folder 16
Correspondence G, 1970-1992
Including:
Barbara Giles, Peter Goldsworthy, Geoff Goodfellow, Ken Goodwin, Michael Goodison, Warwick Gould, Dorothy Green, Annie Greet and Jeff Guess
Folder 17
Correspondence H, 1958-2000
Including:
Robert Habost, Rodney Hall, Syd Harrex, Robert Harris, Clinton Harriman, Les Harrop, Kareena Harwood, Dennis Haskell, Keith Harrison, Richard Hillman, John-Peter Horsam, Robin Howells and Robert Hughes
Folder 18
Correspondence I and J, 1972-1999
Including:
Andrew Sant of Island magazine, John Jenkins, Kate Jennings, Martin Johnson, Rob Johnson and Billy Jones
Folder 19
Correspondence with Rae Desmond Jones, together with a draft of a rejected article on Jones, 1972-1998
Folder 20
Correspondence K, 1963-1995
Including:
Erika Keenan, Stephen Kelen, John Kinsella, Viv Kitson, Andrew Knott and Rob Knottenbelt
Folder 21
Correspondence L, 1968-1999
Including:
Labour and National Service regarding military service, Katherine Lea, Barrie Leon, Elvis Levin, Bill Roberts of LinQ, Kate Llewellyn, Longman Cheshire, Yve Louis and Myron Lysenko
Folder 22
Correspondence and grant applications, Literature Board, Australian Council for the Arts, 1973-1998
Folder 23
Correspondence M, 1973-1998
Including:
Chris Mansell, Philip Martin, Brian Matthews, Barbara McFadyen, Susan McGowan, Meanjin, Stan Mellick, Rod Moran, Mattoid, Peter Murphy, Sue Murphy, Les Murray, Muse and Anne-Marie Mykyta
Folder 24
Correspondence from Albert, Ellen and Marye Milligan, together with notes, 1962-1976
Folder 25
Correspondence with Humphrey McQueen, together with an annotated typescript draft of an untitled twenty-four scene drama, 1967-1999
Folder 26
Correspondence N, 1972-1995
Including:
Nation review, National Library of Australia, Geoff Naylor, Philip Neilsen and Carol Novak
Folder 27
Correspondence O, 1972-1990
Including:
Mark O'Connor, Barry O'Donohue, Off the page, Gary Oliver, Dan and Michael O'Neill, Warren Osmond, Peter Oustabasidis and Outrider
Folder 28
Correspondence P, 1968-1999
Including:
Joyce Parkes, Elizabeth Perkins, WH Perkins, Peter Pierce, Grace Perry and John Millett of Poetry Australia and South Head Press, Christopher Pollnitz, Nicholas Pounder, Ron Pretty, Quadrant
Folder 29
Correspondence from John Paul, undated
Folder 30
Correspondence R, 1971-1993
Including:
Barrett Reid, Kevin Roberts, Mark Roberts, Nigel Roberts, Judith Rodriguez, Chris Rootes and Routledge
Folder 31
Correspondence S, 1974-1998
Including:
Philip Salom, Patricia Laird of The Saturday Centre, Rae Sexton, Michael Sharkey, Greg Shortis and Margaret Smith
Folder 32
Correspondence T-V and X-Y, 1972-1995
Including:
Richard Tipping, John Tranter, Kanchana Ugbabe, Val Vallis, Howard Firkin of Verso, Martin Field of Xtra, Gloria Yates and Fay Zwicky
Folder 33
Correspondence W, 1964-1999
Including:
Alan Wearne, Tom and Wendy Whitton, Valery Wilde, Murray Williams, Jean Wright and Judith Wright
Folder 34
Correspondence regarding relationships with women at university, 1965-1972
Folder 35
Correspondence and articles relating to newspaper columns, 1964-1981
Folder 36
Correspondence relating to Stares and statues and Poems political (mss held by the National Library of Australia), 1968-1975
Diaries kept by Rowlands, together with his typescript explanatory comments written at the time of donation.
Folder 1
Travel diaries (2), 1959-1987
Folder 2
Diary and random jottings relating to family, 1962-1965
Comprises material relating to Brisbane Grammar School and University of Queensland, together with Rowlands' typescript explanatory comments written at the time of donation.
Folder 1-4
Material relating to Brisbane Grammar School, 1961-1964
Including:
Vocabulary and quotation notebooks (4)
Notes on masters and boys at Brisbane Grammar School
Manuscript drafts of 'La Perouse', 'Flop House' and 'Of maths and men'
Clippings
Brisbane Grammar School magazines (4)
Speeches in relation to anti-Christianity
Folder 5-7
Material relating to the University of Queensland, 1966-1973
Including:
Newspaper clippings
Notes on Department of English
'Not by sound alone : the Russian film pioneer - Eisenstein'
Notes on Free University
Semper floreat film reviews
Essays
Research writing
Notes
Makar correspondence
This series comprises drafts of discarded, accepted and published poems by Rowlands, also included are short stories, one play, reviews and articles, together with explanatory comments written at the time of donation.
Folder 1
Short stories, one play and one novel, 1962-1981
Folder 2-70
Annotated poetry drafts and related correspondence, 1966-1999
Folder 71-74
Newspapers and magazine articles used as source material for poems, 1974-1999
Folder 75-82
Overland, 1978-1996
Including:
Correspondence
Drafts of poetry reviews
Drafts of articles
Folder 83
Drafts of articles by Rowlands, 1974-1990
This series comprises editorial work by Rowlands, together with explanatory comments written at the time of donation.
Folder 1
Dots over lines : recent poetry in South Australia, edited and introduced by Graham Rowlands; published by Adelaide University Press, Adelaide, 1980
Including:
Correspondence with poets
Publishing notes
Reviews
Folder 2-4
Wakefield Press editing, 1989-1994
Including:
Correspondence
Readers' reports
Copies of manuscript drafts with editorial comments by Rowlands
Folder 5-7
Private editing, 1989-1997
Including:
Correspondence
Copies of manuscript drafts with editorial comments by Rowlands
Among the papers in this series is material relating to poetry editing workshops, poetry judging and literary launches, and notes on various friends, together with explanatory comments written at the time of donation.
Folder 1
Notes on friends
Folder 2
The Writers' Centre, 1994-1997
Including:
Aardvark project correspondence and copies of manuscript drafts with editorial comments by Rowlands for Aardvark : written off : a collection of writing by young SA authors, put together by the team from Generation Hex ; editors: Justin Prime ... [et al.] (1995)
Correspondence relating to a seminar on 'Writing poetry'
Correspondence and article entitled 'I have this wonderful idea; how do I get started?' for the column 'Trade secrets' published in The Writers' Centre newsletter
Poetry editing workshop material
Folder 3
Material relating to Adelaide College of TAFE, 1983-1989
Folder 4
Material relating to Flinders University, 1993-1999
Folder 5-6
Material relating to Writers' Week Committee, 1972-1982
Folder 7-14
Friendly Street papers owned by Rowlands, 1978-1992
Including:
Register, 1978-1987
Correspondence
Business material
Contributor's manuscript drafts
Readers' reports
Reviews
Friendly Street consulting for 1992 Festival
Folder 15
Poetry judging by Rowlands, 1980-1997
Folder 16
School poetry workshops conducted by Rowlands, 1974-1981
Folder 17
Poetry readings by Rowlands, 1997-1999
Folder 18
Talks and book launches by Rowlands, 1993-1999
Folder 19
Material relating to: Adelaide University Union Press and Michael Duddy, 1980-1984
Folder 20
Photocopies of ABC Radio dramas with writer's release forms, 1990
Including:
'Timothy Gedge', adapted by Ken Methold from the novel The children of Dynmouth by William Trevor
Stardance, by Spider and Jeanne Robinson; adapted by Ken Methold
This series comprises miscellaneous personal photographs of Rowlands.
Box-folder 22
Photographs of Rowlands:
BGS debating, 1963
Public speaking, 1964
Adelaide College of TAFE, 1986
Rowlands, 1975 x 2
Moratorium March, Adelaide, 31 July 1971
Writers' retreat, Department of Adult Education, University of Adelaide, 1970
Wedding day, 1972
Rowlands at 2 years 4 months
Rowlands 3 years 6 months
Rowlands, 1971
Rowlands and mother, 1976 (colour)
Jeremy Rowlands x 3 (colour)
Rowlands at Fashoda Street, 1976-1983 x 4 (colour)
Ned Kelly helmet worn by Rowlands to the launching of Friendly Street poetry reader, no. 4 x 2 (colour)
Rowlands, Northern Flinders Ranges, 1979 (colour)
Don Dunstan launches Dots over lines : recent poetry in South Australia, Adelaide Festival, 1980
Rowlands speech at Dots over lines : recent poetry in South Australia, Adelaide Festival, 1980
Rowlands, 1981 x 2
Rowlands and Jeremy x 3 (colour)
Rowlands reading at the Langmeil Winery poetry x 3 (colour)