'Deliberate Freedom': Using speculation and imagination in historical biography

KJ Lindsey - TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Programs, 2018 - opus.lib.uts.edu.au
In this article, I explore the challenges and opportunities associated with using 'informed
imagination'to write a speculative biography of an historical figure. In the process, I …

Object biography and its potential in creative writing

D Lee Brien - New Writing, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
While biographies are generally understood to narrate the lives of people, the biographical
form can also be used to write the life histories of objects of material culture. This article …

Recovering a Sicilian Family: Researching and Writing a Story of Anger, Shame and Family Breakdown in the Ingham-Halifax Area of North Queensland (1926–1945)

K Boyne - 2024 - acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au
This PhD research project comprises a fact-informed historical novel and an exegesis. The
novel tells the story of the emigration of a Sicilian family to the Herbert River district of North …

Margaret Dunn: A life and career biographical study

DL Brien - Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, 2018 - intellectdiscover.com
Despite the challenges and difficulties involved in crafting a viable living as a professional
creative writer, a number of Australian women sustained careers as popular writers in the …

Masculinity on Trial: A Creative History of Masculinities of German Internment at Trial Bay, New South Wales, 1915–1918

JG Worner - 2020 - opus.lib.uts.edu.au
Between August 1915 and May 1918, over five hundred and eighty men were interned at
Trial Bay Gaol on the mid-north coast of New South Wales. The group comprised both …

Tibor Idrányi–Lost and Found: The rediscovery of a forgotten composer and his music

S Hillinger - 2019 - ses.library.usyd.edu.au
Tibor Idrányi (1896–1974) was a well-known and much-admired Hungarian composer. He
studied at the Royal National Academy of Music in Budapest under Zoltán Kodály. Today …

'Stepping out of the Shadows': an examination of female larrikins in Melbourne and the influence of popular culture on their behaviour (1878-1888); an Exegesis and …

G Dale - 2019 - vuir.vu.edu.au
This thesis is a two-part practice-based research project comprised of a Documentary
Theatre play-script,'Flash Donahs', and an accompanying exegesis, entitled,'Stepping out of …