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Author Burstall, Tim.

Title The memoirs of a young bastard : the diaries of Tim Burstall, November 1953 to December 1954 / Tim Burstall ; introduced and annotated by Hilary McPhee with Ann Standish
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2012

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 MELB  791.430233092 Bursta Bur/Moa  AVAILABLE
Description xxiv, 343 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 27 cm
Series Second numbered series of the Miegunyah volumes ; no. 145
Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; no. 145
Contents Machine generated contents note: November 1953 -- December 1953 -- January 1954 -- February 1954 -- March 1954 -- April 1954 -- May 1954 -- June 1954 -- July 1954 -- August 1954 -- September 1954 -- October 1954 -- November 1954 -- December 1954
Summary Offers a unique snapshot of 1950s Australian bohemian life. Written against the backdrop of an Australia easily caricatured as dull and provincial, straightjacketed by suburban convention and paranoia, this is one of the most evocative, and certainly most comprehensive, Australian diaries of modern times
Analysis Australian
Notes N copy signed by Hilary McPhee, 14 October 2012. AuCNL
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Burstall, Tim.
Authors, Australian -- Diaries.
Motion picture industry -- Australia.
Motion picture producers and directors -- Australia -- Diaries.
Motion pictures -- Australia.
Motion pictures, Australian.
SUBJECT Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Diaries.
Author McPhee, Hilary, 1941-
Standish, Ann.
LC no. 2012453023
ISBN 9780522858143 (hbk.)
Other Titles Diaries of Tim Burstall, November 1953 to December 1954