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Foster, Irene M

Occupation
Journalist

Summary

Irene Foster was a leader of many circles in the Adelaide Lyceum Club including the Literature Circle. She wrote book reviews for thirty years and was a preliminary judge for the Adelaide Advertiser Literary Competition.

Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:1083/search/dFoster%2C+Irene+M./dfoster+irene+m/-5,-1,0,B/frameset&FF=dfoster+irene+m&1,,2 accessed 2004-06-03.

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia

  • [Biographical cuttings on Irene Foster, former literary critic]; National Library of Australia. Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

  • Interview with Max Fatchen [sound recording] Interviewers: Roxy Byrne and Yvonne Abbott, c. 1986, SRG 438/29/14; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details
  • Irene M. Foster, 1931 - 1935, PRG 202; Foster, Irene M; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Foster, I. M, 'South Australian Literature 1836-1900', Australian Letters, vol. 4, no. 4 March, 1960, pp. 43-46. Details
  • Foster, I. M, ''Richard Mahony's Tragedy'', Australian Literary Studies, vol. 4, no. 3 May, 1970, pp. 279-280. Details
  • Foster, I. M, 'Mary Gilmore - A Memoir', Australian Literary Studies, vol. 5, no. 4 October, 1972, pp. 414-416. Details

Online Resources

Anne Heywood and Robin Secomb

Created: 6 April 2004, Last modified: 3 June 2004

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