• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH003888

Nancy Keesing interviewed by Hazel de Berg for the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 1/343-345
  • Date Range 8-Dec-67 - 8-Dec-67
  • Description

    3 sound tape reel (ca. 89 min.) Keesing speaks of her early years; her schooling; writing poetry; the various jobs held; the Lyre Bird Writers; researching in the “Bulletin” for bush ballads; how she writes poetry; the themes of her poems. Keesing reads two of her poems: “Revelation” and “Children”.

  • Access Open access for research and personal copies; permission of literary executor required for public use.
  • Finding Aid Transcript available (27 p.)

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  • Primary Creator
    • Keesing, Nancy Florence (1923 - 1993)
    • de Berg, Hazel Estelle (1913 - 1984)