441576
- TitleBook jacket design for 'Poor Fellow My Country', 1975 / watercolour by Ray Crooke
- Creator
- Call numberSSV/69
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca. 1975 - Type of material
- Reference code441576
- Physical DescriptionDrawings - image 16.3 x 17.5 cm., on board 28 x 17.5 cm. - 1 watercolour drawing
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
'Poor Fellow My Country was published in 1975. The novel by Xavier Herbert (1901-1984) deals with Anglo-Aboriginal relations in the Northern Territory, and was the largest novel published in Australia at the time. It won the Miles Franklin Award for literature in 1975. - Scope and ContentThis watercolour is a preliminary version of the final published book jacket which featured an Aboriginal figure in the foreground and variations in the landscape.
- General note
The Library holds several published editions of 'Poor Fellow My Country' (1975, 1983, 1988, 1990), including two book jackets for the later editions. - Signatures / Inscriptions
Poor Fellow My Country Xavier Herbert -- titled in watercolour above and below image. - Name
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