Photographic prints of the house Wyewurk, Thirroul, New South Wales, 195-?, and D. H Lawrence's grave, 193-? / chiefly photographed by John Earnshaw

PXB 586

fonds

195-? and 193-?

Graphic Materials, Photographs

981132

7 photographs - 8.1 x 14.2 cm or smaller - gelatin silver

D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), the English author, arrived in Sydney on 27 May 1922, accompanied by his wife Frieda. Shortly after they went to Thirroul on the N.S.W. south coast, renting a house named 'Wyewurk' at 3 Craig Street for two and a half months. 'Wyewurk' (there was a house called 'Wyewurrie' nearby), built by Thomas Irons in 1910, is one of the earliest houses in Australia constructed in the Californian bungalow style. He wrote the novel 'Kangaroo' here in six weeks. D. H. Lawrence and Frieda left Sydney on the ship 'Tahiti' in August 1922.

D. H. Lawrence died on 2 March 1930 in Vence in the south of France, aged 44. He was buried in Vence, though in 1935 his body was exhumed and cremated and his ashes were removed to Taos, New Mexico.

References:
Brief encounters : literary travellers in Australia 1836-1939 / Susannah Fullerton. Sydney : Picador, 2009.
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Library Edition. http://www.library.eb.com.au/ (accessed 14 June 2012).

1. "Wy-Wurry" [i.e. Wyewurk]. Thirroul, N.S.W.. The residence of D. H. Lawrence for some months in 192-?.
2. "Wy-Work" [i.e. Wyewurk] cottage in which D. H. Lawrence lived at Thirroul.
3. "Wy-Wurry" [i.e. Wyewurk] (D. H. Lawrence), Thirroul.
4. View from Wy-Wurry [i.e. Wyewurk]. D. H. Lawrence's cottage at Thirroul.
5. View South from "Wy-Wurry" [i.e. Wyewurk]. Lawrence's cottage at Thirroul.
6. Old farm house at Thirroul mentioned by Lawrence in "Kangaroo".
7. [Envelope originally containing photographs nos. 1-6].
8. The grave itself - wreath leaning against a wall at the head.
9. [Envelope originally containing photograph no. 8].

Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright.
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Photographs nos. 1 to 6 photographed by John Earnshaw.

Photographs captioned verso.

Dated by Curator of Photographs, Mitchell Library, June 2012