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Brisbane Telegraph, 11 Feb. 1949, p.18
Gwen Meredith Gwen Meredith i(A11247 works by) (a.k.a. Gwenyth Valmai Meredith; Mrs Ainsworth Harrison)
Born: Established: 18 Nov 1907 Orange, Orange area, Bathurst - Orange area, Central West NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 3 Oct 2006 Bowral, Mittagong - Bowral area, Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Into the Sun : A Blue Hills Novel Blue Hills in the Sun : a Blue Hills novel Gwen Meredith , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1961 Z1292451 1961 single work novel At Oolera, an isolated township in Central Australia, Sister Heather Jamieson of the A.I.M. answers a radio call for help from an injured stockman on Cooper Downs Station. There she is soon crossing swords with the owner, Ric Carson, who, accepting hardships for himself, invites no woman to share them. This warmly realistic novel gives a vivid picture of life in the Inland and of its impact on the British migrant who is a vital element in the Australian scene today. (Half-title page of Into the Sun)
2 1 form y separately published work icon Autumn Affair Gwen Meredith , Richard Lane , ( dir. David Cahill ) Sydney : Australian Television Network , 1958-1959 7188357 1958 series - publisher film/TV

Australia's first soap opera and the first serial drama made in Australia (although it had been preceded by single-episode television dramas), Autumn Affair followed Julia Parrish, a middle-aged woman in a love triangle with two men.
1 y separately published work icon Inns and Outs. Gwen Meredith , Ainsworth Harrison , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1955 Z1302603 1955 single work prose travel
1 Cornerstone Gwen Meredith , 1954-1956 single work drama A sombre drama of family entanglement. (CTA)
1 3 y separately published work icon Beyond Blue Hills : The Ternna-Boolla Story Gwen Meredith , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1953 Z1062941 1953 single work novel Taken from the famous ABC Country Hour radio serial, Blue Hills, this novel takes the story a stage further to the coming of Ted and Emmie Lawson to Ternna-Boola and Nahweenah, to their first taste of sheep-station life in the back country, and to the ugly fact of colour prejudice. (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon Blue Hills Gwen Meredith , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1950 Z182689 1950 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Blue Hills Gwen Meredith , 1950-1961 10446997 1950 series - author novel Series of novels based on the author's radio play of the same name.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Lawsons Gwen Meredith , 1950 (Manuscript version)x401555 Z1298633 1950 single work drama
1 7 form Blue Hills Gwen Meredith , 1949-1976 single work radio play
1 1 y separately published work icon The Lawsons Gwen Meredith , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1948 Z528325 1948 single work novel
1 1 form y separately published work icon Great Inheritance Gwen Meredith , Australia : R.A.A.F. Educational Services , 1945 Z457683 1945 single work radio play
1 2 form The Lawsons Gwen Meredith , 1944-1949 single work radio play
1 1 y separately published work icon Ask No Questions Gwen Meredith , 1940 (Manuscript version)x401193 Z920324 1940 single work drama
1 form y separately published work icon The Opportunist Gwen Meredith , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1940 9488138 1940 single work radio play

The play 'begins in the office of a Queensland bank. An interview is in progress, between the young manager and a good looking, socially-inclined clerk, who has a confession to make about his use of the bank's money.'

Source:

'Highlights of the ABC', Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate, 8 August 1940, p.5.
1 y separately published work icon Murders are Messy Gwen Meredith , 1939 9978766 1939 single work drama detective humour

A light-hearted murder mystery, with Detective-Inspector Warren.
1 1 y separately published work icon Wives Have Their Uses : A Comedy in Three Acts Gwen Meredith , 1938 1938 (Manuscript version)x401167 Z858679 1938 single work drama
1 One Inch Gwen Meredith , 1931 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 1 April 1931; (p. 12-13)
1 Names That Stick : The Macquarie Complex Gwen Meredith , 1930 single work prose
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 December no. 29005 1930; (p. 11)
1 Colour : In a Summer Garden Gwen Meredith , 1930 single work prose
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 December no. 28993 1930; (p. 11)
1 Clemence Dane : A Charming Woman Writer of To-Day Gwen Meredith , 1929 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 15 October vol. 5 no. 47 1929; (p. 10) Meredith discusses the novels and plays of Clemence Dane, who started writing on the advice of a friend after she suffered a breakdown shortly after the start of World War I. Prior to commencing her writing career Dane had been an artist, teacher and actor.
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