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Jill Roe Jill Roe i(A1401 works by) (a.k.a. Jillian Isobel Roe)
Born: Established: 10 Nov 1940 Tumby Bay, Tumby Bay area, Southern Eyre Peninsula, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 12 Jan 2017 Pearl Beach, Woy Woy area, Gosford, Central Coast, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Miles Franklin : A Short Biography Jill Roe , Sydney South : HarperCollins Australia , 2018 13533322 2018 single work biography

'A classic, accessible award-winning biography of Australia's most iconic author, leading feminist and humanitarian. 'To meet Miles Franklin was as invigorating as to ride on a spring morning across the Monaro plains she so dearly loved,' wrote Henrietta Drake-Brockman.

'Author, union organiser, WWI volunteer, women's rights agitator, nationalist, Miles Franklin worked, wrote and talked for many causes, none more passionately than Australian literature. Propelled to fame aged only twenty-one in the wake of her bestselling novel My Brilliant Career, she never again achieved the same literary success, but her life was rich and productive. She published sixteen novels, numerous non-fiction books and articles, and maintained a prolific and entertaining correspondence with friends and acquaintances.

'If her extraordinary achievements in life were not enough, her endowment of the Miles Franklin Literary Award on her death ensured she would never be forgotten. In 2013 the 'Stella Prize' for Australian Women's Writing, named in honour of Stella Maria 'Miles' Franklin, was awarded for the first time, gilding her reputation further.' (Publication summary)

1 7 y separately published work icon Our Fathers Cleared the Bush : Remembering Eyre Peninsula Jill Roe , Adelaide : Wakefield Press , 2016 10001464 2016 single work autobiography

'Renowned historian Jill Roe, whose grandparents were early settlers of South Australia's west coast, revisits her mid-century childhood in what was one of Australia's most remote regions.

'Rhythms of work and play were punctuated by moments - the annual show, a visit from young Queen Elizabeth - that connected farming lives, however briefly, to a changing world.

'With urbanisation comes uncertainties. As her story unfolds, Jill Roe contemplates the future of Eyre Peninsula and the role of regional Australia in this young century. Our Fathers Cleared the Bush is a charming, thoughtful blend of history, memoir and ideas.' (Publication summary)

1 [Review] An Unsentimental Bloke : The Life and Work of C. J. Dennis Jill Roe , 2014 single work
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 7 no. 1 2014;

— Review of An Unsentimental Bloke : The Life and Works of C.J. Dennis Philip Butterss , 2014 single work biography
1 Adelaide and the Country : The Literary Dimension Jill Roe , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Adelaide : A Literary City 2014; (p. 111-123)
1 [Utitled] Jill Roe , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 3 no. 2 2014; (p. 246-247)

— Review of Apollo in George Street : The Life of David McKee Wright Michael Sharkey , 2012 single work biography
1 Handling the Misogyny Factor Jill Roe , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , November vol. 24 no. 4 2013; (p. 1-2)
1 On Love, War and Literary Life : The Newcastle Morning Herald Serialises The Thorny Rose Jill Roe , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 113-118)
1 Revisiting the Frontier, from Miles Franklin's Brindabella to South Australia's Eyre Peninsula Jill Roe , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Colonial History , no. 15 2013; (p. 169-182)

'As a South Australian by birth and an early enthusiast for urban history, I was not deeply impressed by Russel Ward in my youth. However, that was a long time ago. Since then I have come to appreciate The Australian Legend (1958) and to feel that it could be better understood. No doubt my own work on Miles Franklin, and my days on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, some of which I will be referring to shortly, has had good deal to do with it; but so too has an increasing awareness of the challenges now facing rural and regional Australia. In what follows, I start with the young Russel Ward and what led him to focus on the pastoral frontier of eastern Australia. Next comes a consideration of the Legend's relevance to two very different regions, the Brindabella area in the southern mountains of New South Wales, and Eyre Peninsula, the western most peninsula of South Australia, both of which as it happens were first colonised by Europeans in the 1840s. Lastly, by way of conclusion, I offer some observations on the changing face of 'the frontier' since the 1950s, drawing on my own experience. That may sound rather presumptuous. But it is more or less in line with the task that Ward set for us in the final paragraph of his book, which reads in full: It is generally agreed that without a distinctive national tradition a people lacks cohesion, balance, and confidence. It is usually assumed that in a young country like ours, inherited attitudes exert less influence than in old one. The truth maybe that, because of its relative youth, our tradition is at once too dominating and too rigid, and that we tend compulsively to worship it as, so to speak, a fair though sacred cow. But nothing could be more thoroughly within the tradition than 'to give it a go' - to venture boldly on new courses of action, and so modify, and even create, traditions as the anonymous bushmen, and, later, the men of the 'nineties did. Today's task might well be to develop those features of the Australian tradition which still seem valid in modern conditions.' (Introduction)

1 1 Miles Franklin's Record Jill Roe , 2012 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 13 August 2012; (p. 13)
1 Miles Franklin Literary Award Jill Roe , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: SL : State Library of New South Wales Magazine , Spring vol. 4 no. 3 2011; (p. 37)
1 My Brilliant Career Jill Roe , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Making Film and Television Histories : Australia and New Zealand 2011; (p. 220-224)
1 Biography Jill Roe , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 November 2010; (p. 7)

— Review of My Congenials : Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters Miles Franklin , 1993 anthology correspondence biography
1 Untitled Jill Roe , 2010 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 324 2010; (p. 6)
1 Mean about Miles Jill Roe , 2010 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 April 2010; (p. 14)
1 Miles Franklin's Brilliance Jill Roe , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: SL : State Library of New South Wales Magazine , April vol. 2 no. 1 2009; (p. 24)
1 Endemic Yowling Jill Roe , 2009 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 316 2009; (p. 4)
1 Return of the Native Jill Roe , 2008 extract biography (Stella Miles Franklin)
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 November 2008; (p. 8-9)
1 23 y separately published work icon Stella Miles Franklin Her Brilliant Career : The Life of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , Pymble : Fourth Estate , 2008 Z1457113 2008 single work biography 'This biography is an authoritative account of the novelist, journalist, nationalist, feminist and larrikin Stella Miles Franklin, author of My Brilliant Career and a great literary figure. This account follows her story from her beginnings in the Australian bush, through her publishing success and time spent working for the women's labour movement in Chicago, and details her time spent as a nurse in the Balkans during World War I.'

[Source: HarperCollins]
1 Six Silly Things People Say about Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quarterly : Sydney PEN Centre , May no. 127 2007; (p. 6-7)
'Historian Jill Roe was a special guest at the New Reckonings conference. Her biography of Miles Franklin will be published by HarperCollins. Here she reflects on the writer.' (p. 6)
1 No Ordinary Librarian Jill Roe , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 284 2006; (p. 42)

— Review of Ida Leeson : A Life Sylvia Martin , 2006 single work biography
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