E. Butel E. Butel i(A22736 works by) (a.k.a. Elizabeth Butel; Elizabeth Ann Butel)
Born: Established: 1951 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Arthur Roberts : A Teacher's Journey E. Butel , Bondi Junction : ETT Imprint , 2017 10781375 2017 single work biography

'Arthur Roberts was a schoolmaster in country NSW (1861 to 1894) and it was education and the changing educational system that shaped his life. Born in the hop-growing region of Kent, England, his life and prospects were transformed by a wave of educational reform that carried him far from family, class and country. Roberts found himself on the frontier of attempts to establish a national school system in Australia. With a swiftly growing family - one with a severe disability - he was moved from one struggling district to another, fighting insolvency, ignorance, natural disaster and bitter sectarian divides. His letters requesting schoolroom furniture, upgrades to buildings and teaching assistants give some insight into his plight. Photographs and family folklore reveal a taciturn, deeply flawed man while the evidence of writings (as Scone correspondent for The Maitland Mercury) suggests a fiery intelligence and defiant pride. This is amplified by a portrait of Roberts in Havelock Ellis's autobiographical novel, Kanga Creek. The schoolmaster, Mr Williams, is portrayed as an educated and passionate agnostic who uses the pen name Anti-Humbug when writing letters to The Stockwhip, a journal possibly modelled on publications like The Bulletin. This narrative presents these contradictions and hopefully gives the reader some sense of this teacher's journey.' (Publication summary)

1 Text Messages E. Butel , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 June 2006; (p. 2)
1 [Review] Missus E. Butel , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 23-29 August 1985; (p. 30)

— Review of Missus Ruth Park , 1985 single work novel
1 Untitled E. Butel , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: National Times , 6-12 September 1985; (p. 30)

— Review of Foxybaby Elizabeth Jolley , 1985 single work novel
1 [Review] A Long Time Dying E. Butel , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 6-12 September 1985; (p. 30)

— Review of A Long Time Dying Olga Masters , 1985 selected work short story
1 Untitled E. Butel , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 15-21 February 1985; (p. 32)

— Review of Exit Left : Memoirs of a Scarlet Woman Oriel Gray , 1985 single work autobiography
1 2 y separately published work icon Dodo Dodo : A Questionable Quarterly Keith Shadwick (editor), Tom Thompson (editor), E. Butel (editor), Sydney : s.n. , 1975-1979 Z1546347 1975-1979 periodical (1 issues)
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