Mary Lang Mary Lang i(A22925 works by) (birth name: Mary Scarvell Lang) (a.k.a. Mary Scarvell Treloar; Mary Spencer)
Born: Established: 21 Dec 1914 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 26 Apr 1996 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon To Sea in a Sailing Ship : Memoirs of a Poetic Sailor Mary Lang , Sue Vader (editor), New South Wales : Bruce Irwin Productions , 2013 6467235 2013 single work biography

'In the fading glory days of the legendary Age of Sail, a slip of a girl fulfilled her dream to sail across the world on two of the last windjammers, L’Avenir and Parma,in the mid-1930s. That ‘slip of a girl’– Mary Lang –was the late aunt of Byron Shire writer, Sue Vader. Sue embarked on a voyage of discovery – a journey around her aunt –captivated by the evocative diariesMary kept as a passenger/apprentice (the only woman aboard) and marvelled at the historic photographs both by and of Mary.

As Mary’s daughter, Anne, recently remarked: ‘Who is this fascinating woman? I’d love to meet her!’ Both Sue and Anne felt the world needed to meet her too. Thus To Sea in a Sailing Ship, a coffee table book of Mary’s superb photographs and poetically written diaries, was conceived.' (Byron Bay Writers' Festival website)

1 y separately published work icon Home Was Here Mary Lang , Sydney : Library of Australian History , 1987 Z1177932 1987 single work biography Although this biography focuses mainly on Mary Lang's family history and not on Mary Lang herself, the writing provides insights into the early life and times of Australia.
1 1 The Last Poem i "It has been given to me", Mary Lang , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Imagining the Real : Australian Writing in the Nuclear Age 1987; (p. 199-201)
1 Over Charlotte's Pass i "Not overhead, these clouds, but from below", Mary Lang , 1952 single work poetry
— Appears in: An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 180)
1 3 y separately published work icon Tom Groggin and Other Poems Mary Lang , London : J. M. Dent , 1936 Z11463 1936 selected work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon Strange Battalion and Other Poems Mary Lang , London : J. M. Dent , 1933 Z11670 1933 selected work poetry
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