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Betty Roland Betty Roland i(A30466 works by) (birth name: Mary Isabel McLean) (a.k.a. Mary Isabel Maclean; Mary Isabel Davies)
Also writes as: Betty M. Davies
Born: Established: 22 Jul 1903 Kaniva, Edenhope - Kaniva area, Charlton - Donald - Birchip - Woomelang area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 12 Feb 1996 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 form y separately published work icon The Touch of Silk Betty Roland , 2011 2011 9508264 2011 single work radio play

A poignant drama centred on Jeanne, a homesick French war bride and her shell-shocked husband battling hardship and prejudice in a drought-stricken Mallee town.
1 A Touch of Silk Betty Roland , 1998 extract drama (The Touch of Silk)
— Appears in: The Actor's Audition Manual 1998; (p. 243-244)
1 Feet of Clay Betty Roland , 1998 extract drama (Feet of Clay)
— Appears in: The Actor's Audition Manual 1998; (p. 242-243)
1 Kings Cross Betty Roland , 1996 extract autobiography (The Devious Being)
— Appears in: Autographs : Contemporary Australian Autobiography 1996; (p. 203-210) In the Gutter... Looking at the Stars : A Literary Adventure through Kings Cross 2000; (p. 138-145)
1 Vote 'No!' : An Anti-Conscription Play Betty Roland , 1995 extract drama (Vote 'No!' : An Anti-Conscription Play)
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , no. 21 1995; (p. 139-140)
1 1 y separately published work icon Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women Catherine Shepherd , Mary E. Wilkinson , Betty Roland , Kerry Kilner (editor), Sue Tweg (editor), Paddington : Currency Press National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University , 1995 Z257882 1995 selected work drama
1 Gallipoli: The Hills of the Heroes (from Lesbos: the Pagan Island) Betty Roland , 1994 extract
— Appears in: Changing Places : Australian Writers in Europe 1960s-1990s 1994; (p. 195-197)
1 Smuggling Betty Roland , 1992 single work short story
— Appears in: Wilder Shores : Women's Travel Stories of Australia and Beyond 1992; (p. 114-118)
1 9 y separately published work icon The Devious Being Betty Roland , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1990 Z54744 1990 single work autobiography
1 The Man in Massawa Betty Roland , 1990 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 31 1990; (p. 72-77)
1 10 y separately published work icon An Improbable Life Betty Roland , Sydney : Collins , 1989 Z552022 1989 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon The Touch of Silk [and] Granite Peak Betty Roland , Sydney : Currency Press , 1988 Z156700 1988 selected work drama
1 Motes in the Eye of the Beholder Betty Roland , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , August vol. 29 no. 8 1985; (p. 58-59)
1 Betty Roland : Last Lunch with Guido Betty Roland , 1984 single work biography
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 97 1984; (p. 21)
1 12 y separately published work icon The Eye of the Beholder Betty Roland , Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1984 Z460379 1984 single work biography Roland's recollections of Justus Jorgensen and Montsalvat colony.
2 12 y separately published work icon Caviar for Breakfast Betty Roland , Melbourne : Quartet Books , 1979 Z21981 1979 single work autobiography
1 Moscow, 1933 Betty Roland , 1979 single work biography
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 76-77 1979; (p. 23-31)
1 First Talkie in Film Archives Betty Roland , 1978 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Age , 21 July 1978;
1 y separately published work icon Beyond Capricorn Betty Roland , London : Collins , 1976 Z201346 1976 single work novel A Northern Territory policeman uncovers the murder of three Asians by a tribe of Aborigines. The plot includes a romance between the main character and a woman who is married to a grazier's son. (Source: Murphy Women Writers and Australia, 1988)
1 y separately published work icon The Forbidden Bridge, and, Jamie's Discovery Betty Roland , London : Bodley Head , 1976 Z1408140 1976 selected work children's fiction children's
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