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1 1 y separately published work icon High Seas and High Teas : Voyaging to Australia Roslyn Russell , Sydney : NewSouth Publishing , 2016 9187299 2016 single work biography

'‘The rats I frighten away by throwing books or anything hard at the spot at which they commence their gnawing.’

'Emigrant Janet Ronald wrote this in the journal she kept on board one of the ships transporting free settlers from Britain and Ireland to Australia in the nineteenth century.

'On journeys lasting more than 100 days, non-stop, our forebears endured raging seas, the dazzling heat of the tropics and freezing temperatures as ships journeyed far into the southerly latitudes. They also formed social communities, putting on plays, developing sometimes lasting relationships and taking part in wild nautical rituals.

'Using diary entries and shipboard newspapers, author Roslyn Russell gives a vivid sense of what it was like to leave one life for another and sail across the world into the unknown. In the foreword, Kerry O’Brien writes about his Irish ancestors’ perilous voyages to Australia in the nineteenth century—as both free settlers and guests of Her Majesty.' (Publication summary)

1 2 y separately published work icon The Business of Nature : John Gould and Australia Roslyn Russell , Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2011 Z1771573 2011 single work biography 'In 1838, John Gould and his wife, Elizabeth, left behind their family and home in London to travel to the far-flung colony of Van Diemen's Land, from where Gould would travel around the mainland to observe the native fauna. Gould's artists - Elizabeth foremost among them - would depict these creatures in exquisite lithographs, accompanied by Gould's commentary. This book provides a brief sketch of the life of John Gould, and features over 130 colour plates of some of Australia's favourite birds and mammals from Gould's works held by the National Library of Australia.' (Trove record)
1 Editing Manning Clark's Letters Roslyn Russell , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: ACTWrite , May vol. 15 no. 4 2009; (p. 4-5)
Roslyn Russell outlines her aims and methodology in preparing for publication a volume of Manning Clark's letters.
1 11 y separately published work icon Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 Manning Clark , Roslyn Russell (editor), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2008 Z1439939 2008 selected work correspondence

'Manning Clark is Australia's most influential historian, and his work continues to set agendas and generate debate long after his death. This selection of his letters offers an unparalleled view of the complex intellectual and emotional life of this controversial figure.

'From his time as a young man at Oxford in the late 1930s, to his final days half a century later, he maintained a lively and erudite correspondence with family and with a wide range of public figures and other people. With an immediacy not visible in Clark's published work, his letters reveal his life-long struggle to tell the story of his country. They also embody his hopes for Australia and the dismay he felt about many trends he saw emerging in the closing decades of the twentieth century.

'The letters track a progression from academic to public sage, as well as the influence of his personal life upon his work. Correspondence from his travels to the Soviet Union, the USA and other countries reflect a biting insight as well as attitudes that might surprise the many who have accused him of left-wing bias.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 Finding Manning Clark in the Letters Roslyn Russell , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , October vol. 18 no. 1 2007; (p. 15-18)
1 Dymphna Clark : A Portrait Roslyn Russell , 2005 single work biography
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , April vol. 15 no. 7 2005; (p. 11-14)
1 The N-Plan: Ten Years of Preserving Australia's Newspaper Heritage Roslyn Russell , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , March vol. 13 no. 6 2003; (p. 15-17)
Provides an overview of the N-Plan - the National Plan for Australia's newspapers. The project was established in the early 1990s to develop a concerted approach to the status and preservation of Australia's newspapers, including small, local papers. Russell describes the progress being achieved in microfilming many of these papers.
1 Community Heritage Grants : Preserving Australia's Documentary Heritage Roslyn Russell , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , November vol. 12 no. 2 2001; (p. 10-13)
1 Literary Links : A Continuing British-Australian Saga Roslyn Russell , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , March vol. 8 no. 6 1998; (p. 7-10)
1 11 y separately published work icon Literary Links : Celebrating the Literary Relationship Between Australia and Britain Roslyn Russell , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1997 Z327210 1997 single work criticism This publication grew out of a travelling poster exhibition, developed in 1993, that drew on the National Library's pictorial collection to explore aspects of the historical connection between Australia and Britain in literary arts.
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