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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2006-2007 recipient State Library of New South Wales Fellowships — C. H. Currey Fellowship for her project, 'David Scott Mitchell's Bequest: His collection and the development of Australia's creative spirit.
Awards for Works
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Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907
North Melbourne
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Australian Scholarly Publishing
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2011
Z1758504
2011
single work
biography
'Australia's greatest book collector, David Scott Mitchell, gave his extraordinary library and a bequest for its development to the people of Sydney and the world.
'This is the first comprehensive account of his life and what, how, and why he collected, told through his books, reading, and contemporary correspondence.
'Mitchell's life and his collecting opens a window on the world of ideas, literature, libraries, and philanthropy in the nineteenth century.' (From the publisher's website.)
- 2012 shortlisted ASAL Awards — The Australian Historical Association Awards — Magarey Medal for Biography
- 2011 shortlisted Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature
- 2011 co-winner 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature — The Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize
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