y separately published work icon Ruby of Trowutta : Recollections of a Country Postmistress single work   biography  
Note: Collected, compiled and edited by Christobel Mattingley, from interviews with Ruby Paul and her family.
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Madge, Heather, Merle and Lilian and for all Ruby's descendants.

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    • North Hobart, Central Hobart, Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: Montpelier Press , 2003 .
      Extent: xvi, 189p.
      Description: illus., ports, map
      ISBN: 1876597
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A Country Postmistress, Women Artists, Aboriginal People, a Tin Miner, a Bomber Pilot, a Refugee: Publishing Their Stories Christobel Mattingley , 2009 single work criticism autobiography
— Appears in: Oral History Association of Australia , no. 31 2009; (p. 30-36) Widely published Australian author and historian Christobel Mattingley has written biographies of two significant Tasmanians, two major Aboriginal histories, three film scripts about women artists, and accounts of a Second World War bomber pilot and of a Bosnian refugee, all using oral history. This article outlines aspects of her approach to her writing and to her subjects, and how her books have emerged from her own life journey.
Bookshelf Chris Brice , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 January 2005; (p. 9)
— Review of Ruby of Trowutta : Recollections of a Country Postmistress Ruby Paul , 2003 single work biography
Bookshelf Chris Brice , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 January 2005; (p. 9)
— Review of Ruby of Trowutta : Recollections of a Country Postmistress Ruby Paul , 2003 single work biography
A Country Postmistress, Women Artists, Aboriginal People, a Tin Miner, a Bomber Pilot, a Refugee: Publishing Their Stories Christobel Mattingley , 2009 single work criticism autobiography
— Appears in: Oral History Association of Australia , no. 31 2009; (p. 30-36) Widely published Australian author and historian Christobel Mattingley has written biographies of two significant Tasmanians, two major Aboriginal histories, three film scripts about women artists, and accounts of a Second World War bomber pilot and of a Bosnian refugee, all using oral history. This article outlines aspects of her approach to her writing and to her subjects, and how her books have emerged from her own life journey.
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  • Northwest Tasmania, Tasmania,
  • ca. 1890-1990
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