Notes On Contributors
Wallace Kirsop is Associate Professor of French at Monash University and editor of The Australian Journal of French Studies.
Patricia Wilkie, as Patricia Reynolds, was the first La Trobe Librarian.
Acknowledgements
Thanks are due to the following people:
Editorial Advice and Proofreading: Teresa Pagliaro and George Thomas
Typing: Christine Waghorn
Layout: Mimi Colligan
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which is Victoria's chief research centre and reference library for Australian history and literature. It is the State principal repository for manuscripts, historical pictures, newspapers and other library material relating to the history of Australia and the Pacific, and especially to Victoria.
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The Committee of the Friends comprises: Mandy Bede; Giovanna D'Abaco; John Holroyd; Yvonne Hurley; Beverley Joyce; and Wallace Kirsop. The Director of the State Library of Victoria (Mrs. Leah Mann), the La Trobe Librarian (Miss Dianne Reilly) and the Hon. Editor (Dr. Mimi Colligan) are ex officio members of the Committee.
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