Contents
A GATHERING OF NEW ZEALANDERS AND AUSTRALIANS IN 1940s SYDNEY
WHY?
Points of Origin
WAIRARAPA
Roland Wakelin
Dulcie Deamer
TARANAKI
Douglas Stewart
COLLINGWOOD, DUNEDIN AND WELLINGTON
Jean Devanny
AUCKLAND
Eric Baume
OUT INTO THE WORLD
Life in West Island
1913
The Painter: Roland Wakelin
To Europe and Back Again
1925
The Party Girl: Dulcie Deamer
Deamer’s New Zealand friend Rosaleen Norton
Deamer’s daughter
Deamer’s novel Revelation
1939
The Beast: Eric Baume
Baume’s novel Half-Caste
1951
The Communist: Jean Devanny
Sugar Heaven
Disunity and loss
A home of her own
1972
The Man of Letters: Douglas Stewart
Reel to reel
A COMEDY REALLY …
AFTERWORD
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX