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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