• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH003858

Barbara Blackman interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection (1974) [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 1/797-798
  • Date Range 28-Nov-74 - 28-Nov-74
  • Description

    2 sound tape reels (ca. 118 min.) Blackman speaks of her family background and studies ; her poetry writing and desire to write in a surrealist style ; her “Barjai” experience from age 15 to 20 ; her stay in London with husband Charles Blackman ; her involvement with the talking book library ; the changing art world in Australia ; her involvement with Chiron College.

  • Access Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
  • Finding Aid Transcript available (35 p.)

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  • Primary Creator
    • Blackman, Barbara (1928 - 2024)
    • de Berg, Hazel Estelle (1913 - 1984)