The Australian Women's Register

The papers of Nancy Cato include correspondence, typescript drafts, research material, and photographs. The collection provides a record of Cato’s writings from 1976 to 1992. There are drafts for five of Cato’s major works, including Forefathers, The lady lost in time, A distant island, The heart of the continent, and Marigold. There is research material only for Mr Maloga : Daniel Matthews and his mission, Murray River, 1864-1902, and Queen Trucanini, by Nancy Cato and Vivienne Rae-Ellis. Correspondents include Diane Barwick, Peter Bladen, John Jefferson Bray, Collins, Vivienne Rae Ellis, Hodder & Stoughton, Harold White of the National Library, New English Library, St. Martin’s Press, Roland Robinson, Laurie Muller of the University of Queensland Press, Stephen Murray-Smith and Judith Wright.