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George Mackaness (bibliophile)

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Born in 1882, George Mackaness was the son of George Mackaness, a printer and lithographer, and his wife Annie Ellen, nÊe Barnett. He was one of eight children in the family.
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Stitz, Charles (2010). Australian book collectors, p. 167 – 169. Bendigo: Bread Street Press.
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for two years (1958–1959). He was awarded the OBE in 1961 and an honorary DSc (Syd) in 1961.
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Below is a select list of the books published by Mackaness. Many of them are described in
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George Mackaness interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection
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He married Alice Matilda Symons in 1906. They would have one daughter, Joan.
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He amassed in his Drummoyne home probably the largest private collection of
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Mackaness, George (1882–1968) – 'Australian Dictionary of Biography.
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was widely acclaimed. He was in charge of the English Department at
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He trained as a teacher and spent many years as English master at
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He wrote over 70 books and journal articles, including a life of
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The Books of "The Bulletin" 1880-1952: An Annotated Bibliography
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Australian Literature, a Bibliography to 1938, Extended to 1950
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Frolic Fair: A Book of Australian Verse for Children under Ten
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The Wide Brown Land: A New Anthology of Australian Verse
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Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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Poets of Australia: An Anthology of Australian Verse
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George Mackaness
Blues Point
New South Wales
Five Dock
New South Wales
OBE
bibliophile
Fort Street Boys' High School
Sydney Technical College
Commonwealth Literary Fund
Public Library of New South Wales
Royal Australian Historical Society
William Bligh
Arthur Phillip
Australian Historical Monographs
Australian books
Angus & Robertson
Book Collectors Society of Australia
E. Morris Miller
Frederick T. Macartney
Sydney Morning Herald
Colin Roderick
The Age
George Mackaness
ISBN
9780646533407
http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100283b.htm
E. Morris Miller
Frederick T. Macartney
Works by George Mackaness

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