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Geoffrey 'Geppie' Piers Henry Dutton AO (2 August 1922 – 17 September 1998) was an Australian author and historian.

Early life and education[edit]

Dutton was born at Anlaby Station near Kapunda, South Australia on 2 August 1922.^[1] His grandfather was Henry Dutton, the "Squire of Anlaby"; his parents were adventurer Henry Hampden Dutton and talented socialite Emily Dutton.

Dutton grew up in four houses owned by his parents: Anlaby Station near Kapunda; Kalymna (or Kalimna) House, on the edge of the east parklands, Adelaide; Ooraminna, on the foreshore at Victor Harbor; and Rocky Point, a limestone house overlooking Eastern Cove, Kangaroo Island.^[2] He was taught French as a young boy.^[2]

At age eight, he was sent to Wykeham Preparatory School near Belair, a suburb of Adelaide.^{[citation needed]} After being tutored at home from around 1934 to 1939, he went to Geelong Grammar School, in Geelong, Victoria, matriculating in 1940.^[1]

Dutton enjoyed spotlighting in his teens, modifying a Morris van used at Anlaby to collect mail to be used to track rabbits and foxes.^[3]

He studied at the University of Adelaide from 1941 to 1945, residing at St Mark's College.^[1] He enrolled for English, History, and French, and continued piano lessons under Hooper Brewster-Jones.^[4] Before commencing, Dutton was introduced to Arthur Boyd, Gino Nibbi, and Max Nicholson. While at the University of Adelaide, he wrote for the student newspaper On Dit and avant-garde magazine Angry Penguins. His lecturers included G. V. Portus, J.I.M. Stewart, and Brian Elliott.^[5]

He later studied at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Wartime Service[edit]

Geoffrey enlisted into the Royal Australian Air Force at Keswick, South Australia, on 29 August 1940. He made the decision to join up on his eighteen birthday, sharing the news with his mother over lunch at the Covent Garden Cafe, Adelaide.^[6] He was taken on in May 1941, initially as a Second Class Aircraftman.^[7]

He was posted to No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF at Parafield Airport, in July 1941, before moving to No. 1 Service Flying Training School at Point Cook. He later received training at Central Flying School RAAF, Tamworth and No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School (1 WAGS) at Ballarat.^[8]

Career[edit]

During his career, Dutton wrote or edited over 200 books, including poetry, fiction, biographies, art appreciation, art and literary history, travel books, novels for children and critical essays.

In 1965, together with Max Harris and Brian Stonier, he co-founded the Australian paperback publishing company Sun Books.^[9]

In June 1968, Dutton was appointed as an inaugural member of the Australian Council for the Arts.^[10]

Later life and death[edit]

Dutton died on 17 September 1998.^[1]

Awards and honours[edit]

Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, 1958: winner for Antipodes in Shoes
FAW Christopher Brennan Award, 1993: winner
Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia, 1976,^[11]

Bibliography[edit]

Novels[edit]

The Mortal and the Marble (Chapman & Hall, 1950)^[12]^[13]
Andy (Collins, 1968)^[14]^[15]
Tamara (Collins, 1970)^[16]^[17]
Queen Emma of the South Seas (Macmillan, 1976)^[18]^[19]
The Eye Opener (University of Queensland Press, 1982)^[20]
Flying Low: A Novel (1992)^[21]

Short stories[edit]

The Españo

Poetry[edit]

Night Flight and Sunrise (Reed & Harris, 1944)
Antipodes in Shoes (Edwards & Shaw, 1958)
Flowers and Fury: Poems (F. W. Cheshire, 1962)
On My Island: Poems (F. W. Cheshire, 1967)
Poems Soft and Loud (F. W. Cheshire, 1967)
Findings and Keepings: Selected Poems, 1939-1969 (Australian Letters, 1970)
North West: Fifteen Poems from the Pilbara and Kimberley (The author, 1971?)
New Poems to 1972 (Australian Letters, 1972)
A Body of Words (Edwards & Shaw, 1977)
Selective Affinities: New Poems (Angus & Robertson, 1985)
New and Selected Poems (Angus & Robertson, 1993)
New York Nowhere (Lytlewode Press, 1998)

Children's[edit]

Tisi and the Yabby (Collins, 1965)
Seal Bay (Collins, 1966)
Tisi and the Pageant (Rigby, 1968)
The Prowler (Collins, 1982)

Non-fiction[edit]

A Long Way South (Chapman & Hall, 1953)
Founder of a City: The Life of Colonel William Light, First Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia: Founder of Adelaide 1786-1839 (F. W. Cheshire, 1960)
Patrick White (Lansdowne Press, 1961) (Australian Writers and Their Work)
Australia and the Monarchy (Sun Books, 1966)
Edward John Eyre: The Hero as Murderer, Collins/F. W. Cheshire, Sydney (1967); reprint, Penguin Books, Melbourne (1977)
Russell Drysdale (Thames & Hudson, 1969) (The World of Art Series)
In Search of Edward John Eyre (Macmillan, 1982)
Snow on the Saltbush: The Australian Literary Experience (Viking, 1984)
The Squatters (Currey O'Neil, 1985) The author's life at Anlaby Station
Sun, Sea, Surf and Sand: The Myth of the Beach (Oxford University Press, 1985)
The Innovators: The Sydney Alternatives in the Rise of Modern Art, Literature and Ideas (Macmillan, 1986)
Kenneth Slessor: A Biography (Viking, 1991)
Out in the Open: An Autobiography (University of Queensland Press, 1994)
A Rare Bird: Penguin Books in Australia 1946-96 (Penguin Books, 1996)

Edited[edit]

Australia's Censorship Crisis (Sun Books, 1970) - with Max Harris
Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum (Rigby, 1976)
Republican Australia? (Sun Books, 1977) ISBN 0-7251-0261-6
Seven Cities of Australia (J. Ferguson, 1978)
Sir Henry, Bjelke, Don Baby and Friends (Sun Books, 1971) - with Max Harris
The Vital Decade: Ten Years of Australian Art and Letters (Sun Books, 1968) - with Max Harris
The Australian Bedside Book: A Selection of Writings from The Australian Literary Supplement (Macmillan, 1987) - preface by Morris West; contributors include Elizabeth Jolley, Dianne Highbridge, Les A. Murray, Tim Winton, Kate Grenville.

Family[edit]

Geoffrey's father, Henry Hampden Dutton married Emily Martin, on 29 November 1905; their children were:

John Hansborough Dutton (23 August 1906 – 1989)
Richard Hampden Dutton (6 August 1909 – 13 December 1940) married Margaret Elizabeth Newland ( – ) on 25 February 1933. They had one child:
- Leonie Dutton. Married to Roderick Matheson AM QC.
Bryony Helen Carola Dutton (22 October 1918 – 2005) was engaged to William Weatherly (Flying Officer with 459 Squadron and later awarded DFC) in 1940 but married American soldier William Robert Curkeet on 24 August 1942. She returned to South Australia in 1945; they divorced and she married distinguished lawyer Professor, later Sir, Richard Arthur "Dick" Blackburn OBE (26 July 1918 – 1 October 1987) on 1 December 1951. They had two children:
- Charlotte Blackburn ( – ), later Calder
- Tom Blackburn SC ( – )
Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton (2 August 1922 – 17 September 1998), a noted writer. He had three children with his first wife, Ninette Trott:^[22]
- Francis Dutton
- Sam Dutton
- Tisi Dutton

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Papers of Geoffrey Dutton". Trove 1. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b Dutton, Geoffrey. (1994). Out in the open : an autobiography. University of Queensland Press. p. 5. ISBN 0-7022-2681-5. OCLC 31974964.
^ Dutton, Geoffrey (1994). Out in the open : an autobiography. University of Queensland Press. pp. 64–71. ISBN 0-7022-2681-5. OCLC 440611987.
^ Dutton, Geoffrey (1994). Out in the open : an autobiography. University of Queensland Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-7022-2681-5. OCLC 440611987.
^ Dutton, Geoffrey (1994). Out in the open : an autobiography. University of Queensland Press. pp. 79–80. ISBN 0-7022-2681-5. OCLC 440611987.
^ Dutton, Geoffrey (1994). Out in the open: an autobiography. St Lucia: University of Queensland Pr. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-7022-2681-6.
^ "Geoffrey Piers Henry DUTTON AO". vwma.org.au. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ War Service Records of Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton. Australia. 1939–1948. p. 6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ C4: Sun Books, Re:collection, recollection.com.au. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ "Arts Council members". The Canberra Times. 5 June 1968.
^ It's an Honour: AO
^ Dutton, Geoffrey; RWV Elliott collection (1950), The mortal and the marble, Chapman & Hall, retrieved 17 April 2022 – via Trove
^ "Novel of the Week". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XV, no. 294. New South Wales, Australia. 3 March 1951. p. 14. Retrieved 17 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Dutton, Geoffrey (1968), Andy, Collins, ISBN 978-90-300-1011-1
^ "Dutton's "Andy" (21 December 1968)", The Bulletin, 90 (4633), John Haynes and J.F. Archibald: 62, 21 December 1968, ISSN 0007-4039
^ Dutton, Geoffrey (1970), Tamara, Collins, ISBN 978-0-00-221833-7
^ "An irrelevant love offered nothing". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12509. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 January 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 17 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Dutton, Geoffrey (1976), Queen Emma of the South Seas: a novel, Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-333-21038-3
^ "The Latest Book on Queen Emma". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. International, Australia. 30 April 1976. p. 19. Retrieved 17 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Dutton, Geoffrey (1982), The eye opener, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-1623-7
^ Dutton, Geoffrey (1992), Flying low: a novel, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-2366-2
^ "At home among wildflowers and fellow artists". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

Sources[edit]

The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature
Who's Who in Australia 1999

External links[edit]

[trovebio-1] "Papers of Geoffrey Dutton". Trove 1. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

[:0-2] Dutton, Geoffrey. (1994). Out in the open : an autobiography. University of Queensland Press. p. 5. ISBN 0-7022-2681-5. OCLC 31974964.

[3] Dutton, Geoffrey (1994). Out in the open : an autobiography. University of Queensland Press. pp. 64–71. ISBN 0-7022-2681-5. OCLC 440611987.

[4] Dutton, Geoffrey (1994). Out in the open : an autobiography. University of Queensland Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-7022-2681-5. OCLC 440611987.

[5] Dutton, Geoffrey (1994). Out in the open : an autobiography. University of Queensland Press. pp. 79–80. ISBN 0-7022-2681-5. OCLC 440611987.

[6] Dutton, Geoffrey (1994). Out in the open: an autobiography. St Lucia: University of Queensland Pr. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-7022-2681-6.

[7] "Geoffrey Piers Henry DUTTON AO". vwma.org.au. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[8] War Service Records of Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton. Australia. 1939–1948. p. 6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[9] C4: Sun Books, Re:collection, recollection.com.au. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

[10] "Arts Council members". The Canberra Times. 5 June 1968.

[11] It's an Honour: AO

[12] Dutton, Geoffrey; RWV Elliott collection (1950), The mortal and the marble, Chapman & Hall, retrieved 17 April 2022 – via Trove

[13] "Novel of the Week". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XV, no. 294. New South Wales, Australia. 3 March 1951. p. 14. Retrieved 17 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[14] Dutton, Geoffrey (1968), Andy, Collins, ISBN 978-90-300-1011-1

[15] "Dutton's "Andy" (21 December 1968)", The Bulletin, 90 (4633), John Haynes and J.F. Archibald: 62, 21 December 1968, ISSN 0007-4039

[16] Dutton, Geoffrey (1970), Tamara, Collins, ISBN 978-0-00-221833-7

[17] "An irrelevant love offered nothing". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12509. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 January 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 17 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[18] Dutton, Geoffrey (1976), Queen Emma of the South Seas: a novel, Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-333-21038-3

[19] "The Latest Book on Queen Emma". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. International, Australia. 30 April 1976. p. 19. Retrieved 17 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[20] Dutton, Geoffrey (1982), The eye opener, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-1623-7

[21] Dutton, Geoffrey (1992), Flying low: a novel, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-2366-2

[22] "At home among wildflowers and fellow artists". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

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 {{Short description|Australian writer and historian}}
-[[File:Geoffrey Dutton, Esq.jpg|thumb|445x445px|Geoffrey Dutton, 1959. Painted by Clifton Pugh.]]
+[[File:Geoffrey Dutton, Esq.jpg|thumb|445x445px|Geoffrey Dutton, 1959]]
 {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
 {{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}}
 '''Geoffrey 'Geppie' Piers Henry Dutton''' [[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]] (2 August 1922{{spaced ndash}}17 September 1998) was an Australian author and historian.
+==Early life and education==
-==Biography==
-Dutton was born into a prominent pastoralist family of [[Anlaby Station]] near [[Kapunda, South Australia]] in 1922. His grandfather was [[Henry Dutton (pastoralist)|Henry Dutton]], the "Squire of Anlaby"; his parents were adventurer [[Henry Hampden Dutton]] and talented socialite [[Emily Dutton]]. For his relationship to these and other people prominent in the history of South Australia see [[Dutton family of South Australia]].
+Dutton was born at [[Anlaby Station]] near [[Kapunda, South Australia]] on 2 August 1922.<ref name=trovebio>{{cite web | title=Papers of Geoffrey Dutton | website=[[Trove]] 1 | url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234718152 | access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref> His grandfather was [[Henry Dutton (pastoralist)|Henry Dutton]], the "Squire of Anlaby"; his parents were adventurer [[Henry Hampden Dutton]] and talented socialite [[Emily Dutton]].
+Dutton grew up in four houses owned by his parents: Anlaby Station near Kapunda; Kalymna (or Kalimna) House, on the edge of the east parklands, [[Adelaide]]; Ooraminna, on the foreshore at [[Victor Harbor, South Australia|Victor Harbor]]; and Rocky Point, a limestone house overlooking Eastern Cove, [[Kangaroo Island]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Dutton |first=Geoffrey. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31974964 |title=Out in the open : an autobiography |date=1994 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |isbn=0-7022-2681-5 |location= |pages=5 |oclc=31974964}}</ref> He was taught French as a young boy.<ref name=":0" />
-== Early Life ==
-Geoffrey grew up in four houses owned by his parents: [[Anlaby Station]] near Kapunda; Kalymna (or Kalimna) House, on the edge of the east parklands, [[Adelaide]]; Ooraminna, on the foreshore at [[Victor Harbor, South Australia|Victor Harbor]]; and Rocky Point, a limestone house overlooking Eastern Cove, [[Kangaroo Island]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Dutton |first=Geoffrey. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31974964 |title=Out in the open : an autobiography |date=1994 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |isbn=0-7022-2681-5 |location= |pages=5 |oclc=31974964}}</ref> He was taught French as a young boy.<ref name=":0" />
-At age eight, Geoffrey was sent to Wykeham Preparatory School near Belair, Adelaide. A year later, in 1931, his mother, Emily, sent him to [[Geelong Grammar School]], Victoria.
+At age eight, he was sent to Wykeham Preparatory School near [[Belair, South Australia|Belair]], a suburb of [[Adelaide]].{{cn|date=May 2023}} After being tutored at home from around 1934 to 1939, he went to [[Geelong Grammar School]], in [[Geelong, Victoria]], matriculating in 1940.<ref name=trovebio/>
-Geoffrey enjoyed [[spotlighting]] in his teens, modifying a Morris van used at [[Anlaby Station|Anlaby]] to collect mail to be used to track rabbits and foxes. <ref>{{Cite book |last=Geoffrey. |first=Dutton, |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/440611987 |title=Out in the open : an autobiography |date=1994 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |isbn=0-7022-2681-5 |pages=64-71 |oclc=440611987}}</ref>
+Dutton enjoyed [[spotlighting]] in his teens, modifying a Morris van used at [[Anlaby Station|Anlaby]] to collect mail to be used to track rabbits and foxes.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Geoffrey |last=Dutton |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/440611987 |title=Out in the open : an autobiography |date=1994 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |isbn=0-7022-2681-5 |pages=64–71 |oclc=440611987}}</ref>
+He studied at the [[University of Adelaide]] from 1941 to 1945, residing at [[St. Mark's College (University of Adelaide)|St Mark's College]].<ref name=trovebio/> He enrolled for English, History, and French, and continued piano lessons under [[Hooper Brewster-Jones]].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Geoffrey |last=Dutton |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/440611987 |title=Out in the open : an autobiography |date=1994 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |isbn=0-7022-2681-5 |page=76 |oclc=440611987}}</ref> Before commencing, Dutton was introduced to [[Arthur Boyd]], Gino Nibbi, and Max Nicholson. While at the University of Adelaide, he wrote for the student newspaper ''[[On Dit]]'' and avant-garde magazine ''[[Angry Penguins]]''.  His lecturers included [[G. V. Portus]], J.I.M. Stewart, and [[Brian Elliott (writer)|Brian Elliott]].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Geoffrey |last=Dutton |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/440611987 |title=Out in the open : an autobiography |date=1994 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |isbn=0-7022-2681-5 |pages=79–80 |oclc=440611987}}</ref>
-== Education ==
-He commenced studies at the [[University of Adelaide]] in 1940, having joined the residential college, [[St. Mark's College (University of Adelaide)|St. Mark's]]. He enrolled for English, History, and French, and continued piano lessons under [[Hooper Brewster-Jones]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Geoffrey. |first=Dutton, |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/440611987 |title=Out in the open : an autobiography |date=1994 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |isbn=0-7022-2681-5 |page=76 |oclc=440611987}}</ref> Before commencing, Geoffrey was introduced to [[Arthur Boyd]], [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/nibbi-gino-11233 Gino Nibbi], and Max Nicholson. While at the University of Adelaide, he wrote for the student newspaper ''[[On Dit]]'' and avant-garde magazine ''[[Angry Penguins]]''.  His lecturers included [[G. V. Portus]], J.I.M. Stewart, and [[Brian Elliott (writer)|Brian Elliott]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Geoffrey. |first=Dutton, |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/440611987 |title=Out in the open : an autobiography |date=1994 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |isbn=0-7022-2681-5 |pages=79-80 |oclc=440611987}}</ref>
+He later studied at [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]].
+== Wartime Service ==
-He later studied at [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. During his career, Dutton wrote or edited over 200 books, including poetry, fiction, biographies, art appreciation, art and literary history, travel books, novels for children and critical essays.
+Geoffrey enlisted into the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] at Keswick, South Australia, on 29 August 1940. He made the decision to join up on his eighteen birthday, sharing the news with his mother over lunch at the [https://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/files/extracts/City_Streets_extract.pdf Covent Garden Cafe], Adelaide.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dutton |first=Geoffrey |title=Out in the open: an autobiography |date=1994 |publisher=University of Queensland Pr |isbn=978-0-7022-2681-6 |location=St Lucia |pages=87}}</ref> He was taken on in May 1941, initially as a Second Class Aircraftman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geoffrey Piers Henry DUTTON AO |url=https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/511921 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=vwma.org.au |language=English}}</ref>
+He was posted to [[No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF]] at [[Parafield Airport]], in July 1941, before moving to [[No. 1 Flying Training School RAF|No. 1 Service Flying Training School]] at [[Point Cook, Victoria|Point Cook]]. He later received training at Central Flying School RAAF, Tamworth and [https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/1047 No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School (1 WAGS)] at Ballarat.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5371351 |title=War Service Records of Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton |date=1939–1948 |location=Australia |publication-date=1939–1948 |pages=6 |language=English}}</ref>
-== Later Life ==
-In 1965, together with [[Max Harris (poet)|Max Harris]] and Brian Stonier, he co-founded the Australian paperback publishing company Sun Books.<ref>[https://recollection.com.au/collections/sun-books C4: Sun Books], Re:collection, recollection.com.au. Retrieved 11 August 2019.</ref> In June 1968, Dutton was appointed as an inaugural member of the [[Australian Council for the Arts]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107055816|title=Arts Council members|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=5 June 1968}}</ref>
+==Career==
-He was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] in 1976,<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870318 It's an Honour: AO]</ref> and died in 1998.
+During his career, Dutton wrote or edited over 200 books, including poetry, fiction, biographies, art appreciation, art and literary history, travel books, novels for children and critical essays.
+In 1965, together with [[Max Harris (poet)|Max Harris]] and Brian Stonier, he co-founded the Australian paperback publishing company Sun Books.<ref>[https://recollection.com.au/collections/sun-books C4: Sun Books], Re:collection, recollection.com.au. Retrieved 11 August 2019.</ref>
-==Awards and nominations==
+In June 1968, Dutton was appointed as an inaugural member of the [[Australian Council for the Arts]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107055816|title=Arts Council members|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=5 June 1968}}</ref>
+== Later life and death==
+Dutton died on 17 September 1998.<ref name=trovebio/>
+==Awards and honours==
 * [[Grace Leven Prize for Poetry]], 1958: winner for ''Antipodes in Shoes''
 * FAW [[Christopher Brennan Award]], 1993: winner
+* Appointed Officer of the [[Order of Australia]], 1976,<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870318 It's an Honour: AO]</ref>
 ==Bibliography==
 ===Novels===
 * ''The Mortal and the Marble'' (Chapman & Hall, 1950)<ref>{{Citation | author1=Dutton, Geoffrey | author2=RWV Elliott collection | title=The mortal and the marble | publication-date=1950 | publisher=Chapman & Hall | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21359872 | access-date=17 April 2022 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248640538 |title=Novel of the Week |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |volume=XV |issue=294 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 March 1951 |access-date=17 April 2022 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
@@ Line 89: / Line 96: @@
 == Family ==
+{{main|Dutton family of South Australia}}
-Geoffrey's father, [[Henry Hampden Dutton]] married [[Emily Dutton|Emily Martin]], on 29 November 1905; their children were;
+Geoffrey's father, [[Henry Hampden Dutton]] married [[Emily Dutton|Emily Martin]], on 29 November 1905; their children were:
-* John Hansborough Dutton (23 August 1906 – )
+* John Hansborough Dutton (23 August 1906 – 1989)
 * Richard Hampden Dutton (6 August 1909 – 13 December 1940) married Margaret Elizabeth Newland ( – ) on 25 February 1933. They had one child:
 ** Leonie Dutton. Married to [[Roderick Matheson (judge)|Roderick Matheson]] [[Order of Australia|AM]] [[Queens counsel|QC]].
@@ Line 97: / Line 106: @@
 ** Charlotte Blackburn ( – ), later Calder
 ** Tom Blackburn [[Senior Counsel#Australia|SC]] ( – )
 * [[Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton]] (2 August 1922 – 17 September 1998), a noted writer. He had three children with his first wife, Ninette Trott:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-07-16 |title=At home among wildflowers and fellow artists |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/at-home-among-wildflowers-and-fellow-artists-20070716-gdqmjp.html |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
 ** Francis Dutton
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 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
+===Sources===
 * ''The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History''
 * ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature''
 * ''Who's Who in Australia 1999''
-==References==
+==Further reading==
+<!---could be used to further build the article - see also the Trove reference--->
-{{reflist}}
+*{{cite web | last=Keen | first=Suzie | title=The Many Loves of Geoffrey Dutton | website=[[InDaily]] | date=18 May 2023 | url=https://indaily.com.au/inreview/film/2023/05/19/the-many-loves-of-geoffrey-dutton/}} (2023 film ''The Many Loves of Geoffrey Dutton'')
 ==External links==
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-[[Category:Male biographers]]
+[[Category:Australian male biographers]]
 [[Category:Australian travel writers]]
 [[Category:Australian art historians]]
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 [[Category:Australian children's writers]]
 [[Category:Australian essayists]]
-[[Category:Male essayists]]
+[[Category:Australian male essayists]]
 [[Category:Officers of the Order of Australia]]
 [[Category:1922 births]]

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