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'''Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton''' [[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]] (2 August 1922{{spaced ndash}}17 September 1998) was an [[Australia]]n author and historian.
'''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" />
He studied at the [[University of Adelaide]], where he wrote for the student newspaper ''[[On Dit]]'' and avant-garde magazine ''[[Angry Penguins]]''. 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.


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/>
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>


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 was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] in 1976,<ref>[http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=870318&search_type=simple&showInd=true It's an Honour: AO]</ref> and died in 1998.


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>
==Awards and nominations==

He later studied at [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]].

== Wartime Service ==
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>

==Career==
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>

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''
* [[Grace Leven Prize for Poetry]], 1958: winner for ''Antipodes in Shoes''
* FAW [[Christopher Brennan Award]], 1993: winner
* 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==
==Bibliography==

===Novels===
===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>
* ''The Mortal and the Marble'' (1950)
* ''Andy'' (Collins, 1968)<ref>{{Citation | author1=Dutton, Geoffrey | title=Andy | year=1968 | publication-date=1968 | publisher=Collins | isbn=978-90-300-1011-1}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title=Dutton's "Andy" (21 December 1968) | journal=The Bulletin | publication-date=1968-12-21 | publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald | volume=90 | issue=4633 | pages=62 | issn=0007-4039}}</ref>
* ''Andy'' (1968)
* ''Tamara'' (Collins, 1970)<ref>{{Citation | author1=Dutton, Geoffrey | title=Tamara | year=1970 | publication-date=1970 | publisher=Collins | isbn=978-0-00-221833-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131680430 |title=An irrelevant love offered nothing |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=44 |issue=12509 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=3 January 1970 |access-date=17 April 2022 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* ''Tamara'' (1970)
* ''Queen Emma of the South Seas'' (Macmillan, 1976)<ref>{{Citation | author1=Dutton, Geoffrey | title=Queen Emma of the South Seas: a novel | year=1976 | publication-date=1976 | publisher=Macmillan | isbn=978-0-333-21038-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250410206 |title=The Latest Book on Queen Emma |newspaper=[[Papua New Guinea Post-courier]] |location=International, Australia |date=30 April 1976 |access-date=17 April 2022 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* ''Queen Emma of the South Seas'' (1976)
* ''The Eye Opener'' (University of Queensland Press, 1982)<ref>{{Citation | author1=Dutton, Geoffrey | title=The eye opener | year=1982 | publication-date=1982 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | isbn=978-0-7022-1623-7}}</ref>
* ''The Eye Opener'' (1982)
* ''Flying Low: A Novel'' (1992)<ref>{{Citation | author1=Dutton, Geoffrey | title=Flying low: a novel | year=1992 | publication-date=1992 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | isbn=978-0-7022-2366-2}}</ref>
* ''Flying Low: A Novel'' (1992)


===Short stories===
===Short stories===
* ''The Españo
* ''The Españo''


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


===Children's===
===Children's===
* ''Tisi and the Yabby'' (1965)
* ''Tisi and the Yabby'' (Collins, 1965)
* ''Seal Bay'' (1966)
* ''Seal Bay'' (Collins, 1966)
* ''Tisi and the Pageant'' (1968)
* ''Tisi and the Pageant'' (Rigby, 1968)
* ''The Prowler'' (1982)
* ''The Prowler'' (Collins, 1982)


===Non-fiction===
===Non-fiction===
* ''A Long Way South'' (1953)
* ''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'' (1960)
* ''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'' (1961)
* ''Patrick White'' (Lansdowne Press, 1961) (Australian Writers and Their Work)
* ''Australia and the Monarchy'', Sun Books, Melbourne (1966)
* ''Australia and the Monarchy'' (Sun Books, 1966)
* ''Edward John Eyre: The Hero as Murderer'', Collins, Sydney (1967); reprint, Penguin Books, Melbourne (1977)
* ''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, Melbourne (1982)
* ''In Search of Edward John Eyre'' (Macmillan, 1982)
* ''Snow on the Saltbush: The Australian Literary Experience'' (1984)
* ''Snow on the Saltbush: The Australian Literary Experience'' (Viking, 1984)
* ''The Squatters'': Currey O'Neil, South Yarra, Vic (1985) The author's life at [[Anlaby Station]]
* ''The Beach: Sun, Sea, Surf and Sand - The Myth of'' (1985)
* ''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'' (1986)
* ''The Innovators: The Sydney Alternatives in the Rise of Modern Art, Literature and Ideas'' (Macmillan, 1986)
* ''Kenneth Slessor: A Biography'' (1991)
* ''Out in the Open: An Autobiography'' (1994)
* ''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'' (1996)
* ''A Rare Bird: Penguin Books in Australia 1946-96'' (Penguin Books, 1996)


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

Geoffrey's father, [[Henry Hampden Dutton]] married [[Emily Dutton|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 (judge)|Roderick Matheson]] [[Order of Australia|AM]] [[Queens counsel|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 Blackburn|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 [[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
** Sam Dutton
** Tisi Dutton


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
* The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History
===Sources===
* The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature
* ''The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History''
* Who's Who in Australia 1999
* ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature''
* ''Who's Who in Australia 1999''

==Further reading==
<!---could be used to further build the article - see also the Trove reference--->
*{{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==
==External links==
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-geoffrey-dutton-1200357.html Obituary: Geoffrey Dutton]
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-geoffrey-dutton-1200357.html Obituary: Geoffrey Dutton]
* [http://www.penguin.com.au/contributors/542/geoffrey-dutton Brief biography]
* [http://www.penguin.com.au/contributors/542/geoffrey-dutton Brief biography]
* [https://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2003.12/geoffrey-dutton-out-with-the-monarchy Geoffrey Dutton sketched by Frank Hinder]
{{reflist}}
* [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/OA8.1960/ Geoffrey Dutton painted by Clifton Pugh]


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Latest revision as of 06:12, 1 April 2024

Geoffrey Dutton, 1959

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]

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:
  • 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]

  1. ^ a b c d "Papers of Geoffrey Dutton". Trove 1. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b 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)
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  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.

Sources[edit]

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

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