Wednesday, November 1, 2023

IMPORTANT WRITER'S COLLECTION

Due to the discovery of an old telephone number  during  the  current    sorting out of  Little Darwin's   books and  files   ,  a call was  made   in which  it was   revealed   the    files  of  the  Walkley Award   winning   journalist and  author , the  late  Keith  Willey , are  stored away in  Brisbane  by a member of  his  family .

The files,  once  sought  after  by  the  National Library ,  include  numerous  letters .  Keith worked in   Melbourne ,   Adelaide ,  Alice  Springs, Darwin, (where he won three consecutive  Walkleys),   New  Guinea , Sydney ,  Cairns.

It is understood he  had been  doing research on  Kanakas in  Queensland   before   he   died .