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by Kylie Tennant


  should ever have been wasted on this irresponsible

  nonsense.

  Index

  Aboriginal Arts Board 155

  All the Proud Tribesmen 138, 173, 177

  Amadio, Neville 59

  Anderson, Oscar 57

  ‘Angel of the Trumpet, The’ 146–51

  Angus & Robertson (publishers) 135–6, 185

  Asquith, Margot 7, 11

  Australia Her Story 125, 173, 176 (2)

  Australian Broadcasting Company (later Commission) 55–61, 109, 110

  Bateman, George 96

  Battlers, The 116, 121–3, 134, 172, 175, 176

  Bim: see Rodd, John Lawrence

  Bird, Nancy 44

  Blomberg, Enid 56

  Bray family 121

  Bray, Dorothy 31, 32

  Brose, Dymock 164

  Brown Van, The—see The Battlers

  Bulletin, The 84, 93, 98, 101;

  see also Prior, Ken

  Bush Worker 100, 103

  Bush Workers Committee 100–1, 102

  Butler, Reverend William 82, 83, 88–9

  Cates family—great-grandfather 4;

  uncle 2;

  see also Tennant (grandmother)

  Chadwick, Doris 138–9

  Charteris, Leslie 135–6

  Child Welfare Department 109, 169

  children—see Rodd, Benison and Rodd, John Laurence (Bim)

  Christian Socialism 109–12, 126, 134, 155

  Clift, Charmian 156

  Clint, Reverend Alfred 106–8, 109, 138

  Coledrake, Frank 155

  Commonwealth Literary Fund 17, 136, 152–7, 162;

  and emeritus fellowship 157

  communism 77, 97, 104–5

  Communist Party 7, 97, 102, 136, 185–6

  Cribb, Mavis 116, 137, 158

  Croft, Hurtle Bracey 61, 63ff, 69

  Cummings, Bill 152, 153

  Cutler, Sir Roden 165

  D’Arcy, Niland 156

  Day, Reverend Austin 163

  Depression, Great 93–6

  Dobson, Dot 124

  Dobson, Eddie 124

  Donnelly, Jimmy 92

  Donovan, Jimmy 113–15, 118

  Evatt, H. V. (Bert) 155–6

  Evatt, Mary Alice 155–6

  Evatt: Politics and Justice 155-6, 157, 174, 176 (4)

  family— see Rodd and Tennant

  family background 2–3, 10–11, 20, 179–85

  Farr family 16, 22, 29–31, 181–5;

  Myra (aunt) 16, 29;

  see also Tolhurst, Alice

  Firehead 156

  Foster, Marge 79

  Foveaux 109, 134, 172, 176

  Franklin, Miles 91

  Gentle Shipwreck, A (L. C. Rodd) 157

  Gilbert, Bert 60, 63

  Gilmore, Mary 75, 165

  Glenconner, Lord 6, 7, 9, 11, 181;

  see also Asquith, Margot

  Gollancz (publishers) 109, 138

  Gurr, Tom 133

  Hall, Jimmy 56, 109–10

  Harrower, Elizabeth 152, 156, 157–8

  Helmrich, Jack 79

  Honey Flow, The 124, 136, 139, 158, 159, 172, 176

  Hope, Reverend John 88, 110–12, 130, 145, 157;

  see also John Hope of Christ Church St Juiurence

  husband—see Rodd, Lewis Charles

  Jacobs, Major 8–9

  John Hope of Christ Church St Laurence (L. C. Rodd) 88

  Johnson, Gilbert 125, 132, 133

  Johnston, George 156

  Joyful Condemned, The 116, 137, 172, 175, 176;

  see also Tell Morning This

  Kelly, Bob 101, 103–5

  Kirk, Basil 57

  Koina, Bill 158

  Labour Defence League 96

  Labour Education League 71

  Langdale, Violet 93

  Leahy, Valda 152, 153, 154

  lecture tours 153, 154

  Lewis, Sam 90, 91, 109

  libel charges 134–6, 185

  Lindsay, Norman 101

  Literary Fund—see Commonwealth Literary Fund

  Lost Haven 124, 134, 135, 172, 175 (2), 176

  McIntyre, Don 15, 86, 113

  McLean, Hector vii

  McLean, Mrs 93–6

  Macmillan (publishers) 114, 116, 134, 137, 138

  Ma Jones and the Little White Cannibals 136, 172, 176

  Man on the Headland, The 124, 174, 177

  Martin, Chris 167

  Martin, Professor 70–1, 73, 74

  Melbourne, attitude to 65, 137

  Menzies, Sir Robert 136, 154, 155

  Metcalfe, Ernie 124

  ‘Missing Heir, The’ 161, 169–70

  Moore, Tom Inglis 152, 153

  Naomi 74–7, 83, 93

  Nicholson family 121–2

  Parent, the—see Tennant, Thomas Walter

  Parents and Citizens Association (Laurieton) 132, 137–8

  Park, Ruth 156

  Peace Pledge Union 110, 126;

  see also Tennant, Kylie, on pacificism

  Phelan, Nancy 158

  Price, Archibald Grenfell 152, 153

  Prior, Ken 91, 101

  Reeve, Goodie 58–63, 74, 100, 125, 127

  relatives—see entries under Cates, Farr, Glenconner, Rodd, Smith, Tennant, Tolhurst Ride On Stranger 115, 134, 135, 136, 172, 175, 176, 185 (Tribune review)

  Rodd family—Benison (daughter) 91, 134, 137, 138, 141, 142, 158, 159, 162, 164, 169;

  Emma (aunt) 88;

  George (brother-in-law) 119;

  John (brother-in-law) vii, 50, 88, 90, 92, 102;

  John Lawrence (Bim) (son) 85, 116, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 145, 146, 155, 158, 159–65, 169;

  Lewis Charles (husband) 36, 45, 50, 53, 64, 71, 74, 76, 79, 81ff, 105ff, 123, 127, 132, 134, 137ff, 155, 157, 161, 162, 164, 165, 169,

  and books 88, 157, 173;

  Lilian (mother-in-law) 50, 88, 90, 121, 123, 159;

  see also ‘Missing Heir, The’ Rutherford, Dr Hank 117

  Sandy, Mrs Emily (aunt) 4

  Scrivan, Peter 138, 145, 174

  Shepherd, Mary 49, 51

  Sirius Publishing Company 114–15

  Slessor, Ken 152

  Slocombe, Peg 137

  Smith, Fred (father’s cousin) 4, 5–6

  Speak You So Gently 138, 158, 173, 176

  Stewart, Douglas 152

  Tantavallon 111, 143, 168, 172

  Taylor, Beatrice, Defence Committee 90–1

  Tell Morning This 116, 126, 134, 137, 172, 174, 176;

  see also Joyful Condemned, The

  Tennant family 3;

  Arbie (aunt) and Stan (uncle) 40, 42, 55–7;

  Sir Charles—see Glenconner, Lord;

  Dorothy (sister) 7, 13, 33, 34, 38–9, 41, 50, 54, 78, 79, 96, 118, 158, 166, 167;

  (grandmother) 2, 8, 70;

  Katherine (mother) 15, 23, 28, 31, 33, 36ff, 50, 53, 54, 57, 67–8, 70, 76, 78, 83, 85, 86–7, 118, 132, 138, 139, 143, 159;

  Dr T. Hately (grandfather) 1–3

  passim, 7, 77, 179–80;

  Thomas Walter (father) 1–6, 7, 9–12, 13–17, 28, 36ff, 50–1, 54ff, 69, 73, 75, 85, 97, 98, 105, 106, 113, 115, 118–20, 124–5, 132, 136, 139, 165–9, 180–1;

  see also Sandy, Mrs Emily and Smith, Fred

  Tennant, Kylie — and Aborigines 94–5, 98, 142, 155; on acting 42–3;

  on animals 26, 66, 84;

  awards 101, 105, 136, 157, 165, 177;

  childhood 7–9, 13–14, 18–24;

  on Christian Science 23–4, 35, 52–3, 103;

  on claustrophobia 39, 126, 132;

  education 39–40, 43–52, 70–4;

  gaol experience 126–32;

  illness 51–3, 93, 117, 138, 162, 167;

  on marriage 82, 83–4, 141–4;

  on pacificism 8, 9, 102–3, 134;

  political attitude 91, 102–3;

  research for books 63–8, 76–81, 93, 96–8, 98–100, 108–9, 121–3, 125, 126–
34, 138, 158;

  and Roman Catholicism 2–3, 29, 89, 161;

  and sex 33–4, 67, 82, 143–4;

  on spiritual awareness 21–3, 141–2, 143, 145;

  on writing 40, 42, 64, 65, 84, 92–3, 98ff, 125, 137, 138, 139ff

  Tether a Dragan 136, 137, 173

  Tiburon 98–103, 105, 172, 175, 177

  Time Enough Later 134, 172, 175

  Tolhurst family 15;

  Alice (grandmother) 16, 19, 22, 23, 28–31, 32, 33–41

  passim, 49, 87;

  Beryl (aunt) 15, 16, 19, 28, 38, 55;

  Brian (cousin) 33–4, 38, 41, 55;

  Frank (grandfather) 15, 16, 20, 27–8, 35, 39–40, 87, 141, 181;

  see also Tennant, Katherine

  Unemployed Workers League 103

  White, (Sir) Harold 17, 152

  World War I 7–8, 92

  World War II 96, 114

  Yeldham, Peter 124

 

 

 


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