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The Bread and Cheese Club

Bread & Cheese and literary mateship [30 November 1940]

18 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article about the Bread and Cheese Club was published in Smith’s Weekly (Sydney, NSW), 30 November 1940.] Bread & Cheese and literary mateship Believe it or not, there’s a spot of Bohemia in Melbourne. The Beefsteak Club is a memory .... Fasoli’s is no … [Read more...] about Bread & Cheese and literary mateship [30 November 1940]

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Mites and the Muse [book review by P. I. O’Leary, 21 June 1944]

12 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This review of the book Fellows All: The Chronicles of the Bread and Cheese Club, Melbourne (by Harry Malloch), appeared in the “Book Reviews” column (written by P. I. O’Leary), published in The Advocate (Melbourne, Vic.), 21 June 1944.] Mites and the Muse To … [Read more...] about Mites and the Muse [book review by P. I. O’Leary, 21 June 1944]

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Two Members of the Australian Choir: J. Alex. Allan and Jim Grahame [by P. I. O’Leary, 13 June 1940]

12 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by P. I. O’Leary was published in the “Books & Bookmen” column in The Advocate (Melbourne, Vic.), 13 June 1940. The article reviews three publications: Revolution, by J. Alex. Allan; Call of the Bush, by Jim Grahame; and The Etched Work of Victor … [Read more...] about Two Members of the Australian Choir: J. Alex. Allan and Jim Grahame [by P. I. O’Leary, 13 June 1940]

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