ISFAR provides the following resources to researchers in the French-Australian studies field, and expresses its sincere thanks to the contributors of these resources for their kind support and approval to publish this material here. The resource material has not been edited by The French Australian Review editorial committee; it is published as received. New content is added periodically.
ISFAR submission to Senate Inquiry into strengthening relations between Australia and the Republic of France
In April 2020, the Australian Senate invited submissions for their Inquiry into ‘Opportunities for Strengthening Australia’s Relations with the Republic of France’. ISFAR’s submission included… More…
Primary Resources
Colin Duckworth’s Plays for the Stork Theatre, Melbourne
A Message from Mary Duckworth
Colin’s theatre life and his Academic life have always been entwined since I first met him when we were both performing in a play at Cambridge, March 1953. More…
James R Lawler
James R. Lawler – My Uncle Jimmy
In my childhood Uncle Jimmy (James Lawler) was a real family hero. My mother’s double cousin, he and my mother were like brother and sister, the bond having been reinforced with my mother having lived with her aunt (James’ mother) for a while after her own mother fell ill and again for some time after she died. My earliest memory of Uncle Jimmy was of this ‘very clever’ member of our family; my mother certainly idolised him and the feeling was passed on to the children. My mother had lost her real brother Percy during the war. More…
Denis Cunningham
The French Influence on the Life of Denis Cunningham AM
Enrolled at Albury High School, I had the good fortune to have Mme Edith Jacino as my French teacher. An inspiration! It was years later (in 2020) that I learned of the sad but rich life of Mme Jacino. Born in Latvia in 1911, languages were important from an early date, her father ruling that all conversation at home be in English, French or German, a week at a time. More…
Secondary Resources
Jean Rosemberg’s book Studies in the French Presence in Australia
Jean Rosemberg, French-born Melbourne bookseller and publisher, who migrated to Australia with his wife Catherine in 1952, launched his publishing house, River Seine Publications (thus named after a winner of the Melbourne Cup), in 1971. More…
Mapping the French Consular Treasure
A Discussion and Guide to French Consular Archives. The following inventories are published with kind permission of the… More…
Delamotte-Alfa Archive Index
“The archives of Jean-Paul and Monique Delamotte, and of the Atelier littéraire franco-australien (ALFA) are now housed… More…
Palmes académiques in Australia
“List of Recipients. This list was compiled by William A. Land. An article by him on the subject was published in The French Australian Review Number 62. More…
Analytical checklists
This checklist is published here with the kind permission of P. Thornton-Smith… More…
Translations of Early French Historical Works on Australia
In September 2020, the State Library of New South Wales finished accessioning five translations by Geoffrey de Q. Walker of French historical works which are now freely available to the public online under the Creative Commons system. Making these works readily accessible… More…