Gwen Harwood

Episode of Series “Australia Council archival film series: writers I”.
A charming film of poet Gwen Harwood speaking at her home in Tasmania about her work in poetry and her love for music and opera.

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Credits

producer/director

Peter Campbell

Duration

00:55:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1987

Appears in

Group of items

Australia Council archival film series: writers I

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017696

Language

English

Subject categories

Literature → Australian literature

Literature → Authors, Australian

Literature → Harwood, Gwen

Literature → Poetry

Literature → Women poets

People → Harwood, Gwen

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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1 times

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Australia, 1987