Organisation Commonwealth Literary Fund (1908 - 1973)
- From
- 1908
- To
- 1973
- Alternative Names
- CLF
Details
The Commonwealth Literary Fund (CLF) was established by Alfred Deakin in 1908 to provide financial assistance to struggling authors. It was run by a central committee. From 1939, the CLF was administered by a parliamentary committee chaired by Robert Menzies as Prime Minister and including representatives of the Liberal Party, the Country Party and the Australian Labor Party. The old central committee continued as an advisory board. The role of the CLF expanded to include offering annual fellowships and publication subsidies.
Sources
Commonwealth Literary Fund, Helping Literature in Australia: The Work of the Commonwealth Literary Fund 1908-1966. Canberra: Commonwealth Government Printer, 1967.
Related Entries
Had these Members
- Calwell, Arthur Augustus (1896 - 1973)
ALP representative
Date: 1966 - ?
- Chifley, Joseph Benedict (Ben) (1885 - 1951)
Chair of the committee
Date: 1945 - 1949
- Chisholm, Alan Rowland (1888 - 1981)
Advisory Board
Date: 1953 - ?
- Menzies, Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894 - 1978)
Chair of the committee
Date: 1939 - 1941
- Menzies, Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894 - 1978)
Chair of the committee
Date: 1949 - 1963
- Moore, Tom Inglis (1901 - 1978)
Advisory Board
Date: 1945 - 1971
- Price, Archibald Grenfell (1892 - 1977)
Advisory Board
Date: 1953 - 1971
- Slessor, Kenneth Adolf (1901 - 1971)
Advisory Board
Date: 1953 - ?
- Stewart, Douglas Alexander (1913 - 1985)
Advisory Board
Date: 1955 - ?
Presented these Books
- The Best Poems of Hugh McCrae (1961), Howarth, R.G. (ed.)
- Birds: Poems (1962), Wright, Judith
- Flowers and Fury: Poems (1962), Dutton, Geoffrey
- The Future of Australian Federalism: A Commentary on the Working of the Constitution (1946), Greenwood, Gordon (ed.)
- The Prose of Christopher Brennan (1962), Chisholm, A.R. and Quinn, J.J.
- Quintus Servinton: A Tale Founded Upon Incidents of Real Occurrence (1962), Savery, Henry
- Schubert and Schumann: Songs and Translations (1946), Garran, Sir Robert Randolph
- Selected Poems (1944), White, Andrew
- Selected Poems (1961), copy 2, MacKenzie, Kenneth
- The Southern Cross and Other Plays (1946), Esson, Louis
- The Spirit of Wharf House: Campbell Enterprise from Calcutta to Canberra 1788-1930 (1961), Newman, C.E.T.
- Tumult of the Swans (1953), Robinson, Roland
Related Books
- A.G. Stephens: His Life and Work (1941), Palmer, Vance (ed.)
Published by arrangement with the CLF.
- Antipodes in Shoes (1958), Dutton, Geoffrey
Publication sponsored by the CLF.
- Australian Poetry 1954 (1954), McCuaig, Ronald (ed.)
Published by arrangement with the CLF.
- Black-Feller, White-Feller (1958), Robinson, Roland
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- The Blue Crane (1959), Mudie, Ian
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- Charles Harpur, an Australian (1962), Normington-Rawling, J.
- Child of the Hurricane: An Autobiography (1963), Pritchard, Katherine Susannah
- Childhood at Brindabella: My First Ten Years (1963), Franklin, Miles
- Coast to Coast 1959-1960: Australian Short Stories of Today (1961), Hadgraft, Cecil
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- Coast to Coast 1961-1962: Australian Short Stories of Today (1962), Porter, Hal
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- The Colonial Minstrel (1960), Anderson, Hugh
- The Dancing Bough (1957), Cato, Nancy
- Dictionary of Australian Biography, 2 vols (1949), Serle, Percival
- The Earthbound and Other Poems (1959), Higham, Charles
- The End of Modernity: Essays on Literature, Art and Culture (1959), McAuley, James
- For the Uncanny Man: Essays, Mainly Literary (1963), Semmler, Clement
- Forbears (1961), Riddell, Elizabeth
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- Fourteen Men and Other Poems (1954), Gilmore, Mary
- Here in the Grass [n.d.], Gough, Irene
Sponsored by the Commonwealth Literary Fund.
- The Hexagon (1956), Porter, Hal
- A History of Australian Literature, 2 vols (1961), Green, H.M.
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- Inland: Poems (1958), Rowbotham, David
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- Inside the Whale (1960), Jones, Evan
- John Flynn: Apostle to the Inland (1963), copy 1, McPheat, W. Scott
McPheat was a CLF Fellowship holder.
Date: 1961
- The Life of Chief Justice Way (1960), Hannan, A.J.
- The Little Ghosts (1959), copy 1, Anderson, Ethel
- Low Company (1961), Atkinson, Hugh
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- Masque for a Modern Minstrel: A Reading of Poems (1962), Bladen, Peter
Publication sponsored by the CLF.
- Masters in Israel: Poems (1961), Buckley, Vincent
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- The Music of Division (1959), Wallace-Crabbe, Chris
- The North-Bound Rider (1963), Mudie, Ian
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- The Old Ladies of Newington: A Poem For Several Voices (1951), copy 1, Bladen, Peter
- The Other Meaning (1956), Smith, Vivian
Printed by CLF.
- Out of the Shadow: The Career of John Pascoe Fawkner (1962), Anderson, Hugh
- Ploughman and Poet (1954), Rowbotham, David
Published by CLF.
- Poems (1941), copy 1, Harford, Lesbia
- Poems (1962), Campbell, David
Publication sponsored by the CLF.
- The Poems of Bernard O'Dowd (1941), O'Dowd, Bernard
Published by arrangement with the CLF.
- Remembered on Waking: Edgar L. Bainton (1960), Bainton, Helen
- Saxon Sheep: A Novel Based on the Activities of the Templeton and Forlong Families in the Early Days of Australian Settlement (1961), Adams, Nancy
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- Selected Poems (1961), Macartney, Frederick T.
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- Selected Poems (1961), copy 1, Mackenzie, Kenneth
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- The Shield of Place (1957), Finnin, Mary
- Six Australian Poets (1942), Moore, T. Inglis
Published by arrangement with the CLF.
- Socrates and Other Poems (1961), Webb, Francis
- Song and Dance (1956), Mathew, Ray
Printed by CLF.
- The Sonnet in Australasia: A Survey and Selection (1956), Lavater, Louis
- South of the Equator (1961), Mathew, Ray
- Southmost Twelve (1962), Fitzgerald, Robert D.
- Speak to Strangers: Verse (1960), Murphy, R.D.
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- Stolne and Surreptitious Copies: A Comparative Study of Shakespeare's Bad Quartos (1942), Hart, Alfred
- A Sunday Kind of Love and Other Stories (1961), Davies, Alan
Published with the assistance of the CLF.
- Three Men and Sydney (1955), Keesing, Nancy
- Timeless Garden [n.d.], Anderson, Ethel
Published by arrangement with the CLF.
- Tree by the Creek: An Account of Suffering and Adventure in Central Australia (1961), McKellar, John
- Writings on Elizabethan Drama (1948), Brereton, J. Le Gay
Published by arrangement with the CLF.
Related Interests
Related People
- Ellis, Malcolm Henry (1890 - 1969)
CLF Fellowship for 'Completion of biography of William Charles Wentworth'.
Date: 1966
- MacDonald, James Stuart (Jimmy) (1878 - 1952)
MacDonald received a CLF Fellowship for 'Work on Australian Art'.
Date: 1944