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Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Solid Bluestone Foundations and Other Memories of a Melbourne Girlhood, 1908-1928 by Kathleen Fitzpatrick

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June 1983, no. 51
L.L. Robson reviews 'Solid Bluestone Foundations and Other Memories of a Melbourne Girlhood, 1908-1928' by Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Kathleen Fitzpatrick wanted to be an actress. Instead, she became a famous lecturer and teacher in the History Department at the University of Melbourne, and in one of the frequent revealing asides in her memoir implies that perhaps this fact explained her ability as an inspiring lecturer.

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