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Jean Campbell

Jean McNeil Campbell was a well known novelist who lived in East Melbourne. She was active in literary circles and wrote substantial novels published by Hutchinson, London. During the Second World War she also wrote romance booklets published by New Century Press, Sydney. Her descriptions of life in early Melbourne are lively and passionate.

Copies of her works are held in the rare books collection at the State Library of Victoria.

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02 Bitter Honeymoon inside cover

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02 Bitter Honeymoon inside cover

This particular copy was amongst 10,000 items donated to the Public Library of Victoria by John Kinmont Moir, a book collector and literary patron. "Lizzy", to whom Jean Campbell addressed her note, was probably Myrtle Elizabeth Moir (née Green), Moir's second wife. The second no...

05 Her Fate in the Stars inside front cover

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05 Her Fate in the Stars inside front cover

This particular copy was amongst 10,000 items donated to the Public Library of Victoria by John Kinmont Moir, a book collector and literary patron. "Lizzy", to whom Jean Campbell addressed her note, was probably Myrtle Elizabeth Moir (née Green), Moir's second wife. The second no...

11 Jolimont, Wellington Parade South, 157

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11 Jolimont, Wellington Parade South, 157

Then there was the other entrancing aspect of the locality. If it hadn’t been for the electric trains and trams thundering by at intervals … you might have thought you were living in a sylvan retreat … there were the gardens over the way and the park at the back … and a bridge ov...

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