Lockie Bequest Committee (The University of Melbourne)

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsUniversity committeeHistoryThe Lockie Bequest Committee was established to administer the Lockie Bequest Fund. The Fund was aimed at providing funding to assist with the development and evolution of Australian writing. The Committee established the Lockie Fellowship for Creative Writing and Literature, and undertook activities associated with the selection of candidates for this role. The minutes document the activities involved in managing and allocating the procedes of the bequest. In addition to the fellowship, this involved an association with the literary publication Meanjin, participation in funding submissions to the Australia Council Literature Board and evaluation of a proposal to fund an associate position for historical fiction in the History Department. This proposal did not preceed. The last documented meeting ocurred in 1978, although it is unclear whether the Committee continued subsequently.

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[UMA-SRE-20030082] Lockie Bequest Committee Minute Book

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Lockie Bequest Committee (The University of Melbourne)