should ever have been wasted on this irresponsible
nonsense.
Index
Aboriginal Arts Board 155
All the Proud Tribesmen 138, 173, 177
Amadio, Neville 59
Anderson, Oscar 57
‘Angel of the Trumpet, The’ 146–51
Angus & Robertson (publishers) 135–6, 185
Asquith, Margot 7, 11
Australia Her Story 125, 173, 176 (2)
Australian Broadcasting Company (later Commission) 55–61, 109, 110
Bateman, George 96
Battlers, The 116, 121–3, 134, 172, 175, 176
Bim: see Rodd, John Lawrence
Bird, Nancy 44
Blomberg, Enid 56
Bray family 121
Bray, Dorothy 31, 32
Brose, Dymock 164
Brown Van, The—see The Battlers
Bulletin, The 84, 93, 98, 101;
see also Prior, Ken
Bush Worker 100, 103
Bush Workers Committee 100–1, 102
Butler, Reverend William 82, 83, 88–9
Cates family—great-grandfather 4;
uncle 2;
see also Tennant (grandmother)
Chadwick, Doris 138–9
Charteris, Leslie 135–6
Child Welfare Department 109, 169
children—see Rodd, Benison and Rodd, John Laurence (Bim)
Christian Socialism 109–12, 126, 134, 155
Clift, Charmian 156
Clint, Reverend Alfred 106–8, 109, 138
Coledrake, Frank 155
Commonwealth Literary Fund 17, 136, 152–7, 162;
and emeritus fellowship 157
communism 77, 97, 104–5
Communist Party 7, 97, 102, 136, 185–6
Cribb, Mavis 116, 137, 158
Croft, Hurtle Bracey 61, 63ff, 69
Cummings, Bill 152, 153
Cutler, Sir Roden 165
D’Arcy, Niland 156
Day, Reverend Austin 163
Depression, Great 93–6
Dobson, Eddie 124
Donnelly, Jimmy 92
Donovan, Jimmy 113–15, 118
Evatt, H. V. (Bert) 155–6
Evatt, Mary Alice 155–6
Evatt: Politics and Justice 155-6, 157, 174, 176 (4)
family— see Rodd and Tennant
family background 2–3, 10–11, 20, 179–85
Farr family 16, 22, 29–31, 181–5;
Myra (aunt) 16, 29;
see also Tolhurst, Alice
Firehead 156
Foster, Marge 79
Foveaux 109, 134, 172, 176
Franklin, Miles 91
Gentle Shipwreck, A (L. C. Rodd) 157
Gilbert, Bert 60, 63
Gilmore, Mary 75, 165
Glenconner, Lord 6, 7, 9, 11, 181;
see also Asquith, Margot
Gollancz (publishers) 109, 138
Gurr, Tom 133
Hall, Jimmy 56, 109–10
Harrower, Elizabeth 152, 156, 157–8
Helmrich, Jack 79
Honey Flow, The 124, 136, 139, 158, 159, 172, 176
Hope, Reverend John 88, 110–12, 130, 145, 157;
see also John Hope of Christ Church St Juiurence
husband—see Rodd, Lewis Charles
Jacobs, Major 8–9
John Hope of Christ Church St Laurence (L. C. Rodd) 88
Johnson, Gilbert 125, 132, 133
Johnston, George 156
Joyful Condemned, The 116, 137, 172, 175, 176;
see also Tell Morning This
Kelly, Bob 101, 103–5
Kirk, Basil 57
Koina, Bill 158
Labour Defence League 96
Labour Education League 71
Langdale, Violet 93
Leahy, Valda 152, 153, 154
lecture tours 153, 154
Lewis, Sam 90, 91, 109
libel charges 134–6, 185
Lindsay, Norman 101
Literary Fund—see Commonwealth Literary Fund
McIntyre, Don 15, 86, 113
McLean, Hector vii
McLean, Mrs 93–6
Macmillan (publishers) 114, 116, 134, 137, 138
Ma Jones and the Little White Cannibals 136, 172, 176
Man on the Headland, The 124, 174, 177
Martin, Chris 167
Martin, Professor 70–1, 73, 74
Melbourne, attitude to 65, 137
Menzies, Sir Robert 136, 154, 155
Metcalfe, Ernie 124
‘Missing Heir, The’ 161, 169–70
Moore, Tom Inglis 152, 153
Naomi 74–7, 83, 93
Nicholson family 121–2
Parent, the—see Tennant, Thomas Walter
Parents and Citizens Association (Laurieton) 132, 137–8
Park, Ruth 156
Peace Pledge Union 110, 126;
see also Tennant, Kylie, on pacificism
Phelan, Nancy 158
Price, Archibald Grenfell 152, 153
Prior, Ken 91, 101
Reeve, Goodie 58–63, 74, 100, 125, 127
relatives—see entries under Cates, Farr, Glenconner, Rodd, Smith, Tennant, Tolhurst Ride On Stranger 115, 134, 135, 136, 172, 175, 176, 185 (Tribune review)
Rodd family—Benison (daughter) 91, 134, 137, 138, 141, 142, 158, 159, 162, 164, 169;
Emma (aunt) 88;
George (brother-in-law) 119;
John (brother-in-law) vii, 50, 88, 90, 92, 102;
John Lawrence (Bim) (son) 85, 116, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 145, 146, 155, 158, 159–65, 169;
Lewis Charles (husband) 36, 45, 50, 53, 64, 71, 74, 76, 79, 81ff, 105ff, 123, 127, 132, 134, 137ff, 155, 157, 161, 162, 164, 165, 169,
and books 88, 157, 173;
Lilian (mother-in-law) 50, 88, 90, 121, 123, 159;
see also ‘Missing Heir, The’ Rutherford, Dr Hank 117
Sandy, Mrs Emily (aunt) 4
Scrivan, Peter 138, 145, 174
Shepherd, Mary 49, 51
Sirius Publishing Company 114–15
Slessor, Ken 152
Slocombe, Peg 137
Smith, Fred (father’s cousin) 4, 5–6
Speak You So Gently 138, 158, 173, 176
Stewart, Douglas 152
Tantavallon 111, 143, 168, 172
Taylor, Beatrice, Defence Committee 90–1
Tell Morning This 116, 126, 134, 137, 172, 174, 176;
see also Joyful Condemned, The
Arbie (aunt) and Stan (uncle) 40, 42, 55–7;
Sir Charles—see Glenconner, Lord;
Dorothy (sister) 7, 13, 33, 34, 38–9, 41, 50, 54, 78, 79, 96, 118, 158, 166, 167;
(grandmother) 2, 8, 70;
Katherine (mother) 15, 23, 28, 31, 33, 36ff, 50, 53, 54, 57, 67–8, 70, 76, 78, 83, 85, 86–7, 118, 132, 138, 139, 143, 159;
Dr T. Hately (grandfather) 1–3
passim, 7, 77, 179–80;
Thomas Walter (father) 1–6, 7, 9–12, 13–17, 28, 36ff, 50–1, 54ff, 69, 73, 75, 85, 97, 98, 105, 106, 113, 115, 118–20, 124–5, 132, 136, 139, 165–9, 180–1;
see also Sandy, Mrs Emily and Smith, Fred
Tennant, Kylie — and Aborigines 94–5, 98, 142, 155; on acting 42–3;
on animals 26, 66, 84;
awards 101, 105, 136, 157, 165, 177;
childhood 7–9, 13–14, 18–24;
on Christian Science 23–4, 35, 52–3, 103;
on claustrophobia 39, 126, 132;
education 39–40, 43–52, 70–4;
gaol experience 126–32;
illness 51–3, 93, 117, 138, 162, 167;
on marriage 82, 83–4, 141–4;
on pacificism 8, 9, 102–3, 134;
political attitude 91, 102–3;
research for books 63–8, 76–81, 93, 96–8, 98–100, 108–9, 121–3, 125, 126–
34, 138, 158;
and Roman Catholicism 2–3, 29, 89, 161;
and sex 33–4, 67, 82, 143–4;
on spiritual awareness 21–3, 141–2, 143, 145;
on writing 40, 42, 64, 65, 84, 92–3, 98ff, 125, 137, 138, 139ff
Tether a Dragan 136, 137, 173
Tiburon 98–103, 105, 172, 175, 177
Time Enough Later 134, 172, 175
Tolhurst family 15;
Alice (grandmother) 16, 19, 22, 23, 28–31, 32, 33–41
passim, 49, 87;
Beryl (aunt) 15, 16, 19, 28, 38, 55;
Brian (cousin) 33–4, 38, 41, 55;
Frank (grandfather) 15, 16, 20, 27–8, 35, 39–40, 87, 141, 181;
see also Tennant, Katherine
Unemployed Workers League 103
White, (Sir) Harold 17, 152
World War I 7–8, 92
World War II 96, 114
Yeldham, Peter 124