Matthew Flinders: Fiery or friendly.
Stage 3 English rap

Paul Brunton, Senior Curator, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, is curator of the national travelling exhibition Matthew Flinders: The ultimate voyage. He has worked with the Mitchell Library's Australiana collections since 1973 and was Curator of Manuscripts from 1986 to 2001. He has published on archives administration and on various aspects of the State Library's collection including Awake, Bold Bligh! - William Bligh's letters describing the mutiny on HMS Bounty (1989). His edited version of Joseph Banks' journal kept on the Endeavour, 1768-1771, was published in 1998. He was a co-editor and contributor to the internationally acclaimed manual Keeping archives (1987 and 1993). He was President of the Australian Society of Archivists, 1992-1994. His edition of Matthew Flinders' letters, Matthew Flinders: personal letters from an extraordinary life, has just been published by Hordern House in association with the State Library of New South Wales.

Welcome, Paul! It's great to have you on the rap. We look forward to asking you lots of questions.

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