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Haurongo: Crump, Barry

At the typewriter

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At the typewriter

Despite his public image as a rough and ready bushman, Crump took his writing very seriously, reading widely and striving to improve on and reshape his work. This photograph captures a moment of concentration at his typewriter in the 1960s.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Bush Media

Reference: Colin Hogg, A life in loose strides: the story of Barry Crump. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 2000.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Brigid Magner. 'Crump, Barry', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2011, whakahou November 2012. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34502/at-the-typewriter (accessed 4 June 2026).