The Corona typewriter Colleen McCullough used to write Tim (published 1974) and The Thorn Birds (published 1977), grey powder-coated and chromed metal, bearing a mailing label inscribed 'Brittain / 22 church Street / Fen Ditton / Cambridge C85 Bsu / England, 46 cm wide, 21 cm high, 45 cm deep, Literature, McCullough, Colleen, Colleen McCullough: life without the Boring Bits, Harper Collins, Sydney, 2011.