Rachel Cleland personal and pre-Papua and New Guinea, 1890-1963

Component identifier:: Series 1
Content Summary:: Contains all surviving personal records prior to going to Papua New Guinea, except for letters received from her husband during World War II. They include letters she wrote to her family while overseas travelling with her aunt, Bessie Rischbieth, a well known feminist [See also MS2004]. There is also a batch of letters for the same period, from Bessie Rischbieth to her sister, Olive Evans, Rachel's mother, who later handed them on to Rachel. There is also the record of the death of her younger brother killed in action in World War II.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn298239).
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia