Guide to the Papers of Jean Tahija, 1942-2001

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 9866
Creator:
Jean Tahija
Extent:
0.59 metres and (3 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Jean Tahija, National Library of Australia, MS 9866, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Biographical Note:

Jean Tahija (nee Walters) was born in East Brunswick, Victoria on 3 February 1916. After graduating as a dentist, she worked for five years at the Melbourne Dental Hospital. In 1946, Jean Tahija married Lieutenant Julius Tahija whom she had met in 1942 whilst he was serving with the Netherlands East Indies army. In 1947, Jean Tahija joined her husband in Indonesia where she remained for the rest of her life. Julius Tahija became a politician and successful businessman. Jean Tahija published her autobiography An Unconventional Woman in 1998 and a further volume in 2001 entitled Memoirs: conventional and unconventional. She died in 2001.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The papers were donated to the National Library of Australia by Jean Tahija's son Dr Sjakon Tahija in 2004.

The collection comprises correspondence, family photographs, diaries and drafts of Tahija's autobiography An Unconventional Woman, 1998.

The arrangement of the papers is in the order created by Jean Tahija and the Tahija family. The photograph album was assembled by the children of Jean Tahija after her death.

Indexed terms

Names:
Jean Tahija

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3312259).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Jean Tahija, National Library of Australia, MS 9866, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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