Working Models, Plans, Drafts

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Containers:
Box 7
Component identifier:
Series 9
Content Summary:

This series includes material used by Byrne in preparation of his Memorial objects: two printers blocks of voyages across the Atlantic and Pacific; outline of contents of the Story of the Southern Cross; outline of History of Flights of Southern Cross; outline of Book of Remembrance, bundle of handwritten tributes; plan of Shrine and architectural drawings of Southern Cross Memorial Building.

(Files 1-4)

Immediate source of acquisition:
The first instalment of the Byrne Papers was presented to the Library by Austin Byrne in 1971. Further instalments were received in 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981 1983 and 1987. The remainder of the Byrne Papers were bequeathed to the Library pursuant to Mr Byrne's will and were collected after his death in 1993.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn767680).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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