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Records of the War Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1770-1960

1358 items
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The War Office records cover a wide variety of material relating to both Colonial and Australian involvements in armed conflicts. Amongst the records filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project are documents and correspondence of the Commander- in-Chief, Secretary-at-War, Secretary of State and Judge-Advocate General.
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Papers of Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes, 1970-2010

(5 archives boxes + 1 ms box + 1 large folio box)
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Papers of Roberta 'Bobbi' Sykes - poet, author and activist for Indigenous rights. This collection contains speeches, correspondence, papers and articles, as well as photographs and audio cassettes.
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Papers of Henry Pelham Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyme (as filmed by the AJCP), 1841-1865

57 items
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Letter-books, correspondence and official papers documenting such subjects as: colonial appointments; honours; constitutional difficulties in New South Wales; inter-colonial relations; Victorian goldfields; the New Zealand Company; church in the colonies; introduction of coloured labour; colonial defences; transportation to Western Australia; the Maori Wars; confiscation of Maori lands; and American claims to Fiji.

Papers of General Sir John Monash, 1801-1983

60 metres (258 ms boxes + 2 medium folio boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 2 outsized phase boxes + 18 medium phase boxes + 2 slide boxes + 11 glass negative/slide boxes + 4 map folios)
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MS 1884 comprises correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drafts of manuscripts, subject files, press cuttings, pamphlets, souvenirs, printed items, photographs, glass slides and other memorabilia relating to all aspects of General Sir John Monash's life and career. The collection includes juvenilia and items dating from Monash's school and university days. The correspondents include Hannah Victoria Moss (whom he married in 1891), J.T.N. Anderson (business partner), Mathilda Monash (sister) and other members of the Monash family, J. Gibson (business), Walter Rosenhain, Clara Stockfeld, Eva Blashki, Rose Blashki, Minnie Blashki, Jeanette Krakowski, Ada Krakowski, Kitty Lunday, Amy and Evie Corrie and Rose Schield.

Papers of Sir Philip Strong, c.1900-2007

0.18 metres (1 archives box + 11 sound/av carriers)
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MS 3921 comprises papers relating to Philip Strong's years in New Guinea including a number of addresses to the Synod, processed letters to the missionary staff and pastoral messages. There is a typescript copy of Strong's recollections of his first three years in New Guinea written in 1942, a copy of his book Out of great tribulation (1947) and about 25 pamphlets all relating to Anglican missionary activity in New Guinea. The collection also includes about 15 pamphlets relating to the period when Strong was archbishop of Brisbane and primate of Australia.The Acc07.047 instalment comprises correspondence, photographs, diaries, publications, prayer books, sermons, notebooks and drawings.The Acc09.116 instalment comprises papers documenting Strong's childhood, education and professional life in the Anglican Church. They include correspondence, diaries, notes and notebooks, sermons and addresses, publications and reminiscences of wartime Papua New Guinea.The Acc13.109 instalment comprises 40 diaries and some correspondence relating to Sir Philip Strong's time in New Guinea.
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Papers of the Brown Family (as filmed by the AJCP), 1829-1899

945 items
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Correspondence, initially between James Hoey, who migrated to Victoria in 1852 with his brother Thomas, and the Brown Family, describing life in Melbourne. Maggie Brown travelled to Australia in 1854 to marry James Hoey and their letters to the family in Scotland relate domestic news and tell of conditions on the goldfields at Bendigo and Eaglehawk, where Thomas and James Hoey began prospecting in 1856 with their brother-in-law John Buckie. Jane Hay Brown arrived in Australia in 1859 on the Royal Charter to care for her sister Maggie, who died later that year. All correspondents refer to activities of fellow Scots in Australia.

Papers of Hugh Anderson, c. 1890-2003

28.05 metres (116 ms boxes + 1 small-folio box + 14 medium folio-boxes + 6 large folio-boxes + 11 sound/av carriers)
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"MS 6946 comprises personal and business correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, galley proofs, journal articles, newscuttings, notes, printing quotes, reports and reviews. The papers reflect Hugh Anderson's diverse range of interests as a teacher, writer, historian, publisher, folklorist and also his interest in Chinese writings."

Papers of Moffatt Oxenbould and Graeme Ewer, 1890-2016, 1890-2016

(51 boxes) + 3 fol. box + 3 map folios + 54 items + 1 packet + 1 oversize carton + 8 audio carriers
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This collection comprises papers relating to the lives and careers of Moffatt Oxenbould and Graeme Ewer, particularly Oxenbould's tenure at Opera Australia, as well as material relating to Australian performing arts history. The material includes correspondence, original opera set and costume designs, photographs, scrapbooks, Edwardian postcards, ephemera, appointment diaries and journals, newsclippings, magazines and other printed material, cassette recordings, artworks and realia.

Collections held by the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale (as filmed by the AJCP), 24 September 1838-02 July 1971

19 items
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Papers 1838-82 of Frederick Walker, Son Dickie, solicitors, relating to lease and conveyance of lands in Australia and New Zealand.

Papers of Sir Saul Samuel (as filmed by AJCP), 1837-1900

237 items
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The correspondence has been arranged chronologically, with letters from Charles Cowper, Lord Belmore, Sir Henry Parkes and the Samuel Family separated into distinct groups. Most of the correspondence with Charles Cowper is dated 1870 and relates to Samuel's resignation from the Executive Council. The letters from Lord Belmore are dated 1868-85, with many written 1868-72, when he was Governor of New South Wales. The largest group contains letters from a number of correspondents dealing with personal matters and official business such as appointments, securing loans and relations with the Colonial Office.