(10 ms boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 1 small phase box + 3 folders + 1 Packet)
Abstract Or Scope
The collection documents the activities of the Wills family, who were pastoralists from the early 1800s, in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland and includes: letters; personal and financial documents; diaries; maps; photographs; realia; manuscript and typescript notes;Register of deaths of the Cullin-la-ringo massacre, also referred to as the Wills Tragedy; writings, publications, research material and a family tree of Edward Wills. Much of theis material relates to the life and times of Horatio Spencer Howe Wills (1811-1861), pastoralist and politician, and his son Thomas Wentworth Wills (1835-1880), footballer and cricketer, who played a significant role in the development and establishment of Australian Rules Football.
The collection documents the career of Greg Hartung, primarily focusing on his contribution to Australian sports policy and administration and includes records relating to the Confederation of Australian Sport, of which Hartung is a life member, the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Paralympic Committee, the Australian Paralympic Federation, the Asian Pacific and Oceania Sports Assembly, the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled, the International Assembly of National Organisations of Sport, the National Sports Organisations for Disabled, the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee and the Arafura Games. Also included are records relating to Tobacco Sponsorship in sport, ACT Ruby, Board Memberships, and Hartung's tertiary education and early career as a journalist in the Parliament House press gallery and as a sports writer in London.
(15 boxes) + 2 medium folio-boxes + 4 large folio-boxes + 6 map-folios + 4 albums
Abstract Or Scope
The collection comprises newspaper clippings, memorabilia, race records, race programs, posters, colour and black and white photographs, and scrapbooks relating to Jack Griffin and his involvement in the Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic, the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, the Goulburn to Sydney Cycling Classic, Tour of the West, Bourke to Sydney cycle race, New Zealand Track Tour and Test Series, and the New Zealand Games. A considerable part of the collection concentrates on the written and photographed history of the Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic. Also included are cycling medals and awards bestowed on Jack Griffin, cycling books and magazines. This collection documents the cycling life of one of Australia's most revered cyclists, and the social activities of a rural Australian cycling community. Please note: Grafton to Inverell Cycling Classic and Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic are used interchangeably reflecting the race name on publications during different years or handwritten on items within the collection.
Collection comprises 4 scrapbooks (1948-1959), loose programs, correspondence (1958-2002), photographs, diary, press clippings, ephemera, publications, and an order of service. The collection provides a snapshot of women's badminton competition in Australia through the 1950s. Amy Pincott of Bairnsdale, Victoria, represented Australia in international competition through much of that period.