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Letters of John Challenor Relating to the Broome Pearl Industry, 1905-1906

(1 folder)
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The consignment comprises a pair of letters written by John Challenor to a trusted employee of his family's law firm in Leek, Staffordshire. The letters describe the difficulties and potential of the pearling industry in Western Australia at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Papers of Chris Woodland, 1954-2013

(3 MS boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 folder)
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This collection comprises volumes of poetry, note and recipe books, correspondence to and from Chris Woodland and music. Also various archived and miscellaneous material from the Wild Colonial Days Society (WCDS). There are issues of some WCDS N.S.W. branch journals (August 1967 - August 1968) and the 'Fossiker' March - August 1968). Papers include correspondence (bound), an address book, questionnaire and membership forms, the society's revised constitution, a members re-enactment report and note books with the handwritten meeting minutes. Newspaper clippings (some photocopied), photographs and ephemera highlight the society's activities, centenary events and historical re-enactments of The Capture of the Clarke Brothers, The Cobb and Co. run, The Shooting of Johnny Gilbert, The Bargo Bush murder, the Ben Hall gang and the shooting of Constable Nelson. The are numerous tickets and programmes to balls, dances and concerts with flyers, a felt banner and a typed film scripts with one titled 'HMS The Branch of justice'.
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Papers of Chris Woodland, 1954-2013 (3 MS boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 folder)

 

Papers of June Alexander, 1958-2023

(12 ms boxes + 2 digital carriers + 1 folder)
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This collection comprises handwritten diary entries by June Alexander, who grew up on a dairy farm and wrote about family, working and rural life, from the age 12 upwards until 2016. The handwritten diaries are complimented by ephemera, letters and email printouts, photographs of family and friends, digital diaries (2015-2023) and letters (1998-2009). The personal diaries form the basis for Alexander's memoir, documenting struggles with mental health, an eating disorder, relationships, studies, writing career and aspirations. There are drafts, publisher letters and a signed published copy of Alexander's 2009 memoir A Girl Called Tim. Newspaper clippings of articles, both about and by Alexander, are interfiled in the diaries. There are two early school books (scrapbooks), with awards, newspaper clippings and other items relating to Alexander's early writings.
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Papers of June Alexander, 1958-2023 (12 ms boxes + 2 digital carriers + 1 folder)

 

Papers of the De Salis family collected by Adrienne Bradley, 1896-1900

(3 folders)
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This collection comprises three diaries written by George Fane De Salis, the son of Leopold Fane De Salis of Cuppacumbalong, documenting life in the Canberra region from 10 April 1896 to 24 March 1900.
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The Whittakers papers, 1796-1963

(28 ms boxes)
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This collection features correspondence, financial records, ledgers, station diaries, family history research, printed material and ephemera dating from 1796 to the early 1960s. This material provides a record of the pioneering Whittakers family and farming life on various stations in New South Wales and Victoria. The papers also include Clyde Whittakers' correspondence and notes relating to his research, most of which contributed to his work The Whittakers Story, which was first published in 2021.
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The Whittakers papers, 1796-1963 (28 ms boxes)