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Records of Youth Affairs Council of Australia, 1960-1992

(159 ms boxes + 1 medium folio-box + 137 sound/av carriers)
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Records of the Youth Affairs Council of Australia (YACA) and its predecessor, the National Youth Council of Australia (NYCA).
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Records of Youth Affairs Council of Australia, 1960-1992 (159 ms boxes + 1 medium folio-box + 137 sound/av carriers)

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Records relating to the Australian Studies in China Program, 1993-2020

(16 MS boxes + 1 medium folio-box)
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This collection comprises records relating to the Australian Studies in China Program for Australia-China Council, including reports and correspondence on the Australian Studies programs, applications for research funding, reports from the Australian Studies centers in China, records and photographs of conferences in China. The collection provides a snapshot history of the development of Australian Studies in China over the 20-year period from around 1997 to 2017. The Australian Studies in China Program is a national organisation that has contributed to debate and shaped social change.
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Richard Bonynge and Dame Joan Sutherland collection, 1741-2015

(214 ms boxes, 436 music boxes, 13 small folio boxes, 75 medium folio boxes, 58 large folio boxes, 8 map folios, 3 small phase boxes, 2 large phase boxes, 2 oversized phase boxes, 604 sound/av carriers)
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MS 10757 encompasses Richard Bonynge and Dame Joan Sutherland's working career archive and research library, with the most substantial component comprising a vast array of music manuscripts, published scores and sets, sheet music, photocopies, and music excerpts. The archive contains a collection of singing methods, vocalises, and treatises ranging from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, used to research and develop singing techniques appropriate to different time periods and styles of vocal repertoire; as well as numerous scores and parts annotated and used by both Richard Bonynge and Joan Sutherland, including arrangements by Douglas Gamley for recordings and live performances, and Joan Sutherland's annotated libretti and performance notes.
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Richard Bonynge and Dame Joan Sutherland collection, 1741-2015 (214 ms boxes, 436 music boxes, 13 small folio boxes, 75 medium folio boxes, 58 large folio boxes, 8 map folios, 3 small phase boxes, 2 large phase boxes, 2 oversized phase boxes, 604 sound/av carriers)

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Roderick the Bushranger or, the Maid, The Man-o'War's Man, and the Monkey, 1860-1870

(1 folder)
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This collection comprises scripts for "The Bushranger" by James McDonald. The plot of the play outlines a gang of five bushrangers who came to Australia as convicts, or in seek of fortune and escaping the "cruel and oppressive" laws of England. Having found that gold is more scarce than they had been led to believe, they intend to kidnap a young woman, Ellen Moore. Moore is the heroine of the story, having emigrated with her family to Australia after having fallen on hard times. The story also features "the monkey" whose purpose in the play was to provide slapstick comedy. This play demonstrates the presence of the Australian Bush and convict life in the artistic consciousness of the English audience. The play outlines opinions of England's laws as oppressive, and mentions the "liberal" nature of shipping criminals to the other side of the world at the crown's expense, but due to the presence of the heroine as hardworking in opposition to the convicts, it is likely that this sought to portray the convict classes of Australia and the people who criticised the system in a poor light.
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Scrapbooks relating to Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 1871-1923

(2 oversized phase-boxes)
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This collection comprises two scrapbooks with a compilation of materials relating to Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, who served as Governor of South Australia between 1889 and 1895. The scrapbooks include letters, photographs, seating plans for official dinners, certificates and invitations, along with materials relating to the British Monarchy, Kintore's role as governor, and Australian Federation.
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Sir John Ferguson collection of papers of John Fawkner, 1810-1869

0.75 metres (4 folders + 1 packet + 1 large folio box)
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The papers comprise legal documents such as agreements between Fawkner and Joseph Robins (1852), E. M. Sayers (1842), and Fred Hinton (1842); diaries (1859, 1860), a Rent Book (1866); insurance policies, receipts, invoices; petitions to Fawkner concerning the Amended Insolvency Bill (1867) and the Mining Law Amendment Bill (1865); and a few letters to Fawkner from town clerks, the Treasury Department, and the Melbourne Public Librarian, Augustus Tulk. A second group of papers consists of cuttings, photographs and factual accounts of Fawkner sent to Sir John Ferguson by Mrs A. E. Walsh, whose husband was related to Fawkner. In addition there are typescript notes on the Colder manuscripts (held in the La Trobe Library, Melbourne), issue no. 1 of The Freeholder and Convention Expositor (8 Jan 1858) and typescript extracts from Fawkner manuscripts also held in the La Trobe Library. Finally there is a large album (kept in folio run) containing early maps of Melbourne, receipts from sales of Fawkner's land, original copies of Vol. 1/no. 1 and Vol 1/no. 10 and two facsimile copies of Vol. 1/no. 2 of Fawkner's The Melbourne Advertiser (1838) and a copy of the Leader (June, 1862)(1 box, 1 folio box).
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Sir John Ferguson collection of papers of John Fawkner, 1810-1869 0.75 metres (4 folders + 1 packet + 1 large folio box)

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Some memories of Elisabeth Christiana Fernhill Alt, 19--

0.03 metres (1 volume)
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Bound volume, comprising 169 numbered leaves, measuring 28.0 x 21.5 cm. The volume includes a typescript title page, table of contents and cover title. Text supplemented by notes. Also, 11 colour photographs accompanied by a brochure.Typescript volume titled "Some memories of Elisabeth Christiana Fernhill Alt (née Earl) dictated to one of her daughters; also six chapters written by herself; biographical notes arranged by the same daughter; and notes on the Siborne Family by Lt. Col. K. Henderson, D.S.O.". The collection also includes 11 colour photographs of the Alt residence in Nagasaki, Japan, and an illustrated brochure showing the old Alt house.The first section "Memories" (leaves 1-64) deals with the period from Elisabeth's birth until just before her marriage. The "Biographical note" that follows (leaves 65-76) describes Elisabeth's meeting with her future husband, William Alt, on board the ship going to Australia, their marriage in 1864 and the move to Japan. Elisabeth Alt's "Reminiscences of Japan" (leaves 76-104) describe living arrangements, travel within Japan, tea growing and preparation, William Alt's business activities and relationships, concession and treaty port limitations, religious developments and festivals, and visits to Nagasaki Harbour, the Inland Sea, the Island of Miasima and Lake Hakone. The "Biographical note" (leaves 104-114) tells of their return to England, their living arrangements, William Alt's continued business interests and travel, their deaths and details of Elisabeth's mother Clara (née Siborne). Later chapters provide family background for both Elisabeth's mother and father and a summary of George Samuel Windsor Earl's life. The "Notes on the Siborne Family" (leaves 142-169) outline the family connections and background of the Siborne family (Elisabeth Alt's mother's family). Plus 3 coloured photographs added March 1983
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"The Argus" picnic accounts, invitations, &c. for the years 1887-1888, 1887-1888

(2 folders)
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The collection comprises two volumes which record company events organised by The Argus newspaper during 1887 and 1888. The volumes are handwritten, the records probably compiled by an accounts clerk (presumably 'J. Brash') working for William Spowers. William George Spowers (1856-1932) was the proprietor of Melbourne newspaper The Argus during the years that these records were kept. The entries record the names of all invited guests, including members of the Spowers family, staff and their families, journalists from other newspapers, politicians, and prominent citizens. Also detailed are the arrangements for catering and musicians (Herr Plock and his band from Glen's, Collins Street), railway tickets and reservations for outings, children's entertainment (Weston's Punch Judy, South Melbourne), and costs for the printing of programmes. The Argus was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period.
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The Donald Leslie Johnson Collection of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin Documents, 1901-2007

(29 ms boxes + 1 oversize poster tube + 1 elephant-folio)
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The collection comprises research material on the life and work of Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony Griffin. Includes research notes, correspondence, bibliographies, publications, copies of journal articles and theses, photographs of people and buildings, architectural plans, drawings, and microfilms. Also includes various versions of Marion Mahony Griffin's unpublished autobiographical work 'The Magic of America'.
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The Graeme M. Clark Collection of Awards, 1958-2018

8.00 metres (3 Archive Boxes + 2 MS Boxes + 22 Phase boxes + 1 large folio box + one small case)
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MS 10114 comprises the collection of medals, plaques, awards and degrees awarded to Clark, largely celebrating his pioneering work in the development of the cochlear implant (bionic ear).
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The Graeme M. Clark Collection of Awards, 1958-2018 8.00 metres (3 Archive Boxes + 2 MS Boxes + 22 Phase boxes + 1 large folio box + one small case)