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Papers of the Thomson family, 1797-2017

3.85 metres (15 boxes, 1 phase box, 1 folder, 1 large folio box, 2 single map folio)
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MS 8600 includes the following files: 1. Correspondence, 1838-1992: with family and friends. 2. Photocopies of various official documents, such as wills. 3. Family photographs, c. 1844. 4. Maps, c. 1883. 5. "The Thomson story" by David Thomson, parts 1 and 2 (1 vol.). 6. "The Thomson story : childhood memories 1924-1941" by David Thomson (1999).The MS Acc06.135 addition includes two volumes by David Thomson - 'The Thomson Story : Part III - The Thomson Family in Gippsland from 1843' and 'The Thomson Story : Part IV - The Thomson Family From 1864'. The MS Acc22.001 addition comprises papers relating to David Scott Thomson's political career as the National Country Party (later the National Party) member for the House of Representatives seat of Leichhardt, Queensland, Minister for Science and Environment and Minister for Science and Technology in the Fraser Government and includes: speeches; writings; correspondence with Doug Anthony; documents relating to overseas delegations; photographs; transcriptions of oral history recordings; and post political career directorships. The collection also comprises papers collected by David Scott Thomson during his research into Thomson family history and includes: records relating to the Thomson family in Australia, Gippsland, Scotland and Ireland; David Scott Thomson's training at the Royal Military College, Duntroon; and correspondence of Judy Thomson (wife of David Scott Thomson) with her family members.
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Papers of Albert Speer, 1943-1994

1.01 metres (6 ms boxes + 1 audio cassette box)
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This collection and consists of diaries, patrol reports, official reports, official and unofficial correspondence, personal documents, newspaper articles and photographs on Sir Albert Maori Kiki's funeral, an interview, an audio tape, photographs, maps and a few publications, mainly newspapers. There is also a bound photocopy of 'The search for the truth of the Montevideo Maru', Part 1, by Speers.
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Papers of Peter Parkhill

(27 ms boxes + 69 negatives + 14 colour photographs + 2 digital carriers + 9 audiovisual carriers)
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Folklorist, musician and oral historian Peter Parkhill collected, recorded and documented traditional music in Australia. This collection documents the music and folktales of Australians of diverse cultural backgrounds, including Middle Eastern, Southern European, Pacific Islander and South American, and comprises correspondence, published articles, research notes, interview transcripts, photographs, music scores, audio recordings, and a draft memoir.
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Papers of the Gordon family relating to Manar, 1792-1979

3.45 metres (4 medium folio boxes + 11 ms boxes)
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This collection accumulated by the Gordon family comprises records of the Manar property in Braidwood, including correspondence ledgers, journals, diaries and cash books;legal documents, witness statements, newspaper clippings and correspondence associated with the Coghill vs Gordon "squatting case" in 1850; and a letter from 1812 sent to Maria Macarthur, wife of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur and eldest daughter of New South Wales Governor Phillip Gidley King, believed to have been written by Elizabeth Enderby, wife of Charles Enderby and Maria's godmother, that includes recipes and advice to young ladies in the colonies on hosting dinner parties and general home economics. Hugh Gordon built 'Manar' in 1841 after buying the large Braidwood property from Dr Matthew Anderson,(Colonial Surgeon at Parramatta in the 1820s). He named the house after his birthplace Manar in Inverarie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. After his marriage to Mary Macarthur, daughter of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur ("The Vineyard", Rydalmere, Parramatta), he extended the homestead in the Georgian style and an extensive ornamental garden was also created with the assistance of Hannibal Macarthur sending seeds, cuttings and plants. In later years, Manar operated as a public school from 1883 - 1907.

Papers of Sue Woolfe, 1965-2013

(42 ms boxes + 20 audio visual carriers + 52 digital carriers)
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The original consignment contains papers relating to Woolfe's novel Leaning towards infinity: how my mother's apron unfolds into my life which was published by Vintage Australia in 1996. The book was later published in the United States, the United Kingdom and Holland. Leaning towards infinity was written over a period of several years and the papers comprise correspondence with publishers, editors and colleagues; research notes; early ideas, edited drafts and proofs.The novel evolved from a play of the same name, written by Woolfe and first performed in the United States in 1995. There are papers relating to the development of the script and to productions of the play in the United States, New Zealand and Australia.
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Papers of Albert Speer, 1932-2012

(50 ms boxes + 1 large folio box + 1 digital carrier box + 3 map folios)
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This collection comprises instalments that contain medical patrol reports from Papua New Guinea and research papers and correspondence on the Mount Lamington eruption, Australian prisoners of war who died on board the Montevideo Maru and other topics connected with the war in the Pacific and Papua New Guinea in general. There are also research notes for Gordon Thomas's publication 'Prisoners in Rabaul: civilians in captivity', personal correspondence, and papers relating to Speer's wartime service and overseas travel.

Records of the Australian Lebanese Historical Society, 1890-2015

5.7 metres (29 MS Boxes;1 Large Folio Box;1 Medium Folio Box;1 Small Folio Box)
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The collection consists of papers relating to the history of the Lebanese in Australia and includes family files, photographic archive, Australian Lebanese Historical Society projects and events, administrative records including Annual General Meetings, Oral History Transcripts, objects and ephemera.

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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Papers of the Casey Family, 1820-1978

20.96 metres (53 ms boxes + 16 archive boxes + 10 phase boxes + 2 folios + 1 steel box + 1 folder)
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Material by or concerning three members of the Casey family are the focus of the collection: Cornelius Gavin Casey, his son Richard Gardiner Casey (senior), and grandson Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey of Berwick.

Papers of Ken Inglis relating to the Dunera Boys, 1930-2020, 1930-2020

(43 MS boxes)
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The collection comprises papers relating to the Dunera Boys, gathered by Ken Inglis over years as an Australian historian. His final work "Dunera Lives" was published posthumously in 2018. The book tells the story of the famous "Dunera Boys": nearly 3000 Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria who were transported aboard HMT Dunera and landed in Australia in 1940. They were interned as "enemy aliens' in camps near Hay, Orange and Tatura during the Second World War. This collection comprises of Inglis's research for his book "Dunera Lives" and is made up of personal correspondence, research notes, newspaper clippings and drafts of publications and talks on the subject. A large component of the collection is comprised of folders on various Dunera and Queen Mary Internees, ordered alphabetically by surname. These folders include email correspondence with informants, newspaper cuttings, transcripts of interviews, and notes Inglis made detailing his thoughts on the individual's story, also include printed material, photocopies and notes containing biographical details of the Dunera Boys.
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