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Papers of Leslie Greener, 1852-1974

2.7 metres (15 boxes + 3 folio packets)
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Papers of Walter Hamilton, circa 1870s-2011

(12 ms boxes)
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The collection comprises papers of Walter Hamilton, who is a journalist and author of "Children of the Occupation: Japan's Untold Story". It consists research material for the book relating to mixed-race children fathered by members of the post-war Allied Occupation Force in Japan; welfare agency's program of assistance for mixed-race children in Japan; Kure City and the Japanese Naval Base at nearby Etajima; colonial policy; Japanese imperialism; Japan-Australia relations from the 1930s onwards. It includes files of International Social Service, press clippings, handwritten notes, audio-visual presentation scripts, documents from the National Archives of Australia, and other printed materials.
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Papers of Joseph Aloysius Lyons, 1924-1939

1.5 metres (6 boxes + 2 folios)
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The papers contain correspondence, notes, commissions, invitations, photograph albums, and scrap books covering the years of Lyons' prime-ministership. Topics referred to in the papers include the Depression, the formation of the United Australia Party, the selection of the first U.A.P. Ministry, trade and customs in the 1930s, the appointment of Lord Gowrie as Governor-General, financial relations with Great Britain, the abdication of Edward VIII and the economy during the 1930s.
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Sundanese Manuscripts Collection, 1924-1926

1.2 metres (8 ms boxes)
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The collection of Sundanese manuscripts (language spoken in West Java, Indonesia) consists partly of Sundanese folk tales. It contains 130 parts, each of which is made up of lined double leaved sheets measuring 22 × 34 cm.; both sides of the page have been written on. The double leaved sheets in each part are contained in a labelled cover and sewn together.
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William Morris Hughes collection, 1866-1954

photographs : black and white.negatives : nitrate, black and white ; 7 x 11 cm or smaller.illuminations : watercolour and ink ; 108 x 73 cm.print : photomechanical ; sheet 51.2 x 75.5 cm.print ; sheet 26.3 x 4.3 cm.
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Includes portraits of Hughes as a child, family members, friends, other politicians, at ceremonies and presentations in Australia and Europe.
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Australian orchestral and band music collection, 1920-1960

(139 music items)
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Collection of Australian orchestral scores and some performing sets. Some Australian band music and Australian imprints of overseas band music.

Collections held by the British Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1563-1888

220 items
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Journal 1683-86 of W.A. Cawley on a voyage to East Indies and China.
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