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Forster, New South Wales : geographic ephemera collected by the National Library of Australia, N.D.

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Material in the Geography and Travel ephemera collection covers significant information about the geography, history, and tourist activities of places in Australia, its Antarctic and island territories. This includes geographical features, national parks and reserves, regions, cities, towns, buildings and other man-made structures. The collection includes advertising material, pamphlets, price lists, tokens, area and accommodation guides, brochures, postcards, stickers, labels and tickets.

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Papers of Peter Carey, 1954-1988

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The papers include general correspondence, eight manuscript notebooks recording ideas for Carey's writing, drafts of several of his novels and short stories, reviews of his work, school reports and the transcript of an interview with Van Ikin. Five of the notebooks contain notes which relate mostly to Carey's novel 'Pets' which was later published as Illywhacker.

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Papers of W. Farmer Whyte, 1766-1952

Papers of Lois Bryson, 1940-2021

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This collection comprises the papers of Lois Bryson, a sociologist who worked in the areas of gender, social policy and women's health. The collection includes published materials, correspondence, appointment diaries, photographs and personal documents relating to Bryson's childhood and early career.

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Records of Ashton's Circus, ca. 1900-ca. 2006

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The collection is chiefly comprised of paper clippings relating to Ashton's and other circuses, the bulk of which have been pasted into scrapbooks. Obtained from a range of Australian regional and daily newspapers, as well as overseas papers and journals, the cuttings have been grouped in some of the albums according to chronological period or by subject. Other scrapbooks contain memorabilia such as sample tickets, publicity materials, flyers and programs, and a few examples of correspondence.

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Housing : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, n.d.

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The ephemera collection contains information about housing. These may include brochures from Australia's leading home builders such as Jennings Industries Limited.

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Theatre programmes, ephemera relating to the Ballets Russes in Australasia, 1936-1940

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This finding aid lists programs and ephemera which document 1936-1940 Australasian tours of the Ballets Russes, primarily based on material in the National Library of Australia's Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) collection.

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Papers of Bobby and Gracie Le Brun, 1924-2004

Papers of Geoff Mullen, 1960s-1990s

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Papers of Geoff Mullen relating to the anti-conscription movement during Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. Includes files covering various aspects of the anti-conscription movement including complaints against police, prison reform, University of Sydney related papers, submissions by police officers, press cuttings and serial publication, badges and posters and anti-conscription kit.

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[Overseas ephemera collected by Claude Prance for the National Library of Australia], 1849-1990s

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Includes material issued by various groups or organisations such as christmas cards, programmes, postcards, advertising leaflets, newspaper cuttings, photocopied articles, photographs, etc.

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