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

Abstract Or Scope
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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Records of the National Foundation for Australian Women, 1988-2005

(28 ms boxes + 1 large folio box)
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The collection includes: office files; Interim Board, Governing Body, NFAW Board and Subcommittee minutes and supporting papers; legal papers relating to the setting up of the Foundation and associated Trusts; financial records; and photographs, correspondence and other papers relating to the NFAW's 1990 National Women's Conference, the 1989 NFAW Launch and the organisation's newsletter, Broadside. The office files comprise the major part of the collection and include administration and financial records, Board meeting papers and those of regional NFAW groups and the Coalition of Participating Organisations of Women (CAPOW), legal documents, Trust and Award papers and Broadsideadministration records.
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Papers of Edward Augustus Petherick, 1756-1917

11.57 metres (16 archives boxes + 92 security binders + 1 volume [1 medium folio box] + 1 folio [1 large folio box SB-000143)] + 1 volume [1 small folio box SB-000142] + 1 folder [1 ms box] + 4 security binders + 1 elephant folio)
Abstract Or Scope
The papers are divided into two parts: Petherick's own papers, and letters, documents and transcriptions that he acquired.

Papers of Bill Bowtell, 1982-1994

6.9 metres (46 ms boxes)
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The collection comprises papers relating to Bill Bowtell's policy and administration roles relating to HIV and AIDS Strategy, the introduction of Medicare, Sydney Airport Noise Management, the 1996 Federal Election Campaign, privatisation of Telstra and consultancy work with the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department and the Office of the Minister for Justice and includes; correspondence; diaries; reports; agenda and meeting papers; newspaper cuttings; and printed materials.
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Papers of John Keith McCarthy, 1927-1975

6.15 metres (25 archive boxes + 2 small folio boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 large folio box)
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Papers of Jane Macgowan relating to the Casey family, 1834-1989

24.23 metres (44 ms boxes + 14 archives boxes + 1 small folio box + 5 medium folio boxes + 5 large folio boxes + 8 map folios + 2 small phase boxes + 1 security binder + 1 negative box)
Abstract Or Scope
The collection comprises records relating to the Casey family including papers from Van Diemen's Land surgeon Cornelius Gavin Casey, containing early maps of the Towns of Formby and Forthside that are now part of Devonport. The papers of his son, pastoralist and parliamentarian Richard Gardiner Casey includes notebooks and business correspondence relating to his pastoral and business activities in Queensland in the late 19th century, on the cattle station Kilfera and the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company. Additionally, there are speeches and papers of Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey's (Baron Casey) from his time as Governor of Bengal, Minister-in-Charge of the CSIR (later CSIRO) through to his position as Governor-General of Australia; Casey family photographs dating from the 1800's and official and personal photographs taken throughout Baron Casey's career; Casey family correspondence dating from the 1830s through to the 1980s; notebooks describing travels in England and Ireland in the mid nineteenth century, and drawing books, sketches and original artworks by Maie Casey and two watercolours attributed to Ellis Rowan.
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Records of ANZAAS, 1959-1993

5.32 metres (26 boxes and 3 cartons + 3 folios)
Abstract Or Scope
The collection comprises mostly correspondence of the Executive Officer. Other records relate to ANZAAS Congresses, Executive Committee, membership, the Association's journal Search, awards and medals, ANZAAS International Scientific Film Exhibitions, State Divisions and related associations.
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