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Papers of E. M. Humphrey, 1908-1953

Portraits of Theresa "Terry" Rooke, Alexander Maull, Jack Maull, and Louisa Maull, Cairns, Queensland, 2022, 2022

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A collection of photographic portraits of Theresa "Terry" Rooke, Alexander Maull, Jack Maull and Louisa Maull, oral history subjects for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities Fijian-Australian Collecting Project 2022.

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[Payling, Lily (singer) : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia], 1921 -

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Lily Payling was a well known Australian contralto who won fame in the concert halls of England and Europe. According to some newspaper reports of her death, the Payling subscription concerts at the Royal Albert Hall were a highlight of the musical year during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Papers of Alan Wilkinson, 1977-1984

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The papers mostly comprise file copies of correspondence, minutes and other documents that Wilkinson wrote or drafted for ministers and other officials during the seven years that he served in the Papua New Guinea Government.

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Papers of Robert Thomas (as filmed by the AJCP), 1863-1864

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The manuscript of Robert Thomas of Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire, was written in 1863-1864. It covers Thomas's life from his birth in 1836 until 1854, when he was living in Australia. There is also a brief record of his return to Britain in 1862. The bulk of the manuscript deals with his first 18 months in Australia (1852-54) and his experiences on the Victorian goldfields.

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Papers of Anne Gollan, 1977-1980

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The papers consist of photographs and illustrations for a book by Gollan The tradition of Australian cooking which was published by the Australian National University in 1978. The book describes food and cooking methods, the kitchens and gadgets, and the slowly changing culinary traditions of Australians from the early Aborigines and the first days of European settlement to the present. The photographs have been used by the designer in the design and layout of the publication. Many of the images have a caption attached to the back of the photograph and an overlay with the dimensions of the photograph as it appeared in the publication.

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Manuscript of Leslie James Wilmoth (as filmed by the AJCP), c.1950's

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Using printed and some original sources Wilmoth describes early Dutch, Spanish and English explorations in the Pacific, discoveries of Captain Cook, the background to transportation and the preparation and arrival of the First Fleet.

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Papers of George Mackaness, 1853-1962

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Part of the collection comprises letters from Australian writers to Dr. Mackaness, some of them relating to his publication in 1946 of "Poets in Australia: An Anthology of Australian Verse." There are 150 manuscripts by Bulletin writers (1918-1920) in the collection, together with some 800 other manuscripts by Australian writers.

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Papers relating to Michael Dwyer (as filmed by the AJCP), 1838-1905

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The Australian Joint Copying Project filmed selected papers relating to Michael Dwyer in:

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

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The ephemera collection consists of materials in the National Library of Australia's collections including information brochure about the Library's map collection, and letter to users to save the NLA's Asian Collection from reduction in collecting overseas material.

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