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Papers of Virginia Spate, 1840-2013

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The collection comprises personal and business papers relating to Spate's career as art historian, academic, author and curator and includes correspondence, research files, family papers and juvenilia, book drafts, slides and posters.

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Papers of Sir Ernest White, 1914-1983

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Interview and notes covering Sir Ernest's early years, World War I experiences; formation of the Australian-American Association; formation of the Liberal Party of Australia, and relations with Sir Robert Menzies; correspondence, newsclippings, notes on early years of Gosford Borough Council, and a 1945 report on the Liberal Party of Australia; thesis by David S. Kent entitled: A history of the Australian-American Association, (History IV honours thesis, University of Sydney, 1980); political material; specially the Liberal Democtratic Party, founding of the Liberal Party, Australian/American relations.

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Theatre programs and related material regarding Barry Humphries, 1950-

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The Barry Humphries PROMPT collection includes programs, ephemera and newspaper cuttings which document Barry Humphries and his alter egos on stage in Australia and overseas from the beginning of his career in the 1950s into the 21st Century.

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Papers of Ellice Nosworthy, 1915-1972

Blue Mountains, 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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Records of the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants

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Records relating to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project. The records include papers, photographs, newspaper cuttings, newsletters, reports, meeting minutes, brochures and posters of former children in institutional care including Brian Tennant, Errol Gray, Russell Saffron, Jessi Turner Booth, Mick Snell, Angela Norman, Sue Henthorn, Vikki Savva, Patricia Carlson, Carl Beauchamp, Diana Mancuso, Lana Syed, Jean Pringle, Oliver Cosgrove, John Walsh, Hannalore Worrell, Peter Bent, Barbara Murray and Graham Lahiff.

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Papers of Ronald Armstrong relating to Ernest Crome, 1929-1987

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The collection comprises Australian aviation philatelic material received by Ronald Armstrong from his friend Ernest Crome and includes first day covers bearing the signatures of Australian aviation pioneers including Gubby Allan, Hal Litchfield, Nancy Bird Walton, Lores Bonney, Sir Norman Brearly, Lawrence Wackett and others; a letter carried on the very first Ansett flight from Hamilton to Melbourne signed by the pilot Vern Cerche in addition to other envelopes carried on historical fights and a copy of Ernest Crome's book 'From Ships to Helicopters', signed by the author, Australian aviation pioneers and Australian cyclist and politician Sir Hubert Opperman.

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Papers of Mary Salce, 1976-2007

Papers of George Kingsley Roth (as filmed by the AJCP), 1872-1959

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Correspondence 1872-1959, notes, photographs, off-prints, book reviews relating to society and culture, including language, administration, totemism, ceremonies, housing, kava ceremonies, music and art. Correspondents include A.B. Brewstar, Lorimer Fison, Edward W. Gifford, Harry Wright, J.B. Thurston and Robert Swanston.

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Papers of Ernest Westlake (as filmed by the AJCP), 1826-1976

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Correspondence and notebooks relating to Westlake's visit to Tasmania. They include: accounts of his journey to Tasmania on SS Africa; landings in Western Australia and Adelaide; his impressions of Tasmania; field work in Tasmania; notes on Trucanini and other Tasmanian Aborigines; his collection of stone implements; Professor Baldwin Spencer; and J.P. Moir.

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