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Theme parks tourism : 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 Jack Greaves, 1857-2008

Collections held by the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield (as filmed by the AJCP), 16 September 1796-17 November 1965

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Minute-books 1797-1934 of the Elland Society, include references to Reverend Samuel Marsden.

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Papers of Carmel Bird, 1957-2022, 1957-2022

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The papers in MS 958 comprise letters and cards of Barbara Hanrahan, a typescript titled "The world you are walking upon: a tribute to Barbara Hanrahan" and photocopies of articles on Hanrahan, including her orbituary. In her letters, Hanrahan discusses her writings, including Flawless Jade, her art, people they know and Carmel Bird's writings. Also included are papers relating to The Penguin century of Australian stories, which was edited by Bird and published by Penguin in 2000. They mostly comprise correspondence, biographical notes and permission to publish forms received from authors approached about contributions to the anthology (15 boxes, 1 large folio box). The Acc06.204 instalment comprises further papers relating to the editing of The stolen children: their stories: including extracts from the Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families, which was published in 1998 (1 box). The Acc15.118 instalment comprises correspondence received by Carmel Bird 1980-1999. Correspondents include Bruce Pascoe, Frank Morehouse, Gerald Murnane and Bird's students (2 boxes). The MS Acc22.151 instalment comprises book and short story drafts, speeches, essays, research notes, reviews, correspondence, and documents relating to the Literature Board, 1970s-2022. Correspondents include Marion Halligan, Gillian Bouras and Gerald Murnane (13 boxes, 1 packet, 1 folder, 14 audiocarriers, 5 digital carriers).

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Records of Bunning and Madden, 1961-1988

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Following a limited competition, the Sydney architectural firm Bunning Madden (B) in association with Tom O'Mahony were chosen in 1961 to design the National Library of Australia building on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin. The principal architect, Walter Bunning, came up with a design for a large central building flanked by two smaller buildings to be constructed over a 40 year period. The first stage of the library, the central wing, was opened in 1968. During the next few years, the lower ground floors were completed. In 1979 the firm was contracted to carry out an extension of the podium on the lake side of the building. After a contracted dispute with trade unions in 1983, it was decided that the asbestos in the library's roof should be removed. Progress on the library podium extension was also troubled by a major fire in 1985. In 1988 B's formal association with the library ended.

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Papers of Bertram Wainer, 1968-1970

Records of Hain Co, 1863-1904

Papers of Makereti (as filmed by the AJCP), 1887-1936

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Drafts, typescripts and research material for The Old-time Maori. They include files on social organisation, marriage, children, food, houses, war and weapons, weaving and tattooing, mythology, history, symbolism and the origins of the Maori race.

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Papers of Shirley Kral, 1953-2022

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MS 5652 includes clippings, correspondence, notes, reports, leaflets relating to womens issues. There are seminar papers for the Abortion Seminar held at ANU 1971, newspaper clippings relating to abortion law reform, newsletters and information sheets of the Women's Electoral Lobby (ACT) and various cuttings, leaflets and some correspondence relating to women's issues. Later additions to the collection include publications, clippings, reports, notes, submissions, texts of speeches relating to Women and Politics Conference -1975, women's studies women's liberation movements, United Nations Decade for Women Conference, 1979, abortion, Women's Electoral Lobby and careers for girls. Material on pro and anti abortion, genital mutilation, academic feminism, Aboriginal education, womens health, and sexism within language. There are also papers and minutes of meetings of the ACT women's organisation Women's Abode (1987-1992). (7 boxes)

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Papers of Romaldo Giurgola, 1945-2018

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This collection comprises material relating to Romaldo Giurgola's education, qualifications, employment, work, and various awards and honours he received. There is extensive Australian and international publications that cover his work, as well as published and unpublished material by Giurgola. The collection displays Giurgola's use of traditional architectural techniques through extensive original sketches and watercolour drawings and includes a number of awards he received during his career.

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