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Adamson, Robert, 1943-

  • AU NLA 35001274
  • Person
  • 1943-2022

Born in Sydney on 17 May 1943. Australian poet and publisher. Died on 16 December 2022.

Students for Christ

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1992-

This body was the representative of an evangelical non-denominational Christian campus movement which originated in the United States "some twenty-four years ago" (accessed 3-Jan-2023). It existed at least during the years 1992-1996 on the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland.

Twelfth Night Theatre (Brisbane, Qld.)

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1936-1976

The Twelfth Night Theatre Company was founded by Rhoda Felgate, the name of the group comes from the plan to present a play on the twelfth night of each month. The first production was presented in March 1936 in the Empire Chambers, cnr Creek and Wharf Streets, Brisbane. Performances were given at the Princess Theatre, All Saint's Hall, Albert Hall and often at the Gowrie Hall. New premises were designed by the architect Vitaly Gzell, also the Twelfth Night President, located at 4 Cintra Road, Bowen Hills. This new theatre was opened in 1971 with the production "A Flea in Her Ear". In 1976 the company sold the building in Bowen Hills and continued to perform at the venue, but to avoid confusion, the company changed its name to TN! Theatre Company.

Whalley, Joan

  • AU QU
  • Person
  • 1927-2021

Actor and director, joined the Twelfth Night Theatre Company in 1951 at the recommendation of Rhoda Felgate. Studied for 18 months in London and Dublin with the British Drama League in the mid-1950s. Taught for two years at National Institute of Dramatic Art. Returned to Twelfth Night as artistic director in 1962 and oversaw the building of the new complex at Bowen Hills.

Women's House Shelta

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body

Women's House Shelta operates refuges for women and children escaping domestic or family violence.

Women's Health Centre, Brisbane

  • AU NLA 36037764
  • Corporate body
  • 1990-1996

The Women's Health Centre, Brisbane, ran for approximately four years in Highgate Hill, Brisbane, in the early 1990s, in service of women who wanted to be treated by other women for health matters. During this time they received funding for the Women's Health Development Programme from the Commonwealth Department of Community Services and Health. They wished to make information known to women about many aspects of their own health and treatment options, monitor the development of policies and programmes affecting the health of women, and provide a place where women could be treated by health professionals of their own gender. They closed in 1994, due to lack of funding.

Banka Banka Station (N.T.)

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1895-

Banka Banka Station was established by Thomas Nugent as a cattle station in 1895. Nugent left the station to his sister, Mary Ambrose. The Ambrose family owned and ran the station until Paddy Ambrose put Banka Banka on the market in 1940. Philip (Ted) Ward and Mary Alice Ward (nee McEntyre) bought it on 20 February 1941. Capital from the Wards' Blue Moon Mine was used for improvements and developments of the station. Robert Archibald Christie, nephew of Philip Ward, and Valerie Christie (nee Hewitt) were managing the Station when Ted Ward died on 17 March 1959. Valmae Edwards (née, Reid, wife of Donald Leslie Edwards) and Mary Ward were executors of Philip Wards estate. Probate was granted on 5 September 1961.

Mary Ward ran the station until 1970. Mary Ward owned 13 of the 24 shares in Banka Banka Station; the 24 shares were split between 6 owners. Banka Bank Station was put on the market in 1970. The title for the property was not transferred to the new owner, Nelson Bunker-Hunt, until 9 June 1972. In 1987 it was sold to Legnem Pty Ltd; in 1991 it was purchased by Brunchilly Pty Ltd Standbroke Pastoral Co. In 2004 S. Kidman & Co Ltd purchased the property.

In 2010 the property was purchased on behalf of the Aboriginal people by Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC). Until December 2018 Australian Indigenous Agribusiness company managed the pastoral operation. At some point its name has been changed to Banka Banka West Station. In 2020 the Kunapa, Kangwarla, Kanturrpa, Marnitkara, Ngarrka and Pirrtangu Aboriginal groups were recognised as holding Native Title to Banka Banka West Station.

Edwards, Valmae

  • AU QU
  • Person

Val Edwards was the executor and niece of Philip and Mary Ward. Various documents and accounts of Banka Banka Station and the Wards who owned it give her name as Val, Valmai, Valmae, and Valerie.

Banka Banka cattle station is almost 100 km north of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory. It was bought in 1940 by Philip (Ted) Ward and Mary Alice Ward (nee McEntyre). Ted Ward died on 17 March 1959. Valmae Edwards (née, Reid, wife of Donald Leslie Edwards) and Mary Ward were executors of Philip Wards estate. Probate was granted on 5 September 1961.

TN! Theatre Company

  • AU QU
  • Corporate body
  • 1979-1991

The Twelfth Night Theatre Company was founded in Brisbane in 1936 by Rhoda Felgate. It was an amateur society at first, then became a professional company in 1971. In 1979, the TN! Theatre Company was established It was separate from the Twelfth Night Theatre Complex and had a more adventurous artistic policy. It formed a partnership with the Brisbane College of Education, which gave it access to a performance space in Fortitude Valley. In 1986, the company moved to the Princess Theatre. After 1988, financial difficulties beset the company Its last production was in 1991.

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