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- 1934 (Creation)
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1 album : ill. ; 17 x 34 cm.
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Biographical history
George Edwin Bond. Born 13 November 1913 in Wondai, Queensland. Attended high school in Bundaberg. Worked in various tradesman positions. Enlisted in the RAAF in 1942 and served in Australia and Papua New Guinea. On return from war he was involved in the manufacture and erection of thousands of headstones for war cemeteries. Rejoined the RAAF in 1952 during the Korean War. Discharged in 1966. Worked as a caretaker at Newstead House and then the University of Queensland Library. Retired in 1977. Lifelong railway enthusiast and passionate researcher of Queensland history, particularly genealogy and monumental masonry. Member of the Australian Railway Historical Society and at one time served as Councillor of the Queensland Division of the ARHS. Also a member of the Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. (LRRSA). Moved to the Gold Coast in 1986. Died on 6 June 2011 on the Gold Coast.
Repository
Archival history
Previously described as Fryer Album A16.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated to Fryer Library by Mr George Bond, 26 July 1972.
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Scope and content
Album of 120 black and white photographs aranged chronologically.
Photographs show the Duke of Gloucester conducting official duties during his visit to Queensland in 1934. Places featured include: Wallangarra, Stanthorpe, Warwick, Clifton, Toowoomba, Gatton (including Agricultural College), Laidley, Rosewood, Ipswich, central Brisbane, Cleveland, Wynnum, R.N.A. Exhibition Grounds, University of Queensland, Bowen Park (Brisbane), Rosemount Repatriation Hospital, Archerfield Aerodrome, Dalgety's Wharf, and H.M.A.S. Australia on the Brisbane River. Photographs of Archerfield Aerodrome show the Duke dispatching the first airmail of the Australia-Great Britain Service.
Photographs are (10 x 14.5 cm and larger) mounted on boards with handwritten captions. Album bound in red leather. Cover title.
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Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Out of copyright. Able to be reproduced without permission. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
Language of material
- English
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this material may contain images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. This material may contain culturally sensitive words or descriptions.
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- Photographs -- Catalogs
- Visits of state -- Queensland
- Air mail service -- Australia -- 20th century
- Royal visitors -- Queensland
- Queensland -- Pictorial works
- Brisbane (Qld.) -- Pictorial works
- Aboriginal Australians -- Pictorial works
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Pictorial works
- Aboriginal Australians
- Torres Strait Islanders
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- Henry, Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974 (Subject)
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Revised
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 07-Apr-2025.
Revised, SJB, 22-Nov-2022.
Revised, Linda Justo, 29-Jul-2021.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.