Item F3718 - Gwendolyn Edith Millicent Spurgin Album

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F3718

Title

Gwendolyn Edith Millicent Spurgin Album

Date(s)

  • ca. 1927-ca. 1930 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

12 p. ; 33 cm.

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Biographical history

Gwen Spurgin attended the University of Queensland in the 1920s. While a student she played sport and won a Blues Award for hockey. In 1934 she married Robert Joseph Henry Risson, who graduated from the University of Queensland in 1923 with a Bachelor of Engineering.

Archival history

Previously catalogued as: Album

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Scope and content

Six loose leaf double-sided pages of black and white photographs from an album once belonging to Gwendolyn Edith Millicent Risson (née Spurgin). The photographs include university excursions, possibly at Townsville, Palm Island and Tweed Heads, and at least one with Dorothy Hill. There are also some photographs of current events, including the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1927, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction.

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Unrestricted access.

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Pre-1955 photographs: copyright expired.

Language of material

  • English

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Note

This item contains culturally sensitive depictions of Indigenous people.

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Alma MMS ID

991003576149703131

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Revised

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Revised, Linda Justo, 6-Dec-2022. Revised, SJB, 22-Nov-2022.
Revised, Linda Justo, 10-Jul-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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