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F529
Title
Letter, 1922 Dec 31 : Burketown, to W. J. Gall .
Date(s)
- 1922 (Creation)
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2 leaves ; 26cm.
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Name of creator
(1867-1938)
Biographical history
William Gall was born in Ipswich in 1867. He joined the public service in 1885, beginning in the Colonial Secretary's Department. He transferred to the Audit Office in 1894, and then to the Home Secretary's Department in 1903 In 1913, he was appointed Under-Secretary for Home Affairs and Protector of Aborigines. Gall was Acting Comptroller-General of Prisons from 1926. He retired in 1934. He was a speculative investor and was interested in Queensland history.
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Letter concerns early residents of the Gregory River and Burketown districts, including G. Phillips and R. Edkins.
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- English
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Note
Handwritten.
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Alma MMS ID
991007797169703131
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Name access points
- Phillips, George (Subject)
- Edkins, R. (Subject)
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Migrated
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Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.