Order of service for the State Memorial held for the poet Les Murray on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at the Mitchell Library Reading Room, State Library of New South Wales.

One bookkeeping ledger relating to Queensland Figaro 1905 to 1914. Includes a scale of charges for advertising in the Queensland Figaro and six receipts.

Volume contains newspaper cuttings of political cartoons and portraits taken from the front page of The Worker from 1893 to 1895. Many of the drawings are by Monte Scott.

Papers, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to the career of Elina Emily Mottram, first female architect in Queensland. The file is comprised of: Two black and white photographs dated at Elina Mottram's retirement ; One coloured photograph of Elina Mottram with a black dog ; One coloured photograph of Elina Mottram with Betty Preston ; Two newspaper articles, one titled 'Architect' (plus photocopy of same), one titled 'Architects Day' ; Coloured photocopy of photograph of Eagle Junction station ; Two handwritten notes giving provenance of the photographs ; Single-page biographical summary ; Two-page printout of employment record ; One invitation for the Queensland Museum 'Women of the West' exhibition, the published book of which included information on Elina Mottram ; and three-page extract from Queensland Heritage Register , File No 601171.

Manuscripts, publication cards and documents relating to the poetry and publications of Paul Knobel, Queensland poet and writer. One printout of An Australian Gay Chronology ; One printout of manuscript of Poems 2008-2011, removed from plastic ring-bound folder (discarded) ; One printout of _The twenty-first century: poems 2000-2007, spiral-bound, with handwritten corrections and commentary in black ink ; One copy of 'From touch to touch' published on white cardboard in A5 size ; Ten poems printed on cardboard of varying colours, ca. 8.7 x 21.7 mm, two of which are duplicates ; One printout of _Paul Knobel: Bibliography/Bio-bibliography/CV/Curriculum vitae/Vita current to 15 August 2011, clipped to one printout of _Paul Knobel: Bio-bibliography current to 9 October 2010.

This file is comprised of a folder of 101 negatives, 11 x 7 cm. Images of mostly landscapes, with some of ships, workers at a building site, local indigenous people, what appears to be a WWII memorial. Original box marked 'New Guinea' and appeared to have the name 'Reg Sly' in pencil on the back.

Carbon copy typescript of Die Gliederung der australischen Sprachen : geographische, bibliographische, linguistische Grundzuge der Erforschung der australischen Sprachen by Wilhelm Schmidt publication in 1919 ; translated from the German by D. Clark for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies; 1972. Item contains cut and paste inserts from original publication. Schmidt wrote about the classification of Australian languages; linguistic evidence - phonology, pronouns; comparative vocabularies; distribution of languages and bibliography.

Letter, handwritten, on Government House letterhead, from Queensland Governor John Goodwin to Miss Roe, praising her bird booklet (A back-answer), dated 19 Dec 1981; accompanied by card wishing the best for Christmas and the New Year with an etching (of birds) done by Goodwin.

Photocopy of typescript of 'Pharming : stories of life on a Brisbane River dairy farm inthe years 1910 to 1917, by one of the farmers' by Annie Margaret ("Madge") Rose, compiled by Charles Roe (Madge's eldest nephew), 107 leaves, 30 cm.

Four handwritten and colour illustrated manuscripts:

1. Untitled handwritten and colour illustrated manuscript of a play, with foxing and insect damage; on the last page "The play written, produce, directed, managed, caste & more or less acted by Sarah, Audrey, Blanche (1 & 2), Meg, Buck & Samuel. Prologue by Blanche 1.", 28 pages, 16 x 25 cm, 1936.

2. Handwritten and colour illustrated manuscript of 'Immortality : a tale from Egypt retold by E.E. Kellett', cover has come away and split on spine, [8] pages, 21 x 14 cm, 1930.

3. Handwritten and colour illustrated manuscript of 'A song of the old men by Will. Ogilvie', [2] pages, 23 x 18 cm, undated.

4. Handwritten and colour illustrated manuscript of 'El Dorado : Virginibus Puerisque. Robert Louis Stevenson', 'Roe' is on the last page, 'El Dorado R.L.S.' is on the front cover, [10] pages, 32 x 22 cm, undated.

Sixteen postcards written by Gwen Harwood to Alexander Craig in 1962. Most of them marked by Gwen Harwood as 'Sappho cards': These cards have illustrations cut from Victorian and Edwardian books and magazines, some with conversation bubbles or annotations. Some postcards have poems by Harwood.

Item 1: 20 Jan 2019
Item 2: 23 Jan 1962
Item 3: 2 Feb 1962
Item 4: 7 Feb 1962
Item 5: 9 Mar 1962 (postmark date)
Item 6: 13 Mar 1962 (postmark date)
Item 7: 13 Mar 1962 (written date)
Item 8: 30 Mar 1962
Item 9: 3 May 1962
Item 10: 14 May 1962
Item 11: 18 May 1962
Item 12: 21 May 1962
Item 13: 1 Jun 1962
Item 14: 9 Jun 1962
Item 15: 13 Dec 1962
Item 16: 26 Dec 1962

Author list, with subject entries for writers where applicable.