Photographic prints, postcards and some photographic negatives relating to the history of European-Australians involved with the plantation economy of Australian New Guinea. The series include images of Anne McCosker's family and their expatriate associates, local people participating in ceremonial performances, engaged in plantation labour or posing in portrait or group shots, and views of various locations in New Britain, New Ireland and other northern islands of New Guinea where the McCosker family was based. The majority of the photographs were taken in the 1920s, 1930s and the postwar 1940s, and many are captioned. Some were published in Anne McCosker's book, Masked Eden.

There are approximately 1243 b&w photographs, 53 b&w photo postcards and 12 negatives in this series.

Documents collected and collated by Anne McCosker and used as source material for her book Masked Eden.

Letters and cards received or written by Anne McCosker and letters collected by her and used as source material for her books about Lieutenant Frederick Martin and the history of Australians in the colonial territory of New Guinea.

Handwritten and typed drafts of Anne McCosker's poems and short stories, often with heavy editing and annotations, and notes and drafts for the book Lieutenant Martin's Letters. Many of the drafts of poems and stories are in notebooks. The series also contains a typed draft of a story titled 'Pacific Pot Pourri: Concerning One Klearwatgear', written during World War 2 by Winifred Martin.

This series is comprised of the reports and plans related to visits by Norman F Nelson and Joshua Thomas Robinson to the four mission stations owned by Presbyterian Church of Queensland. The typescript reports by Nelson and the sketch plans for each mission by Robinson and Nelson precede the photographs related to that part of the journey or the mission station.

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There are 1029 photographs (black and white, 6 x 6 cm) split over two parts (or albums). Norman Francis Nelson (also knowns as "NF") was the main photographer. The photographs document the travels of "NF" and JT Robinson as they journeyed from Brisbane, visiting, inspecting and evaluating the four mission stations administered by the Presbyterian Church of Queensland. There are many photographs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The original album with its captioning was retained (in Box 1); the photograph captions were transposed exactly into the new albums, and these captions are used as the titles for each photographs; titles in square brackets are provided by Library staff.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

Work papers and correspondence while at University of Queensland Press.

Personal correspondence, notebooks, curriculum vitae and references. Includes a list of titles and photocopies of inscriptions on the copies of books belong to Fitzgibbon that were returned to the family.

Correspondence with authors and publishing houses regarding editing manuscripts. Contains copies (some partial) of manuscripts (some with annotations) for Gerald Windsor ('All day long the noise of battle'), Hugh Mackay ('What makes us tick?'), Marion Halligan ('Shooting the fox' and 'Murder on the apricot coast'), Brisbane City Council (Brisbane : 150 stories, 1858-2009), and Brian Castro ('Shanghai dancing').

Throughout her career Rosanne Fitzgibbon attended and presented lectures, seminars and workshops on editing and publishing. She presented for the Queensland Writers' Centre, Australian Book Publishers Association, various Writers Festivals, Institute of Professional Editors, Literature Board of the Australian Council and guest presentations for courses at University of Queensland.