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The sign of the cross

  • F2526
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  • [1895?]

Four-act drama adapted from author's novel of the same name.
First performed at Grand Opera House, St. Louis 27.3.1895; Lyric, London, 4.1.1896; Her Majesty's, Sydney, 8.5.1897.

Barrett, Wilson, 1846-1904

The journey

  • F2527
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  • 1862

Typescript. Description of journey on board the City of Brisbane which sailed from Plymouth on 26 February 1862 and arrived in Brisbane on 2 July 1862. There were 360 immigrants on board who were addressed before leaving by H. Gordon Esq. Describes living conditions, weather, meetings with other ships, volunteer duties, marine and bird life. The writer, John Thomas, and his brother Richard, left the City of Brisbane after it's arrival in Brisbane. According to the diary, from 4 July, "J.J. Brown, R. & J., John Thompson, Bull & S. Lawn" and a guide went on horseback to the Pine River. Richard and John Thomas purchased a lot situated at the Redcliffe Agricultural Reserve on 14 July 1862, which coincides with the details in the diary. Richard Thomas (1840-1922) and John Thomas (1841-1927) were children of Hannah Blossom and George Thomas who lived in Union Terrace, Yorkshire. The source of this diary is unknown.

Thomas, John, 1841-1927

Record of submissions for publication and broadcasting, 1959 Mar. 18 - 1968 Nov. 26

  • F2528
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  • 1959-1968.

The record is in columned form with typescript headings : Date, Name of manuscript, Where sent, Accepted or rejected, Date, Payment. The record is in 2 sequences : Manuscripts sent to literary magazines and publishers, and Manuscripts sent to broadcasters (chiefly ABC, ABC TV, and two to BBC).

Hall, Rodney, 1935-

The halcyon days of Fiji

  • F2529
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  • [193-?]

Account of the recruit of labourers in 1880, in the Gilbert and Solomon Island groups for Fiji.
The author took passage as a government agent on the Rose cutter, and twice on the Jessie Kelly schooner, to supervise the welfare of the recruited labourers on board. He described the islands in the Solomon and Gilbert Group, the Lord Howe Group, the way of life of the islanders and how and where the labourers were recruited. The captain of the Rose was Captain Tom Moore, a plantation owner in Fiji. The captain of the Jessie Kelly was Captain Robert B. Brown of Sydney.

My grandmother's garden

  • F2531
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  • 1987

Memoir by grand-daughter of Robert Cribb (1861-1916.)
Describes Cribb's house and garden at 340 Milton Road, Auchenflower, as maintained by his widow, Margaret Eliza (nee McNab), in the 1930s.

Glasgow, Marjorie

Law reports 1956 : notebook.

  • F2532
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  • 1956

Nine pages of handwritten notes by various hands. Notes on 35 cases. Probably compiled by Law students.

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