Showing 7 results

Archival description
Gall, William James, 1867-1938 Item
Advanced search options
Print preview View:

Letter to the Home Secretary, 1930

  • F94
  • Item
  • 1930

Letter from W. Ryan, Commissioner of Police, to Hon. the Home Secretary, Brisbane re: promotion of Senior Sergeant A.A. Bock in the police force, allegations by W.J. Gall of unfair discrimination, 7 May 1930. Also copies of 2 letters concerning Bock's war service record.

Ryan, W.

Letter from Randolph Bedford to Louise Gall (nee Wohlgemuth)

  • F65
  • Item
  • 1938

Handwritten letter on letterhead of 'Legislative Assembly, Queensland' from Randolph Bedford, dated 14 May 1938, to "Mrs. William James Gall" expressing sympathy on the death of her husband.

Bedford, Randolph, 1868-1941

Letter, 1922 Nov 29 : Bowen, to W. J. Gall.

  • F593
  • Item
  • 1922

Typescript letter to William James Gall headed: George Turner, Auctioneer and Commission Agent. Concerns J. G. Macdonald's journal; accompanied by typescript copy of will of Henry Daniel Sinclair.

Turner, George

Papers, 1927-1931

  • F461
  • Item
  • 1927-1931

Letters and notes (handwritten and typescript) concerning George S. Norris' pension from The United States Bureau of Pensions, and his debt to W. J. Gall. Includes I.O.U. notes and letters to W.J. Gall.

Norris, George S.

Articles published in newspapers, ca.1923-1924

  • F438
  • Item
  • ca.1923-1924.

Cuttings of articles by Archibald Meston on various subjects, in different newspapers. Also : obituary articles about Meston, including one typescript article (6 leaves, unidentified); typescript poem, 'When Murphy comes : advance of Kuropatkin Murphy to the relief of Port Arthur Morgan' (2 leaves); handwritten letter about Meston, to W.J. Gall from Thomas J. Barker, 1924 Apr. 24 (5 leaves); one leaf handwritten note, about Aboriginal language.

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 people now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

Meston, Archibald, 1851-1924

Souvenir of official trips by the Home Secretary, Hon. James Stopford M.L.A.

  • F3091
  • Item
  • 1923-1928

Album, 32 x 28 x 5 cm, of ninety-two (92) black and white photographs presented to William James Gall of the official trips by James Stopford. The photographs feature James Stopford and William James Gall, as well as others possibly during the period from 1923 to 1928. Stopford was Home Secretary in the Queensland Government from 1923 to 1929. Gall worked as under-secretary for home affairs and protector of Aborigines from 1913 until possibly 1926.

Includes photographs of: Stopford Home for Aboriginal Girls at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement (now Cherbourg); Yhurri Gurri ceremonial arch at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement, 3-May-1928; Cherbourg Hospital; Cobbo Williams play acting with Mr Stopford at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement ca. 1925; a resident of Barambah giving a speech to welcome the members of the parliamentary party at the opening of the Stopford Home for Aboriginal Girls (The bandsmen, left to right, are Eddie Gilbert, Freddy Martin and Jimmy Dodd); the G-AUER air plane, called Hermes; photographs of a mine; and many unidentified Aboriginal and Torres Straits islander peoples.

Only the last six photographs have notations indicating that the photographs were taken by/belonged to E.W. Dabelstein. The album has the title embossed on the cover with the photographs pasted, generally two per page, onto the leaves which are made of green mid-weight card. There are some panorama photographs which have been folded to fit in the album.

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.

Stopford, James, 1878-1936

A journalist's memories, 1877-1923, [1923-24?]

  • F141
  • Item
  • [1923-24?]

Series of articles published in Brisbane Courier in 104 parts (part 82 not held).
Later installments dated 1877-1924.
Clippings collected and annotated by William James Gall.
Accompanied by the programme for a farewell dinner given for Spencer Browne by directors and staff of the Brisbane Newspaper Co., 10 April 1915, inscribed by those present.

Browne, Spencer, 1856-1943