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Publications

Publications that belonged to Lila Mayo. These papers are presumed to be from the estate of her mother, Lila Mayo.

Comprises:
Chisholm, A. (1922). Bird seeking in Queensland (1770-1922). Brisbane: Carter-Watson.[Inscribed and signed by author, June 1922]
Hall, R. (1906). A key to the birds of Australia (2nd. ed.). Melbourne: Walker, May &. [Annotations, notes, poetry by Lila Mayo]
Mitchell, E., & Cazneaux, H. (1950). Australian treescapes : A photographic study (Ure Smith miniature series ; 7). Sydney: Ure Smith. [Letter from ‘Verity’ to ‘Marmee’ inserted]
Read, H. (1931). The meaning of art. London: Faber and Faber. [Inscribed: To my dearest ones from Mayo June 1st 1936]
Ure Smith, S. (1943). Australian present day art (Present day art in Australia). Sydney: Ure Smith. [Inscribed: with love to Mum & Dad just to remind them how clever they are! March 2nd 1944 Daphne].
Zweig, S. (1947). Balzac. London : Cassell. [Inscribed: to my Mother and Father with love, March 1951]

Interview with Marie Crisp

Therese Collie interviews Marie Crisp. Marie Crisp worked in the metal trades during the second World War, joined the Vehicle Builders Union, Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union and Queensland Council of Unions, and was a member of the Communist Party of Australia and the Union of Australian Women. She was a lifelong campaigner for the rights of women workers and Aboriginal people.

Marie talks of her early life growing up in Murwillumbah (New South Wales) and central Queensland; working at Monto hospital and being a member of the Australian Workers' Union; moving to Brisbane during the second World War and working at Ford; Amalgamated Electrical Union and Metal Trades Union; joining the the Miscellaneous Workers' Union; being a member of the Communist Party and Union of Australian Women; the rights of women workers and Aboriginal people.

Cherbourg correspondence

Letters to Timothy Kelly from Caroline Kelly, from an original folder labelled Cherbourg letters.

List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:

? Semples [first name not provided]
McDonald [first name not provided]
Miss Dight
Mrs Ballads
Mr Bulls
? McCaffrey [first name not provided]
? McCarthy [first name not provided]
? McDonald [first name not provided]
? Mitchell [first name not provided]
Ada Beckett
Bill Dupain
Bill Robertson
Duchess
Dolly Button
Dorothy Colley
Eddie Gilbert
Frank Bell
Fred Darby
Jack Dalight
Jack Oliver
Josephine Concannon
M. Alban
Maria Dawson
Tommy Isles
Tim ? (adopted CTK) [last name not provided]
Viv Thompson

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.

Index cards

Consists of 450 index cards in three bundles. Two bundles contain zoological specimens and one a list of references used in Ray Sumner's thesis.

Good Works: The Ladies of the Arts and Crafts Society and Remedial Teaching in World Wars One and Two

Typescript of presentation 'Good Works: The Ladies of the Arts and Crafts Society and Remedial Teaching in World Wars One and Two', with accompanying digital images saved on compact disc, and the program for the seminar at which the presentation was delivered on 13 August 2005. Also, an invitation to the launch of John McCulloch's two-volume history, 'From Suffragists to Legislators: Queensland Women in State and Federal Parliaments', and order forms for each volume.

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