- UQFL580-Series C-Subseries 3-File 1
- File
- 1929-1934
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Two letters and typed manuscripts of 10 short articles about life in New Britain.
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Two letters and typed manuscripts of 10 short articles about life in New Britain.
Claim for compensation for war damage to Matala Plantation.
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Correspondence, statements and asset inventories relating to a claim to the War Damages Commission for war damage to the Matala Plantation during the Japanese military occupation of New Guinea.
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Handwritten draft of a talk delievered by Marjorie McCosker to the Business Professional Women's Club (Brisbane).
Correspondence with the University of Queensland.
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Correspondence between Stan McCosker and the University of Queensland relating to the application by Anne McCosker for enrolment as an external studies student in a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Two ledgers detailing expenses, incomes and assets of the Matala Plantation from July 1954 to June 1955.
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Correspondence, a statement of claim and associated documents and a copy of a judgement in the Supreme Court of the Territory of Papua New Guinea in the case of Stanley McCosker and Henry Walford King (plaintiffs) and Gustav Thomas Kuster (defendant). The Court ruled in favour of the plaintiffs and an application by the defendant Kuster for leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia was refused.
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Handwritten diary with daily entries relating to activity at Stan McCosker's gold mine, 50 miles (80km) south of Rabaul. Sections towards the back of the journal contain lists of labourers and what appear to be accounts of payments made to them. There are also lists of tools and supplies. The journal encloses an unattached letter from 'Pop' to 'Bin', dated 31 December 1955 and 3 January 1956.
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Scrapbook of articles by Stan McCosker as printed in The Bulletin. The articles contain descriptions and accounts of life in New Britain. At the back of the scrapbook there are four loose newspaper cuttings from the 1960s and a typed article, 'The Epistle of Father Jerome to the Kiaps'.
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Three maps of New Britain. The earliest map, dated 1927, shows New Britain in relation to surrounding islands and the New Guinea mainland. It includes an index of properties and places, and shows plantations and trading stations. The other two maps were issued by the U.S. Army in 1943 and show sections of New Britain. An accompanying note by Anne McCosker states the maps were used by Stan McCosker during the war years.
Real property maps and land ownership orders.
Part of Anne McCosker Papers.
Final order dated 22 June 1953, re-establishing ownership of the Matala plantation to Herbert Walford King and Stanley McCosker under the New Guinea Land Titles Restoration Ordinance 1951-1952; and a map of the islands of the Hermit Group, supplied to H. Walford King in September 1956.