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Research papers 9.

Letters by Stan McCosker to Walford King, mostly relating to re-establishing the Matala Plantation after the war. The file also contains two letters from the Department of External Territories to Marjorie McCosker granting her permission to return to the Territory of Papua New Guinea.

New Guinea photographs, 1924 to 1948.

Photographic prints of plantation life, people and scenery in Australian New Guinea. Locations include Rabaul, Witu, Matala Plantation, Gumyitke Creek (New Britain), and Vunakambi Plantation. Many of the photographs feature Stan and Marjorie McCosker and local people employed as plantation labourers and house servants. The majority of the photographs were taken in the 1920s and 1930s. A small number were taken at Matala Plantation in 1948.

Photographs.

Three photographs taken at a 1949 ceremony in Rabaul for awarding of war medals. Stan McCosker is identified in one of the photographs.

Talk by Marjorie McCosker.

Handwritten draft of a talk delievered by Marjorie McCosker to the Business Professional Women's Club (Brisbane).

Research papers 3.

Documents relating to the eruption of volcanoes on Vulcan Island and Matupi, near Rabaul, in 1937. Documents include the 4 June 1937 issue of The Rabaul Times, three letters from around that time, a typed account of the events, and two published articles.

Articles in The Bulletin.

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'.

Letters from Marjorie McCosker.

Letters from Marjorie McCosker, mostly to Francie. Folder also contains a travel coupon for Mrs S. McCosker for travel from Brisbane to Rabaul, date 17 July 1950.

Licences and certificates.

A licence to drive a motor vehicle, issued by the Territory of Papua New Guinea to Stanley McCosker; a certificate issued by the Federal Institute of Accountants to Marjorie Martin certifying her as a Provisional Associate of the Institute; a sheet bearing the imprints of two ink stamps: the stamp of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft Abteiling Bismarck Archipel, and the stamp of the New Guinea Compagnie. The original ink stamps used can be found in Series E, File 1.

Court 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.

New Guinea photographs, 1936 to 1954.

Photographic prints of people, plantation life and scenery in the Australian Territory of New Guinea. Locations include Matala Plantation, Kolopo and Rugenhafen. Some of the photographs feature members of the McCosker family and their associates. The album also contains a sequence of photographic negatives attributed to Walford King which show Chinese and Japanese fishing boats and cargo ships.

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