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Anne McCosker Papers. File English
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Gold mine diary.

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.

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.

Real property maps and land ownership orders.

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.

Talk by Marjorie McCosker.

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

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.

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'.

Photographs.

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

New Guinea photographs, 1947 to 1954.

Photographic prints and postcards showing people, plantation life and scenery in the Australian Territory of New Guinea. Locations include Matala Plantation and Rabaul. Many of the photographs feature local people.

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