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Shrine of Remembrance, National War Memorial of Victoria

On cover of original folder "Melbourne Shrine Figures" (original folder discarded). This file includes incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding the commissioning of eight symbolical figures to be placed in the Inner Sanctuary of the Shrine of Remembrance (the National War Memorial of the State of Victoria). Daphne Mayo was selected by the Citizens' Committee of the National War Memorial of Victoria to submit a model for the figure of 'Integrity'. Due to insufficient funds the committe was unable to proceed with the commissioning of the Figures. The file also has a copy (no. 11) of the National War Memorial Specification. Respecting eight marble figures for inner shrine for the "Shine of Remembrance" at The Domain, South Yarra for The Committee of the National War Memorial. This copy has bound with it The first brochure on the first premiated design The National War Memorial of Victoria (1924); two folded plans for the 'Detail section of inner shrine of remembrance' and 'Plan at Shrine Floor Level'; and the Offical guide to the Shrine of Remembrance : The Domain Melbourne (signed by Daphne).

Sculptures and Royal Academy

Includes: Grecian Women, Portrait bust of a young man, Painting class, Students Head A & B, Male life study, Female Life Study, Female Life Study and Male life student, The Return of the Prodigal Son, Child's study, Baby head, Bowman Memorials, Female Life Study, Male life study, A students head, The Return of the Prodigal Son, Portrait bust of Lord Stanley, Tympanum for Holy Spirit Church, Stations of the Cross for Holy Spirit Church, Women's War Memorial ANZAC Sqaure, and East Doors New South Wales Public Library.

Scrape paintings

Ink and paint; 17 scrape painting designs; from the Sydney studio. One design on a page from The Sydney Morning Herald dated, Saturday 27 Jul 1940.

Research material and articles

Includes: short stories; articles; a typescript titled "An impression of the Pediment at the front of Brisbane's Town Hall" (1 leaf); poem, "The Birds"; 2 leaves titled "Notes on sculpture for children" by Anita Aarons; 4 page article "Fine arts at the University of Queensland"; article by Dr F.W. Whitehouse titled "The assets and the vulnerability of the Cooloola Sands"; carbon copy of address by W. Forgan Smith at the 26th Annual Federal Congress of the Returned Sailor's Soldier's Airmen's Imperial League (RSSAILA), 14 Nov 1941; and information on Cooloola National Park.

Reproduction art prints

4 colour reproduction prints: Renoir, Bonnard, and two Cezannes (53 x 62 cm); 2 reproduction prints of line drawings (56 x 41 cm)

Rent books

8 rent and cash receipt books for 1931, 1959, 1976-1979.

Realia

Realia dispersed through the Daphne Mayo Papers: [Item 1] Cloth book mark; [Item 2] Small glasses case; [Item 3] Homemade wire clip (23 cm) found in the newspaper cuttings; [Item 4] Hat pin (used to hold selected newspaper cuttings together) (16 cm); and [Item 5] Hat pin (used to hold selected newspaper cuttings together) (11 cm).

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