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Queensland Government Department of Works Projects

Projects designed and documented by, or with involvement and under the responsibility of R. Pavlyshyn in the State Department of Works, 1958-1964 and 1967-­1985.

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5.2 State High Schools
5.2.1 South Brisbane State High School Assembly Hall, site plan, plans, elevations, perspective view; two tracings and two coloured prints, 70 x 50 cm. (5.2.1.1 -5.2.1.4)
5.3 Colleges
5.3.1 Cairns Technical College, 1969, development plan, elevations, perspective view, 68 x 68cm.
5.4 Tertiary educational institutions and facilities
5.4.1 University College of Townsville, sketch plan, A4 sheet with plan and perspective view, 1959.
5.5 Courts of Law Buildings
5.5.1 Old Supreme Court, Brisbane, plans as existing, six sheets, 65 x 70 cm, 1958.
5.5.2 Proposed Supreme court Extension with retention of the existing building and addition of a new block on the George Street frontage, plans and perspective, three sheets, 65 x 68 cm., May 1958.
5.5.3 Supreme Court Extension, three sheets, 98 x 57 cm., May 1961.
5.5.4 Courts of Justice, Brisbane, Proposed New Building. Cover sheet and five perspective drawings (coloured), 76 x 55 cm., February 1961.
5.5.5 Law Courts site investigation, 1962 proposal for the Roma Street site, nine sheets, 76 x 50 cm.
5.5.5.1 Preliminary sketches to the above, pencil and ink, 12 sheets, various sizes.
5.5.6 Law Courts of Queensland proposal, April 1963, site investigation, stage development on original site, eight sheets, 60 x 50 cm.
5.5.6.1 Law Courts of Queensland, Phase Development on original site, 1964, further development ofthe same concept, 8 sheets, 62 x 50cm.
5.5.7 Townsville Law Courts Building, sketch plan, two sheets.

World Environment Day event

Following requests to various people to nominate their favourite Brisbane places, a display was held of the responses, leading to a discussion attended by many respondents, including Brisbane’s Lord Mayor. This file includes correspondence, and list of people and their nominated place.

Con sordini

Con sordini, a play in one act was most likely written in the 1940s. There is one typescript with some carbon copy leaves, 28 numbered leaves, undated.

Personal documents

This file includes: an extract of the birth certificate of Dorothy Blewett; a printout of the PDF copy of the will of Dorothy Emilie Blewett; three typescript references/appreciations; one handwritten reference; a Vogue dress pattern; handwritten notes in a London County Council pencil work book; 1958 Calendar with handwritten appointments; a registration card for the Association of Lyceum Clubs; three 1951 S.S. Himalaya P&O dinner menus, one signed by some of the guests; the First Aid certificate for Rowena Blewett; envelope (blank) stamped on front with 'Dorothy Blewett Associates'; greeting card to be sent by Dorothy and Elizabeth Blewett; Cook's staff magazine, vol. 3 no. 3 (1949); four blank Aerogrammes with different views of Melbourne; and other ephemeral items.

Various Peace Groups

Newsletters, bulletins and programs of various peace groups, including the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, the War Resisters' League, the Queensland Association for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the German Green Party, Christians for Peace, the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, the United Nations Association of Australia, Move for Peace, the Hiroshima Day Committee, the Green Party (Queensland), Citizens Against Nuclear War, the Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition, the Peace Action Collective, Communities Against Radioactive Dumps (Brisbane Valley), the Australian Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Peace Research Centre (ANU), the International Peace Bureau (Switzerland), Greenpeace Australia, the Australian Peace Committee for Detente, Disarmament and Development, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (United Kingdom), Citizens Against Nuclear War (United States), and At Ease! (an alternative news service for women and men of the Australian military forces).

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.

Maps of New Britain.

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.

Research papers 5.

Letters from Stan to Marjorie McCosker in 1941 after she was evacuated from New Guinea to Australia, a letter from Stan McCosker to Walford King, and a letter from Marjorie to Francie King. The file also contains instructions dated 30 May 1940 from the Commanding Officer of the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles listing the personnel to escort enemy internees from Rabaul to Sydney. Stan McCosker is named as one of the seven members of the escort.

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