Two certificates awarded to John James Sparks / John James Sparkes.

The 1913 certificate is from the Rockhampton Agricultural Society awarded to J.J. Sparkes [sic] for second prize in an essay competition, 45 x 36cm. Written in pencil on the back of the certificate is 'Mr Sparks "Kinauld" Davis St. [indecipherable]'.

The 1914 certificate is from the Queensland Public Service Examination presented to John James Sparks, November 1914.

Documents and correspondence relating to the Fryer Family
Box 3
Folder 1
• Remnants of brooch presented to Elizabeth Gilmour [née Fryer], before her marriage, by an admirer who was later killed ‘from a horse’, 1980
• Examination supervision papers
• Miscellaneous envelopes and stamp collections

Folder 2
• Letter to Aunty Kathleen from Alexis Gilmour, 10 Dec 1933, with attached note and envelope dated 1990
• Postcard to Mum from Henry Fryer, 25 Mar 1917
• Photograph, Uncle Bill Fryer’s Ford, Springsure, nd
• Photograph, baby, nd
• Photograph, Graham K and Grandma Fryer, Eunice Gilmour behind and “Toby”, nd
• Photograph, Grandma Fryer in her youth, nd
• Photograph, Charles George Fryer with Eunice Gilmour, nd
• Photograph, Charles George Fryer Senior to left of flag, Springsure Railway Station,John Denis to open door (?), nd
• Photograph, Charles George Fryer (Senior) when younger, nd
• Photograph, Nurses Quarters [Springsure], nd
• Photograph, Old Hospital [Springsure], nd
• Photograph, Springsure Hospital, nd

Folder 3
• Christmas card, nd
• Embroidered postcard from Henry [Fryer] to Liz, 11 Mar 1917, [With explanatory handwritten note]
• Postcard from H Renault to Mr Fryer, 1 Feb 1918
• Postcard, 6CLR Australian Commonwealth Military Force, unsigned, nd
• 4 postcards, blank, depicting various soldiers and camps
• Postcard, JD Fryer, signed ‘love to u from Jack’, nd
• Postcard, blank, JD Fryer’s grave
• Postcard, blank, Private Charles George Fryer, nd
• Postcard from Grace to Will, 8 Jul 1918
• Photograph, Elizabeth and Bill, nd
• Photograph, Staffield Hall (Cumberland, Jack invited here), nd
• Postcard from Liz Fryer to Jack Fryer, 16 Mar 1909
• Postcard, St John’s cricket, 1920
• Postcard, St John’s cricket, 1921
• 3 postcards, cricket and rugby teams
• Postcard from Will Fryer to Mum, nd
• Postcard, ‘Hospital in England where Uncle Henry was’, nd
• Photograph, Rose Cottage?, nd
• Photograph, Will Fryer, nd
• 2 photographs of soldiers, nd
• 2 photographs of rugby teams, nd
• 2 photographs of house, nd
• Photograph, Steve West, nd
• Photograph, May Miller, nd
• Photograph, nurse Alice Kemp, nd
• Postcard, ‘The clutching hand Fred’, Jul 1918
• 3 portraits, Charles George Fryer, nd

Folder 6
Contains a partly preserved booklet of ten poems by HM Morris and one poem by Percy Ranninger 1915 to 1916.

Parcel 1
• Document confirming John Denis Fryer’s commission as Second Lieutenant, Land Forces, 25 Jan 1917 [transferred from Box 3]
• Australian O.C. Football Team, New College, Oxford, Played 15 matches, Won 11, Lost 3, Drew 1 [John D Fryer, 3rd row back , 3rd from right] [identical to #25 above, size: 45 cm x 31 cm] [information supplied by Alexis R. Lear, niece of John D Fryer, daughter of his sister,
Mrs Elizabeth Gilmour]
• Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League (Qld. Branch), Shire of Banhinia, certificate issued to John Denis Fryer ‘in grateful appreciation of his Services for King and Country in the Great War’, 3 Jun 1921 [size: 50 cm x 32 cm]
• Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League (Qld. Branch), Shire of Banhinia, certificate issued to Charles George Fryer ‘in grateful appreciation of his Services for King and Country in the Great War’, 3 Jun 1921 [size: 50 cm x 32 cm]
• Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League (Qld. Branch), Shire of Banhinia, certificate issued to William Thomas Fryer ‘in grateful appreciation of his Services for King and Country in the Great War’, 26 Dec 1918 [size: 50 cm x 32 cm]

This ephemera collection contains publicity leaflets and information by or relating to the Australian Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace.

Kath Walker toured New Zealand between September 1 and October 16, 1972, under the auspices of the Citizens' Association for Racial Equality. This file consists of two folders of papers and 4 items. One folder includes: timetable for her visit, a Certificate of Appreciation from Lions Club of Dunedin South, a 1972 flyer for Kath Walker's New Zealand tour, and correspondence between Kath Walker and J C Nacola and Noel Parsloe (4 letters). The other folder has newspapers with articles covering her tour. The items are: a desk diary for 1972 with the names and addresses of people from New Zealand; and three booklets with inscriptions.

Includes titles:
Item 2 - Nema Namba - Poems by Henginike Riyong, Papua Pocket Poets, Port Moresby, 1974.
Item 3 - The Taiaha and The Testament by Leo Fowler - A Verse Play based on the life of Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki.
Item 4 - Waitara, 1859-1936 Souvenir of Pomare Memorial Meeting, Manukorihi PA, Waitara, June 27th 1936.

This file contains 21 speeches/reports by, or attributed to, Kath Walker. They are:

1. 'How well off are Aborigines in Modern Day Australia' : Speech delivered to Pius XII Seminary, Banyo, 21 March 1970 (2 drafts, one incomplete)
2. 'Oration' : presented to the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, for use in the oration Parliament House, Canberra, Friday 27 March 1970 (2 drafts)
3. 'Prejudice against minority groups in Australia' : presented at Australian Architecture Conference, Sydney, 19 May 1970
4. 'Australians in the years A.C. (After Cook) : An Aborigine's Point of View', 20 Sep 1970 [Article for Bulletin] (2 copies, one incomplete)
5. 'Speech to seminar on Aboriginal rights', Perth, W.A., 2 to 8 May 1971
6. 'Recommendation to World Council of Churches', Southport, Qld, 19 Nov 1971
7. 'Aboriginal Literature', Canberra, 22 May 1973 (4 drafts)
8. 'Identity' : Melbourne FAW-SAA Seminar 5 to 6 Oct 1973 (handwritten)
9. 'Report of Malaysian Visit …', August 1974
10. 'Writers of Aboriginal Descent in Australia', [attributed to Kath Walker], 1974?
11. 'Aborigines Today', Jun 1975
12. 'Aboriginal women's role in society', 1976
13. 'Opening Speech, Papua New Guinea, Workshop', University Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, 1 to 4 Jul 1976 (2 drafts)
14. 'Re 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts', Lagos, February 1977
15. 'The Aboriginal Contritution [sic] to Australian Literature' : Speech delivered to Monash University 7 Jun 1977 ( drafts)
16. Speech at National Aboriginal Conference beginning "My brothers, my sisters, my friends….", Canberra, 3 April 1978 (handwritten)
17. Speech beginning, "Ladies and Gentlemen. As I have travelled throughout the world.." 1980?
18. 'Black Literature', notes, Monash and Melbourne University, 2 Oct 1980 (handwritten)
19. 'Educating Aborigines and ethnic peoples in Australia', LaTrobe Memorial Lecture, 10 Aug 1983 (handwritten draft, typescript)
20. 'Opening speech to the Second National Aboriginal Writers' held in Melbourne, 21 Nov 1983 by Kath Walker.
21. Transcription (2 copies) of interviewed by Hazel de Berg of Kath Walker (part of the Hazel de Berg collection at the National Library) accompanied by a letter from the National Library, 17 Jul 1979.

Tania Peitzker studied at the University of Queensland, undertaking a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in the 1990s. This collection is comprised of material relating to her fourth year honours project. It includes annotated copies of printouts of journal articles, notes, correspondence, drafts of her report 'Toward the construction of a lesbian history in Australia : dyke intellectuals of the liberation movements and their influence on sexual politics today' and her honours thesis 'Questions of politics in the "moment" of the Australian journal of cultural studies : a genealogy of interdisciplinary knowledge and practice in Australia" (1994). Where possible original folders have been retained; and includes material relating to Tania Peitzker's nomination for Australian Historical Association Prize for Australian History; material relating to Queer Collaborations conference, Brisbane, 2-9 July 1994; and a hard bound copy of her PhD dissertation 'Dymphna Cusack (1902-1981) : a feminist analysis of gender in her romantic realistic texts' (2000).Reports, articles, notes, correspondence, publications, dissertation on Dymphna Cusack, draft scripts and poetry. There are creative works, published and unpublished, of Tania Peitzker including her poems, plays, novels, satirical essays, journal articles and short stories. Additionally there is some correspondence, public relations and journalism work.

Photocopy of 'Autobiographical Diary of William Alexander Dorsey Bell born June 3, 1865, in Brisbane Australia'. Approximately 16 handwritten entries from 20 Jul 1892 to 27 Jun 1916.

Large black diary with lock (broken and torn from front cover) and 'Private' embossed on the cover. Inside page has 'Autobiographical Diary of William Alexander Dorsey Bell born June 3, 1865, in Brisbane Australia'. Approximately 16 handwritten entries from 20 Jul 1892 to 27 Jun 1916. Most of the volume is blank.

This series is comprised of the correspondence, public relations and journalism work of Tania Peitzker.