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Anne McCosker Papers.
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Correspondence - Walford King.

Letters from Walford King to Anne McCosker. Also contains correspondence between Walford King and Stan McCosker and Norman Willoughby, and drafts of short stories by Walford King.

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.

Business and personal papers.

Business and personal correspondence of Stan McCosker, a copy of the certificate of marriage of Stanley McCosker and Marjorie Martin, a hand-drawn map of the boundaries of the Matala plantation and a newspaper cutting by Marjorie Martin about her life on Mingan in New Guinea. Correspondence includes four letters from Rombin to Stan McCosker. Rombin was one of McCosker's plantation employees.

Photographs.

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

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.

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.

War Damage Commission papers.

Documents relating to a claim by Stan McCosker and Walford King to the War Damage Commission for compensation for damage to the Matala Plantation in New Britain during the Japanese military occupation of New Guinea.

New Guinea history research papers.

Papers collected and organised for the purpose of writing the book Masked Eden. Papers include correspondence, newspaper cuttings, local news bulletins, typed manuscripts of stories, statements, copies of military records and some administrative records and photographs. Some correspondents in this subseries are also represented in Series B.

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