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John Denis Fryer Papers

The series is comprised of letters from and to John (Jack) Fryer; and documents relating to him such as birth and death certificates, educational reports and results.

Fryer, John Denis, 1895-1923

Photographs

There are 1029 photographs (black and white, 6 x 6 cm) split over two parts (or albums). Norman Francis Nelson (also knowns as "NF") was the main photographer. The photographs document the travels of "NF" and JT Robinson as they journeyed from Brisbane, visiting, inspecting and evaluating the four mission stations administered by the Presbyterian Church of Queensland. There are many photographs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The original album with its captioning was retained (in Box 1); the photograph captions were transposed exactly into the new albums, and these captions are used as the titles for each photographs; titles in square brackets are provided by Library staff.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

Literary manuscripts.

Handwritten and typed drafts of Anne McCosker's poems and short stories, often with heavy editing and annotations, and notes and drafts for the book Lieutenant Martin's Letters. Many of the drafts of poems and stories are in notebooks. The series also contains a typed draft of a story titled 'Pacific Pot Pourri: Concerning One Klearwatgear', written during World War 2 by Winifred Martin.

McCosker, Anne, 1940-

Photographs.

Photographic prints, postcards and some photographic negatives relating to the history of European-Australians involved with the plantation economy of Australian New Guinea. The series include images of Anne McCosker's family and their expatriate associates, local people participating in ceremonial performances, engaged in plantation labour or posing in portrait or group shots, and views of various locations in New Britain, New Ireland and other northern islands of New Guinea where the McCosker family was based. The majority of the photographs were taken in the 1920s, 1930s and the postwar 1940s, and many are captioned. Some were published in Anne McCosker's book, Masked Eden.

There are approximately 1243 b&w photographs, 53 b&w photo postcards and 12 negatives in this series.

Art Gallery invitations

Exhibition invitations and catalogues. Gallery invitations include: Ray Hughes Gallery exhibiting Ken Whisson (1983); Garry Anderson Gallery exhibiting Peter Booth (1987), Agnes Martin (1987), Maningrida (1988), Billy Yalwanga (1988), Leonard Brown (1987, 1988), A private collection [of] Australian, British and Japanese works of art (1988), Andrew Taylor (1989), Noel McKenna (1988), Peter Atkins (1988), Australian photograph 1928-1988 (1988), Allan Mitelman (1988, 1989), Gordon Walters (1989), Paul Partos (1987), Terry Ngamandarra (1990), Tribal art from the collection of Mr Peter Halinan (1991), Nigel Hall (1990), Jack Wunuwun (1990), Joe Felber (1989), Madonna Staunton (1988), Peter Elliston (1989), Rosemary Madigan (1989), Richard Thomas (1990), Noel McKenna (1989), Patsy Hely (1988) Osmosis (1990); Baldacci-Daverio GAllery exhibiting 'Nature Morte de Chirico de Pisis Gnoli Manzoni Morandi' ; Andrew Baker Art Dealer exhibiting Leonard Brown (2011); Sean Phillips Patternpoems; Doggett Street Studio exhibiting Lance Litchfield (1995), Brendan Smith (1995, 1997), Nick Cominos (1995, 1999, 2000), Stephen Mok (1998); Niagara Galleries exhibition Leonard Brown (1986); Christine Abrahams Gallery exhibiting Robert Klippel (1988). Catalogues are from the Charles Nodrum Gallery exhbiting 'Abstraction 11' (2012); and Redcliffe City Art Gallery exhibiting '15 Artists' (2013).

Scrapbooks

Black, spiral-bound A2 folders with handwritten labels on bottom right-hand corner of each with "Art Archive : Leonard Brown" and the representative years. They include correspondence, exhibition invitations and catalogues, price lists, photographs, newspaper cuttings from 1967 to 2011.
The scrapbooks also contain correspondence from:

  1. Commercial galleries, including Garry Anderson Gallery, Alan Matthews trading as Garry Anderson Gallery, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Bellas Gallery, Deutscher Brunswick Street, Deutscher Fine Art, Michael Milburn Gallery Niagara Galleries, Charles Nodrum Gallery, The Painters Gallery, Michael Reid Art Merchant, Sherman Galleries
  2. Collecting galleries, including Auckland Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery, Brisbane City Gallery, Museum of Brisbane, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Griffith University, City of Ipswich Art Gallery, La Trobe University, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, QUT Cultural Precinct, Art Gallery of South Australia
  3. Other correspondents, including Ric Aqui, artbank, Blake Society, Chris Capper, Peter Fay, Jill Godfrey, Sasha Grishin, John McPhee and Michael Phillips
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