Biographical details about Thomas O'Brien.
Includes four photographs of Thomas O'Brien.
Accompanied by Miner's right certificate, 1971 for Matthew O'Brien, Queensland Railways Centenary Ceremony Granchester advertisement 1965, letters re correspondence with Mrs Lyon, widow of the navigator of the Southern Cross, and material including greeting cards relating to Matthew O'Brien's radio operator's work as VK4MM.

Includes photographs, negatives, letter and typescript relating to radio station VK4MM, certificates.

Collection reflects the work of both Max and Thelma Afford, particularly from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. Personal and business correspondence (Max Afford : 1939-1966; Thelma Afford : 1930-1987). Drafts, typescripts and recordings from Max Afford's work for stage and radio. Transcript of interview, "Conversation with Thelma Afford" by Hazel De Berg. Typescript "Adelaide, little theatres of the 1930s and their visionaries" by Thelma Afford. Press books of Max Afford (1929-1936, 1936-1954). Albums of costume designs by Thelma Afford for the Minerva Theatre (1946-1949) and Sydney theatres and television (1938-1958). Family photograph album of Thelma Afford, with images of her early life in Broken Hill and Adelaide, and with Max Afford. Press material relating to Sesquicentenary parades costumed by Thelma Afford.