File File 8 - Letters to Rosina Fryer

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UQFL23-Series B-File 8

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Letters to Rosina Fryer

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  • 1891-1949 (Creation)

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7 letters

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(1865-1949)

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Rosina Richards married Charles George Fryer in 1883 and they had six sons and one daughter. The children were: Elizabeth Stuart Gilmour (nee Fryer) (21 Dec 1884-10 Jul 1984); William Thomas Fryer (20 Feb 1887-21 Feb 1946); Charles George Fryer (2 Jul 1889-10 Apr 1917); Henry Hardy Fryer (15 Mar 1892-17 Sep 1990); John Denis (11 Sep 1895-7 Feb 1923); Richard Alexander James (23 Oct 1899-17 Jun 1986) and Walter Ponsonby (18 Jan 1906-16 May 1980). Rosina was a nurse and midwife in Queensland and was matron in Springsure Hospital from 1917 to 1925. She died on 24 August 1949.

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(1888-1971)

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Frederick Walter Robinson (known as "Doc Robbie") was born in Sydney on 21 October 1888. He was educated at Sydney High, University of Sydney and the University of Jena. He was Associate Professor of Modern Languages at Royal Military College Duntroon (1913-1932), and Captain and Intelligence Officer in the AIF (1915-1919). F.W. Robinson lectured in English and German at The University of Queensland (1923-1945), and later became Associate Professor of English (1946-1958). He was in the General Staff Office as a Major (Intelligence) in 1941-42. He presented the Commonwealth Literary Fund Australian Literature Seminars and Lectures at The University of Queensland in 1944 and 1958, and at Sydney University in 1946. F.W. Robinson also set up the Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature at The University of Queensland. For many years he was associated with the Oxley Library, the Queensland Art Gallery and other cultural institutions. He played a large part in the planning of the University of Queensland at St Lucia. F.W. Robinson died on 26 August 1971.

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Letters to Mrs Rosina Fryer
• Mrs. Elizabeth S Fryer [mother-in-law], to Mrs Rosina Fryer, 1891
• Mrs Elizabeth S Fryer, Clonburrin, Bagnalstown, to Mrs Rosina Fryer, 16 Jun [nd]
• Mrs Elizabeth S Fryer, Clonburrin, Bagnalstown, to Mrs Rosina Fryer, 30 Jul [nd]
• Mrs W. Faragher to Mrs Rosina Fryer, 8 Dec 1915
• Major JM Lean, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne to Mrs R Fryer, Springsure re slight wounding of CG [Charlie] Fryer, 26 Mar 1917
• Lilly F Fryer [sister-in-law] to Mrs Rosina Fryer, 15 Apr 1923
• Professor Frederick W Robinson to Mrs CG Fryer acknowledging the donation of a book to the Fryer Memorial Library, 31 Mar 1949. [See similar reference re acknowledgement letter from Professor Robinson to Mr JS Gilmour 31 Mar 1949]

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  • English

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Box 1 Folder 6

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Created, Linda Justo, 11-May-2023.

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  • Box: UQFL23 Box 1