Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1932-1948 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 album, 1 parcel
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Walter Lewis Doe was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, on 15 November 1907. He migrated to Australia in 1924. In 1930 Wally, as he was known, went to the Mandated Territory of New Guinea to work for Bulolo Gold Dredging. He fought in World War Two with the ... »
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Photographs, 1932-1948
Collection alternatively titled as: Wally Doe Collection / W L Doe Collection
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two hundred and fifty two photographs (mostly black and white photographs), and eighteen real photo postcards. These photographic images are mostly taken Papua New Guinea, mainly depicting Bulolo gold fields. Many of the photographs have been taken by ... »
System of arrangement
Arranged into two series:
Series A: Wally Doe Photographic material.
Series B: Photographic material received from the Papua New Guinea Association relating to Wally Doe.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Pre-1955 photographs: Out of copyright. Able to be reproduced without permission. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
Language of material
- English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Photographs were previously sticky taped on card and have been removed; some still have pieces of card glued to the reverse of the photographs.
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of copies
Digitised in 2024: D000637, D000710 and D000716
Notes area
Note
Photographs rehoused in February 2024.
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Description control area
Status
Revised
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 18-Mar-2024. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.