Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1910-2008 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
10 boxes, 3 parcels, 3 albums
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Rosemary Opala (nee Fielding) was born on 24 January 1923 at Bundaberg, Queensland in 1923. In the 1940s she studied art at the George Street Technical College (later Queensland University of Technology). She trained as a nurse at Brisbane General ... »
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1910-2008
Collection alternatively titled as: Rosemary Opala Collection.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Sketches, biographical material, artwork, photographs, and short stories related to Rosemary Opala's nursing career and her career as a writer of popular magazine fiction. There are 48 original artworks, some framed, primarily of plants and 830 x 35mm colour slides.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Orphan work. The rightsholder for this work cannot be identified, or is identifiable but cannot be found, after a reasonably diligent search. If you believe you are a rightsholder for this material, please contact Fryer Library directly at fryer@library.... »
Language of material
- English
Uploaded finding aid
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Subject access points
- Leprosy -- Hospitals -- Queensland -- Peel Island -- History
- Nursing -- Queensland -- Brisbane -- History
- Botanical illustration -- Australia
- Botanical artists -- Australia
- Coochiemudlo Island (Qld.) -- History
- Coochiemudlo Island (Qld.)
- Peel Island (Qld.)
- Short stories, Australian -- 20th century
- Authors, Australian -- 20th century
- Artists -- Queensland
Name access points
- Opala, Rosemary, 1923-2008 (Subject)
Description control area
Status
Revised
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 15-Jun-2023. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.