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Title
Date(s)
- 1966-1990 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 boxes, 1 parcel
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Kathleen McArthur, botanical illustrator and conservationist, was born Kathleen Evans in Brisbane in 1915. In 1938 she married Malcolm McArthur, with whom she travelled to India and around Australia. They were divorced in 1947. From 1953, Kathleen began a major project documenting the wildflowers growing in her local area around Caloundra and the Sunshine Coast more generally. In 1962 she co-founded with her friend the poet Judith Wright the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (WPSQ) and was the driving force behind the Cooloola Campaign which saved areas of the Sunshine Coast from sand mining.
Repository
Archival history
Previously catalogued at F1082, F1572, F1852-71, F1875, F2338, F2356, F2447-8.
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1967- 1990
Collection alternatively titled as: Kathleen McArthur Collection
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Paintings and drawings (printed), and papers relating to wildflowers and wildlife preservation in Caloundra and Cooloola area. Incoming correspondence and greeting cards from various people including Judith Wright, Nancy Cato and Rosemary Opala. Material relating to wildflower shows presented by Caloundra Branch of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Renee Mickelburgh (2020) ‘“Unearthing women’s activism”’, Australian garden history, 32(2):8–11.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, Caloundra Branch (Subject)
- Wright, Judith, 1915-2000 (Subject)
- Cato, Nancy (Subject)
- Opala, Rosemary, 1923-2008 (Subject)
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Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 21-Dec-2023. Revised, Linda Justo, 2-Aug-2021. Revised, JH, 16-Jun-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.