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- 1915-2016 (Creation)
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24 folders (approximately 473 letters, 28 postcards, 17 field service postcards, 1 letter card, 1 on active service postcard, 7 b&w photographs, 7 Christmas cards).
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Anne McCosker, poet, writer and historian of Australians in the colonial territory of New Guinea. Born in Rabaul in 1940, she was evacuated with her family to Brisbane in 1941 and educated at Somerville House in Brisbane and the National Ballet School, London. She has published several books of poetry since 1972 and in 1998 published a non-fiction work, Masked Eden: a History of the Australians in New Guinea.
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Scope and content
Letters and cards received or written by Anne McCosker and letters collected by her and used as source material for her books about Lieutenant Frederick Martin and the history of Australians in the colonial territory of New Guinea.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
The series is divided into three subseries: personal correspondence received or sent by Anne McCosker, personal and business correspondence of her parents or other members of the Australian community in New Guinea, and letters and cards written by Lieutenant Frederick Martin while on service in World War One.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access accept for Subseries 1. Access to Subseries 1 requires permission of Anne McCosker.
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Copyright applies.
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- English
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Publication note
Anne McCosker, Masked Eden : a History of the Australians in New Guinea (1998).
Anne McCosker, Lieutenant Martin's Letters : F.W.S. Martin, M.M. : an Anzac in the Great War (2013).
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Box 3 Folders 1-15.
Box 4 Folders 1-9.
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Final
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Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created, JR, 30-Mar-2021