Australian Women 1830s - 1990s
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# 45570
BURN, Hilda May (1868-1949)
[NURSING] Scrap album of testimonials compiled by Melbourne, Beechworth and Bendigo nurse Hilda Burn (Morres), 1897-1902.
Quarto album (265 x 215 mm), original limp sheepskin ruled in gilt, the upper cover lettered in gilt ‘Testimonials. Nurse Burn. Melbourne Hospital’ (covers very lightly scuffed, spine ends a little worn); front pastedown with binder’s ticket of Sands & McDougall Bookbinders Ltd, Melbourne, and later inscription in pen by a family member fully identifying …
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# 22017
BESWICKE, Mabella (née Mayall) (attributed)
Writing case belonging to Mabella Beswicke (Mayall), wife of Port Phillip pioneer Charles Beswicke of Moodie Yallo Station.
[Between 1835 and 1840]. Portable case for writing accessories and paper, of thick card covered with hand-sewn floral-patterned purple velvet trimmed with corduroy, the underside covered in black silk, 220 x 285 x 30 mm (slightly irregular), with four flaps opening to 460 x 460 mm; the exposed card of the interior floor and flaps …
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# 35539
MARWICK, Mary Jane (née CATTANACH) (1839-1926)
[COOKERY MANUSCRIPT] Pocket notebook containing homemade “sickroom” recipes. Melbourne, 1870s.
Octavo, 165 x 105 mm, original stiff marbled wrappers (rubbed), stitch binding; with [9] pages of manuscript in pencil comprising a dozen different homemade recipes, plus [4] pp of manuscript in ink comprising extracts from popular poems; remaining pages blank; some occasional and very light foxing, but internally excellent. This interesting little pocket notebook belonged …
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# 43442
McLACHLAN, Phyllis (1905 - 1998)
Untitled (Lady with monkey) 1923
Watercolour with gold highlights on card, 334 x 254 mm, signed and dated ‘Phil McLachlan 23’ lower right; in very good condition. Housed in a custom timber frame in period style by Philip Tregear, Melbourne. A stunning original watercolour from the artist’s estate. Painted when McLachlan was just 18, it exemplifies her innate sense of …
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# 44961
BROWNE, Martha Sweet (Cummins) (1816-1893)
[MELBOURNE; LA TROBE FAMILY] Martha Browne, wife of colonial merchant Octavius Browne : entire letter to Henrietta Macartney, daughter of the Dean of Melbourne. Isle of Wight, September 1855.
Manuscript in ink, [6] pp. duodecimo (130 x 90 mm); headed ‘Orchard Leigh, Bonchurch, Sept. 29’, the letter is addressed ‘My dear Henrietta’, and is signed at the foot ‘your very affectionate friend, Mrs Browne’; original folds, clean and crisp; accompanied by its original mailing envelope, addressed to ‘Miss Macartney, care of Revd. John Brougham, …
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# 46479
AMAZON THEATRE (Melbourne)
[MELBOURNE] Amazon Theatre. To celebrate International Lesbian Day with Spot the Dyke. Friday 5th + Saturday 6th October [1990], Footscray Community Arts Centre ….
… Please note: This is definitely last performance of Spot the Dyke. [Melbourne] : Amazon Theatre, [1990]. Handbill, A4 size, printed recto only; faint original folds, good condition. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.
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# 46305
HARDISTY, Sue & MASLIN, Sue
“Thanks Girls and Goodbye” (working title only). Written by Sue Hardisty and Sue Maslin. [Draft script for the 1988 documentary film about the Australian Women’s Land Army in World War Two].
[Melbourne] : Sue Hardisty and Sue Maslin, 1986. Foolscap folio, spiral-bound stiff wrappers; 45 pp, roneo-printed typescript with b/w photographic illustrations; fine. ‘Thanks Girls and Goodbye is the story of the Australian Women’s Land Army which was set up during the Second World War to keep Australian farms producing food for the war effort. The film …
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# 46307
REEL WOMEN (Melbourne)
[FEMINISM] Reel Women
[Carlton, Vic. : Reel Women, 1980]. Broadsheet, 205 x 410 mm, folding to 205 x 95 mm, [8] pp., illustrated; catalogue of 20 independent women’s films, all by Melbourne and Sydney filmmakers including Sue Ford, Kerry Dwyer, Jacqui Fine, Carla Pontiac, Monique Schwarz, Carole Sklan, Natalie Green, Maureen McCarthy and Claire Jager; very good condition. …
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# 46308
REEL WOMEN (Melbourne)
[FEMINISM] Reel Women
[Carlton, Vic. : Reel Women, 1979?]. Broadsheet, 205 x 410 mm, folding to 205 x 95 mm, [8] pp., illustrated; catalogue of 17 independent women’s films, all by Melbourne and Sydney filmmakers including Sue Ford, Carla Pontiac, Monique Schwarz, Carole Sklan, Madelon Wilkens, Natalie Green, Maureen McCarthy and Claire Jager; Virginia Fraser’s copy, with a …
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# 46316
WOMEN'S ART REGISTER (Melbourne)
Women’s Art Register Catalogue 1993
Richmond, Vic. : Women’s Art Register, 1993. Third edition. Foolscap folio (300 x 200 mm), stapled illustrated wrappers (sunned); [44] pp; spotting to edges of leaves, internally clean.
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# 46313
[WARNER, Chris and McCARTHY, Maureen]
[FEMINISM] Working Up : a film about women at work in Australia
[Melbourne : Schools Commission and the Women’s Film Fund, 1979]. Broadsheet, 210 x 470 mm, folding to 210 x 80 mm, printed on both sides, illustrated; very good condition; [TOGETHER WITH] Working Up. Transcript. Northcote, Vic. : Chris Warner and Maureen McCarthy, [1979]. Foolscap folio, 16 pp, roneo-printed. Promotional flyer for Working Up (1979), an Australian …
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# 46319
[MOFFATT, Tracey]
Tracey Moffatt : Scarred for Life. 27 October – 19 November 1994.
Prahran, Vic. : Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, 1994. Exhibition room list. Foolscap folio, stapled, [2] pp., photocopied; all works in the exhibition were photo offset prints priced at $300 each (edition of 50); a good copy. Scarred for Life has become one of Moffatt’s most acclaimed series of photographic works.
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# 46312
[WARNER, Chris and McCARTHY, Maureen]
[FEMINISM] Working Up : a film about women at work in Australia
[Melbourne : Schools Commission and the Women’s Film Fund, 1979]. Broadsheet, 210 x 470 mm, folding to 210 x 80 mm, printed on both sides, illustrated; very good condition. Promotional flyer for Working Up (1979), an Australian 16mm documentary film showing the lives of nine women who work in what have been traditionally considered male occupations, …
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# 46302
SYDNEY FILMMAKERS CO-OP LTD.
[FEMINISM] Independent video available from Sydney Filmmakers Co-op Ltd.
Darlinghurst, NSW : Sydney Filmmakers Co-op Ltd., [1979?]. Large folio (410 x 280 mm), [4] pp., illustrated; original horizontal fold; Virginia Fraser’s copy, with her annotations in biro. Comprehensive catalogue of the Co-op’s wide range of films for sale and rental, including in such subject areas as ‘Women’s Tapes and Tapes Challenging Patriarchal Attitudes’, ‘Unions’, …
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# 46478
[Anon.]
[MELBOURNE] Lesbian Festival 1991.
… Dates to remember. October 17th Music at the Tote. November 14th Music at the Tote. November 29th Trivia at the Albion Charles. December 2nd Car Rally. December 12th Music at the Tote. [Melbourne : s.n.], 1991. Handbill, A4 size, printed on both sides; faint original folds, good condition. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia …
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# 46477
WOMEN'S ART REGISTER; THE WOMEN'S GALLERY
The Second International Women’s Day Exhibition, 1991 at The Women’s Gallery, 375 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.
Thursday, 7th March – Sunday, 24th March. [Melbourne] : Women’s Art Register Inc. [and] The Women’s Gallery, 1991. Octavo (210 x 150 mm), [6] pp., essay by Heather S. Ellyard, catalogue of 50 works with prices; very good copy. Trove locates no copies in Australian libraries.