Australian Women 1830s - 1990s
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# 44935
FRASER, Virginia (1947-2021)
Be your own idol : cards distributed at “Come as your favourite heroine party”, Carlton, 1982.
[Melbourne : Virginia Fraser, 1982]. Three cards with embossed borders, 105 x 125 mm; rectos inscribed in biro by the artist ‘Be your own idol’; versos also inscribed ‘Complements [sic] of Small Disturbances’; in fine condition, archived by the artist in a plastic sleeve with a backing sheet bearing the artist’s typed description. ‘Virginia Fraser …
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# 44667
T. HUMPHREY & CO. [MILLS, Alice, 1869-1929, attributed]
Studio portrait of a married couple, the husband wearing his army uniform. Melbourne, circa 1915.
Sepia-toned platinum print photograph, 180 x 130 mm (oval format), on its original card mount with the imprint of ‘T. Humphrey & Co., 261 Collins St., Melbourne’; the print is in superb condition; the mount has some light foxing along the right-hand edge but is otherwise clean. Alice Mills, wife of photographer Tom Humphrey, was …
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# 44394
ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF SYDNEY. HOME MISSION SOCIETY
[SYDNEY] Ladies’ Auxiliary to Home Mission. Mrs Palmer requests the pleasure of Mrs Weston and friends’ company on Tuesday, August 18th at 3 o’clock, in Pitt Street School Hall.
Mr. T. Harper, Home Mission Evangelist, will give a short address. Music, recitations, etc. Sydney, NSW : Ladies’ Auxiliary to Home Mission, [probably 1903 or 1908]. Invitation card, 88 x 114 mm, printed recto only, with name of invitee in manuscript; some old water staining (no loss of text); verso blank. ‘The Home Mission Society …
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# 44399
[CROWN STREET WOMEN'S HOSPITAL]
[SYDNEY] Lady de Chair requests the pleasure of the company of Mrs A. Weston at a Meeting at Government House, on 11th March at 11 am, to form a Committee to organise a Ball at “The Wentworth,” for the Babies in the Women’s Hospital, Crown Street.
R.S.V.P. to the A.D.C. in waiting, Government House. Sydney, NSW : Government House, [1924]. Invitation card, 160 x 100 mm, printed recto only, with name of invitee in manuscript; old water staining (no loss of text); verso blank. ‘Crown Street Women’s Hospital was established in Hay Street in 1893 and moved to Surry Hills in 1897. …
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# 44396
[ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, AUBURN]
[SYDNEY] The Lady Mayoress of Sydney (Mrs W. H. Lambert) requests the pleasure of Mrs A. Weston’s Company at A Gift Afternoon in her Rooms at the Town Hall on Thursday the 2nd June …
from 3.30 pm to 5 pm. Gifts of linen or money will be thankfully received for the assistance of the St. Joseph’s Hospital, Auburn. Sydney, NSW : Mrs. W. H. Lambert, Lady Mayoress, [1921]. Invitation card, 105 x 130 mm, printed recto only, with name of invitee in manuscript; mild toning; verso blank. ‘The story of …
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# 44124
[JERREMS, Carol et al.].
Woman 1975
Melbourne : Young Women’s Christian Association of Australia, 1975. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (cover image by Laurie Wilson), lightly marked and rubbed; pp. 160, b/w photographic illustrations throughout; foreword by Stella C. Watson, introduction by Jennie Boddington; front free-endpaper inscribed ‘Mrs and Mr Annita Connor – for your contribution to International Women’s Year – Catherine 1975’; …
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# 14498
GORDON, Gladys
[SHEET MUSIC] Light & shade patrol : for pianoforte
Sydney : Nicholson & Co., 1913. “Op. 56” (caption). Folio, illustrated wrappers (mild foxing, split along spine), 6 pp of music notation; internally clean. One of the most striking Australian-themed sheet music covers from the Federation period we have seen. The illustration is signed at lower right 'W. George'. The composer, Gladys Gordon, also performed …