Scope and Contents A small file of copies of original documents accompanies the memoir. These include a telegram, a letter and the text of a radio message sent from William Ainslie to his wife Margaret informing her of his internment, and a postcard from another internee mentioning Ainslie. There is also a passenger list for SS ‘Nellore’, documents relating to the reception of Malayan evacuees in Australia, and a newspaper obituary for Dr Peter Chopping, who served with the RAMC and was interned in Singapore...

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205 x 150 mm. Showing a group of treated and untreated trees. First practised on a large scale in the 1860s, ringmarking [sic] is a technique of killing trees by cutting into the bark to check the flow of sap, and thus making the land free for grass cultivation. The practice has been responsible for the destruction of vast amounts of timber in Australia.

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152 x 107 mm. A view looking north east across the flooded Irwin River towards coal workings (Reserve 2297) on the far bank. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 329.

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195 x 145 mm. View of a young apple tree similar to Y3081B/53.

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200 x 145 mm. Showing an apple tree heavy with fruit.

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200 x 150 mm. Showing yoked cattle, standing among grass and trees.

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200 x 150 mm. A view of the front of the building, with Union Jack flying above the entrance.

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152 x 107 mm. A view looking over scrubland towards a pile of salt stored in an enclosure of sand-filled sacks. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 526.

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151 x 107 mm. A view showing a stone quarry in a woodland clearing with wooden winching equipment and quarried sandstone blocks in the foreground. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 166.

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Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

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205 x 150 mm. Showing a large water tank, with feed pipes to where sheep are drinking.

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200 x 150 mm. A view down the pier with steam and sailing ships being loaded from the railway running down the pier. The ship in the foreground is again the 'Hobart' of Melbourne.

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150 x 200 mm. A dockside scene, with sacks of wheat being hoisted aboard the steamer 'Armadale' from the wharf below. With dockers posing for the photographer.

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117 x 80 mm. A view showing water tanks and pipework. This print is catalogued as 'Granite Rocks, Laverton area' in the GSWA archives, but there is clearly some confusion here. Photographer unknown. Negative No. 112.

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200 x 150 mm. Showing man with child standing in front of apple tree.

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151 x 108 mm. A view from the northwest showing the mine workings and buildings at Lenora. Photograph by C.F.V Jackson. Negative No. 202.

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205 x 155 mm. A view down the street with telegraph wires across the road.

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205 x 150 mm. Showing a dairy herd in a field, with barns behind.

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Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

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205 x 150 mm. Showing cows in a field, with a house behind.

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200 x 145 mm. Showing cattle in a field on A. Edgar's farm.

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200 x 145 mm. Showing a small farmstead, with field planted with young fruit trees, and forest behind.

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View from the sea looking towards the harbour and surrounding hills.

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195 x 150 mm. Showing sailing boats in the bay, with black swans in the foreground.