Papers of Sir Geoffrey Syme. 1950-2004.

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Papers of Sir Geoffrey Syme. 1950-2004.

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(1) Photocopies of letters, newspapers cuttings, biographical material on Geoffrey Syme - originals held at La Trobe Library. (2) Garnett-Syme family history, including photographs, photocopies of page from Geoffrey Syme's notebook, house plans, menus (in folio run). (3) T/S of articles by Veronica Condon. a) an Egyptian temple in the Kew cemetery: the tomb of David Syme; b) another look at David Syme of The Age; c) a schoolboy of the 1880's: Geoffrey Syme at Kew High School; d) In Memoriam: Geoffrey Syme 1873-1942; e) Geoffrey Syme and the weekly paper Every Saturday. (4) Published articles by Veronica Condon: 'The mystery of the provenance of a 14th century missal' (Oxford Bod. Libr. Douce 313) in Scriptorium: International review of manuscript studies, Vol. 35 (1981). (5) Garnett Syme family history which includes material on Geoffrey Syme's participation at the 4th Imperial Press Conference 1930 and a letter from Keith Dixon, archivist of The Age dated 1983. (6) "Blythswood, Kew: the story of a garden, 1882-1952" by Mrs Veronica Condon. (7) Typescript documenting life and work of Sir Geoffrey Syme. (8) Typescript and photographs of David Syme's monument in the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew and genealogical notes on Sir Geoffrey Syme. (9) Clippings and correspondence regarding Syme and Geoffrey Serle's "Australian Dictionary of Biography" entry for Syme.

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Condon, Veronica

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Author and historian. Veronica Condon and Pat Brady, later Sister Veronica Brady, have maintained their friendship since their school days in Melbourne. Veronica Condon is the daughter of Sir Geoffrey Syme. From the description of Papers of Veronica Condon [manuscript]. 1945-2003. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224107035 ...

Syme family.

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Syme, Geoffrey Sir, 1873-1942.

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Son of David Syme and one of the proprietors of The Age newspaper, Sir Geoffrey Syme was the first editor of the weekly Every Saturday, the forerunner of The Age literary supplement from 1902 to 1908. In 1908 he became managing editor of The Age and The Leader. From the description of Papers of Sir Geoffrey Syme. 1950-2004. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 221137936 ...

Syme, David, 1827-1908

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David Syme was born on October 2nd,1827 at North Berwick, Scotland. He later obtained a position as reader at a Glasgow newspaper but early in 1852 took ship for Australia. He had small success on the goldfields at Bendigo, Wangaratta and other diggings and towards the end of 1855 he returned to Melbourne and joined his brother, Ebenezer, who was editing the Age newspaper. The paper was then threatened with failure, and Syme who had saved some money while on the diggings joined his brother in bu...

Garnett family.

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