Papers. 1886-1930.

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Papers. 1886-1930.

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Correspondence (1918-1925) in relation to the British Empire Exhibition, to Western Australian Immigration Scheme, to his machine gun steel casemate; World War I diaries (1915-1918; diary of a tour of Australian cemetaries and war memorials in Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Belgium (1930); invitations (1901-1924); ledgers (1887-1904); photographs; programmes (1886-1891) covering different events he was involved with, and including newspaper articles and certificates; receipts (1916-1924) concerning land he owned in South Perth; some correspondence rolls of 1897 concerning the Colonial Contingent.

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Hobbs, Talbot, 1864-1938

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Architect. He was on the W.A. Board of Architects, fellow of the W.A., Victorian and British Institutes, chairman organising a visit of the Prince of Wales in 1920 to W.A., W.A. Commissioner of the Empire Exhibition, delegate to the League of Nations Assembly, Chief Scout of W.A., State President of Toc H, patron of Legacy, Warden of W.A. War Memorial and director of several companies. In 1918, he invented, developed and manufactured steel casemates for machine guns. From the descrip...