Papers of Herbert Cole Coombs [manuscript]. 1918-1996.

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Papers of Herbert Cole Coombs [manuscript]. 1918-1996.

Correspondence, reports, conference papers, research material and newspaper and journal articles, mainly relating to Coomb's involvement with the Aboriginal community. Also included are papers relating to the Australian Council for the Arts, personal papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, files of biographical material and correspondence with Christina Stead.

15.25 m. (96 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7068115

Libraries Australia

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Coombs, H.C. (Herbert Cole), 1906-

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Economist, Public Servant and Human Rights worker; Visiting Fellow, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the ANU 1976-96, Chairman of the Australian Council for Aboriginal Affairs 1968-76, Chancellor of the A.N.U. 1968-76, Consultant to the Prime Minister 1972-75, Chairman of the Australian Council for the Arts 1968-1974 and Governor of the Reserve Bank of Aust. 1960-1968. From the description of Papers of Herbert Cole Coombs [manuscript]. 1918-1996. (Libraries Australia)...

Stead, Christina, 1902-1983

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Novelist. Christina Stead is the author of "The man who loved children" (1940) and other books. Thistle Harris (1902-1990) was a botanical writer, landscape designer and photographer. In 1951 she married David Stead, father of Christina Stead. From the description of Letters to Thistle Harris [manuscript]. 1939-1942. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225825756 Christina Stead was born and educated in Australia, but spent most of her life abroad. During the 1930s she...

Australian Council for the Arts

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