6069 Ray Crooke Diary, 1949.

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6069 Ray Crooke Diary, 1949.

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Diary written by Ray Crooke during his stay in the Torres Strait Islands in 1949.

0.03 linear metres.

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Crooke, Ray, 1922-

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Ray Crooke was born in 1922, at Auburn Victoria. His family is of Anglo-Irish decent. Crooke's father studied painting and drawing at the National Gallery School in Melbourne. In 1937 he left school and took a job with an advertising agency where he was encouraged to go to art school at the Swinburne Technical School as part of his training. In 1940 he enlisted in the Militia, where he was transferred to North Queensland and Borneo. While in the army Crooke completed a correspondenc...