Series 03: Geoffrey Oswald Hawkins - sketches, photographs and medals, 1885-1923.
Series 03: Geoffrey Oswald Hawkins - sketches, photographs and medals, 1885-1923.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1885-1923
Call Numbers
PXA 794 , R 885
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings, Photographs, Ephemera and Medals
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - ca. 80 pen & ink, pencil and watercolour sketches in a pocket sketchbook; 8 pen & ink and watercolour sketches ; 24.5 x 29 cm. or smaller - 5 watercolour designs for cards
Photographs - 9 x 14 cm. or smaller - 4 silver gelatin photoprints
Ephemera - 10 x 16.3 cm. - programme
Objects - 3 World War I medals
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Access and use
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to R 885
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
PXA 754
Sketches and photographs (PXA 754)
1. Sketch book, 1885-. Includes views of Inglewood, animals and architectural details.
2-9. Sketches, ca. 1887. Include bush camps, a seascape and a horse.
10-15. Designs for Christmas and New Year cards with an envelope, ca. 1889. Some by Norman H. Hawkins.
16-19. Photographs: Geoff Haw...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 03: Geoffrey Oswald Hawkins - sketches, photographs and medals, 1885-1923.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
See MLMSS 5424 and MLMSS 5424 Add-on 2143 for the papers of G.O. Hawkins.
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Geoffery Hawkins was born in 1870. He practised as an architect in Perth until 1915 when he enlisted in the A.I.F. He fought on the Western Front from 1916-1918. In 1919 he was sent to Gallipoli as Survey Officer in the War Graves Commission. He returned to Australia in the summer of 1920.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 794 , R 885
Record Identifier
1xqbWOwY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqbWOwY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
152222
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