John Hooke papers, photographs and other material relating to Eilleen Sparks, Sir Lionel Hooke and A...
John Hooke papers, photographs and other material relating to Eilleen Sparks, Sir Lionel Hooke and Amalgamated Wireless Australasia
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Date
1907-2010
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Physical Description
Contents
0.8 metres of textual material (5 boxes)
Approximately 303 photographic prints
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Fonds
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Access Conditions
Partly restricted - This collection contains confidential, personal and/or culturally sensitive information : Applies to MLMSS 10550/Box 4
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Copyright restrictions may apply
Copyright holder : State Library of New South Wales - applies to items where copyright was held by Maria Teresa Hooke
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Restricted : Applies to MLMSS 10550/Box 4
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
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This collection belonging to John Hooke includes business records and correspondence relating to his father Sir Lionel Hooke's involvement in the Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA), as well as photographs, scrapbooks and memorabillia relating to his mother Eilleen Sparks and her theater performances in Sydney. It also contains material relating...
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John Hooke papers, photographs and other material relating to Eilleen Sparks, Sir Lionel Hooke and Amalgamated Wireless Australasia
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Object History
By descent from John Hooke to his wife Maria Teresa Hooke
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Maria Teresa Hooke, March 2019
Administrative / Biographical history
John Hooke (1933-2018) son of Sir Lionel Hooke, was AWA chairman and chief executive after his father died in 1974, until 1988.
Sir Lionel Hooke (1895-1974), broadcasting pioneer, radio engineer and businessman, joined the British telecommunications company Marconi as a wireless operator in 1913, which merged its Australasian interests with...
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Record Identifier
YK5rMQRn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5rMQRn
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Reference code
9637010
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