Jack Kenny papers regarding his book ‘Before the First Fleet: Europeans in Australia 1606-1777’ (199...
Jack Kenny papers regarding his book ‘Before the First Fleet: Europeans in Australia 1606-1777’ (1995), 1950s-1994
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Date
1950s-1994
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9019/Boxes 1-10
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Physical Description
Contents
1.50 metres of textual records (10 boxes)
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Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Box 1 to Box 4
Various drafts including, bibliography, captions for illustrations and index, 1980s-1990s
Box 5
Notebooks
Correspondence, 1983-1994.
Box 6 to Box 10
Research files being mainly correspondence, notes, journals, newscuttings and photocopies of printed material, 1970s-1980s:
Box 6
‘Place Names – East Coas...
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Full title
Jack Kenny papers regarding his book ‘Before the First Fleet: Europeans in Australia 1606-1777’ (1995), 1950s-1994
Notes
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Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts unprocessed eRecords Project 2013-2014
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs Helen Kenny in March 1996
Administrative / Biographical history
Michael John Butler (Jack) Kenny, journalist and historian, worked for the ‘Brisbane Courier' and the ‘Daily Telegraph’ before joining ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ as supplements editor in 1952. In 1973 he accepted a position with News Ltd. In the same year he published ‘Bennelong: First Notable Aboriginal’. He died in 1987.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9019/Boxes 1-10
Record Identifier
nX6lOz6Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6lOz6Y
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Reference code
152867
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