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Australian Jaguar magazine.

The Jaguar magazine.

This collection ranges from Helen H. Wilson's school days' verse and short stories through to her mature published work, including novels. It includes literary manuscripts, correspondence and family photographs.

This collection is described by the following box listing, originally compiled when the papers were received by the Library in 1992 and amplified in 2011.

BOX 1
1. Bibliographical and biographical information about Helen H. Wilson

2. Correspondence with other writers, 1962-1985, including Clem Christesen, 1982, 1985; Tom Hungerford, 1962; Tom Keneally, 1983; Leonie Kramer, 1982; Olga Masters, no date; Bill Peach, 1985; and Olaf Ruhen 1985

3. Notes for and incomplete drafts of Cyclone Coast

4. Exercise book of notes for ‘The Bride Ship’

5. Articles and short stories

6. ‘Manuscripts for articles’, 1920, 197- - 1983, including articles written about Gallipoli and Anzac Day

7. ‘If Today Be Sweet / Early Chapters’, being carbon typescripts

8. ‘Early draft (part of) House at Hardy’s Corner’

9.  Incomplete typescript draft of ‘The Bride Ship’

10. Articles and poems

BOX 2
1. Scrapbook of newscuttings, 1951- , mainly of personal mentions and relating to the Wilson family, and including letter received from Andrea Lofthouse, compiler of Who’s Who of Australian Women, 17 June 1982, with enclosed proof entry on Wilson

2. ‘Indian Ocean Islands’, 1964-1973, being papers relating to the novel Island of Fire by Helen Mayne, including incomplete drafts and research material

3. ‘Letters from China’, 1980-1984, being mainly letters received from Gladys Yang (Foreign Languages Press, Beijing)

4. ‘U.S.S.R.’, being letter received from Russian translator, Irene [Irina Golovnya], 18 Mar. 1979; photograph of Wilson and Golovnya ?; and typescript drafts of ‘Russia’s Internal Triangle – Tashkent, Bukara, Samarkand’ by Wilson, including photographs  

5. Typescript articles on China, Mauritius, Reunion Island and Sri Lanka

6. Cuttings of short story, ‘Coal Dust’ by Wilson, in The Broadcaster, 1950

7. ‘Early Works’, 1930-1977, being mainly newscuttings of articles and stories, and processed typescript of short story ‘Fimisters’ Find’ for the Australian Broadcasting Commission`

8. ‘Articles’, 1933-1983, being mainly cuttings of articles published in newspapers and magazines, and correspondence with Dawn Lawrie (MLA for Nightcliff, N.T.), 1982

9. ‘The Mulga Trees’, being cuttings of The Mulga Trees serialised in The Sun (Melb.), 1981

10. The House at Hardie’s Corner, being edited photocopy of typescript

BOX 3
1. ‘Book Reviews’ by Helen Wilson, 1977-1983, being newscuttings

2. Papers relating her role as a judge in literary competitions hosted by the Fellowship of Australian Writers, 1980-1982, and International PEN Australia, 1981; and to her membership of the Australian Society of Authors, 1979, 1984, and the Society of Women Writers, 1972-1985

3. ‘Promotional Letters’, 1979-1983, including correspondence, being mainly letters received, with Herb Elliott, 1981; Sir Charles Court, 1980-1983; and R. A. Hamilton (Director, Office of the North West, Government of Western Australia), 1980-1983 

4. ‘Poems’, 1943-ca. 1985

5. ‘O.A.M.’, ca. 1940-ca. 1988, including congratulatory letters received on being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, 1980, and medal; and on her diamond wedding anniversary, 1987; and newscuttings and photographs of Wilson and her family

6. Reviews of Wilson’s books and stories, including newscuttings of personal mentions, 1964-1985, and letter received from Olaf Ruhen, 25 July 1971

7. Correspondence with literary agent, Paul Bryden, 1982-1985

8. ‘Correspondence with publishers’, 1958-1989, including lists of Wilson’s publications

9. ‘Fan Mail / Letters re Work etc.’, including letters received from Marjorie Clarke, 1958; Yasmine Gooneratne, 1981; O. S. Green, 1979; Alexandra Hasluck, 1970-1972; Peter Hastings, 197-?; M. D. Kirby, 1982; Dorothy Sanders (Lucy Walker), 1973; Jocelynne A. Scutt, 1981; Kenneth Slessor (President, The Journalists’ Club, Syd.), 1958; Malcolm J. L. Uren, 1950-1962; Warwick Wilson, 1980

10. Papers mainly relating to the film script of Last Bus to Banjo Creek (adapted from the short story ‘The Skedule’), including carbon typescript of the screenplay by Ted Willis, revised June 1966; correspondence with, and photographs of, Ted Willis, 1962-1983; and newscuttings, 1962-1976

11. Papers relating to the film rights of The Scholarship, 1984-1985, including correspondence with John Robinson (Visionwest) and Gwenda Jarred (Angus and Robertson)

BOX 4
1. Scrapbook, ca. 1919-ca. 1980, mainly of newscuttings of personal mentions and writings

2. Newscuttings of interviews and publicity, 1933-1985 

3. ‘Short Stories’, being typescript and photocopied typescript stories and articles

4. ‘Australian Short Stories from Home & Abroad’, being mainly typescript and photocopied typescript

5. ‘The Bride Ship’, being typescript of selected chapters

BOX 5
1. Photocopied typescript of The Scholarship (1985), a screenplay by John Robinson and annotated by Wilson

2. Photographs of Mayne family, including Helen, elder sister Isobel, mother Florence and father William Charles, taken in Zeehan, Tasmania, 1902, and of Edward Lionel Wilson as a young man, ca. 1910

3. Synopsis of If Today Be Sweet (Tentative), being photocopied typescript

4. Research material on Camden Harbour settlement in Western Australia in 1860s

5. Typescript notes on Wyndham, W.A.

6. ‘Favourite Verses’, being mainly typescript copies of poems by Wilson and others

7A. Photograph album of the Mayne and Wilson families, 1924-1927, mainly relating to Western Australia

7B. Photograph album of the Mayne family, 1922-1926, relating to South Australia and Western Australia

8. Notebook containing working notes for ‘The Bride Ship’

9. Invitations and letters received from, among others, Alexandra Hasluck, 1916-1983, and Wilson family photographs 

10. Printed material, being copy of Silver Years in the Golden West 1924-1949 (Country Women’s Association, W.A., 1949), and issues of The Sphinx (Perth Modern School), 1916-1921; The Black Swan: The Organ of the Guild of Undergraduates of the University of Western Australia, vol. 4 no. 2, Aug. 1920 and vol. 5 no. 2, Sept. 1921; Foreign Literatures (Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages), no. 5, 1984 (Special issue for Contemporary Australian Literature); magazine of the Fellowship of Australian Writers – Manly Peninsula Regional Branch, Second Year, 1977; Third Year, 1978; Sixth Year, 1981; Seventh Year, 1982

BOX 6
1. Letters received from authors, Nettie Palmer, 1959; Hal Porter, 1962; and Katharine Susannah Prichard, 1957

2. Correspondence with Angus & Robertson, 1965-1984, formerly in yellow plastic folder

3. Correspondence regarding publishing, 1976-1980, formerly in black 2-post binder, with, among others, Australia Council, Geoffrey Blainey, Sir Charles Court, Macmillan Company of Australia, National Book Council, Joan Priest and Eleanor Witcombe

4. Correspondence with Rigby Pty. Ltd., formerly in black lever arch 2-ring binder

BOX 7
1. ‘Personal & Certificates’, 1909-1926, 1978, including certificates and testimonials received by W. C. Mayne and Helen H. Wilson

2. Notebooks (2), including notes on travel to Asian cities, 1957

3. Articles by Wilson, being mainly typescript

4. Papers relating to Ted Willis, 1962-1971, including letters received from Willis; newscuttings and photographs (2), including one of Wilson with Lord Willis and Lady Willis at Chislehurst, July 1966

5. Carbon typescript of Report on the 17th Session of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East held at New Delhi, India, 9-20 Mar. 1961, delivered by H. H. Wilson

6. Printed material, including Methodist Ladies’ College (Claremont, W.A.) prospectus, ca. 1908; issue of Westerly, no. 2 1958; poem: Verdict (To a Departed Brother); Writers Notes from the Radio Drama and Features Department of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, 15 June 1976; The Australian Author, vol. 12 no. 2, Autumn Issue, Apr. 1980, featuring ‘The Role of the Critic’ by Helen Wilson

7A. Exercise book of Helen H. Mayne titled ‘Salisbury Gold Mine Cue [W.A.] / Battery Log Book, 1914-1919, with draft letters in pencil by her father, W. C. Mayne, 1914 

7B. School exercise book of Helen H. Mayne, 1916, including essays and poems

7C. Exercise book titled ‘Miller’s Corner’ by Helen H. Mayne, including later household and literary notes by Helen H. Wilson

8. Address books (2)

9. Christmas card from E. L & H. H. Wilson, 6 Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith, W.A., including colour photograph of Helen H. Wilson next to white Jaguar Mk2

BOX 8
1. ‘Romance’, being typescript of If Today Be Sweet 

2. ‘Children’s Book’, being photocopied typescript of Choopa - The Middle One 

3. Typescript of a selection of stories for Australian Short Stories - From Home and Abroad

4. Letter received from Isobel Baker, 2 Aug. 1986, regarding enclosed genealogical research on her great grandfather, David Miller, and his descendants

5. Photocopies of option agreement between Helen Wilson and John Robinson (film producer) for literary work The Scholarship, 1985 

6. Red album, 1960-1985, being mainly of newscuttings of personal mentions and reviews of Wilson’s books, and proofsheet of photographs of her

7. Foolscap-sized notebook with research notes, including synopsis of ‘The Bride Ship’

8. Papers relating to Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW, 1990

9. Papers of Warwick Mayne-Wilson, being copies of obituaries of Helen H. Wilson, newscutting and record of memorial gathering in her memory, Uniting Church Hall, Manly, N.S.W., 14 Feb. 1991

10. Papers of Warwick Mayne-Wilson, 1994-1996, being correspondence with Fellowship of Australian Writers (Manly Peninsula Regional Branch) relating to funding of the Helen Wilson Encouragement Award

BOX 9
1. Typescript of ‘Bride Ship to the Forgotten Sea’

2. Typescript of Spinnifex Calling, ca. 1960 by ‘Tex Trefonne’ (alias for H. H. Wilson)

3. Typescript of ‘No Glimpse of Eden’ by Mira Laski (H. H. Wilson)

4. Typescript of ‘Pacing the Dawn’ (with photographs), relating to travels in Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, India, Egypt, Greece, Istanbul, Vienna, Berlin, Paris, England United States, Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand

5. The Voyage of the Africaine (1968) compiled by Penelope Hope

6. Songs of Empire and Other Poems [1941] by H. H. Wilson

7. Summer’s Tales 2 (1965), edited by Kylie Tennant, including ‘The Line’ by H. H. Wilson 

8. A Show of Colours : A Selection of Prize-Winning Stories (1970) by H. H. Wilson

9. Roundabout Geraldton and the Victoria District (1978) by E. M. Halley and H. H. Wilson, being copy of book enclosed in letter received from E. M. Halley, 7 Nov. 1979

10. The Muse of Manly : Special Commemorative Edition, 1975-1985, edited by Ruth Drobnak

BOX 10
Photographs of bridal party at the wedding group of Helen H. Wilson’s elder sister Isobel, Perth, W.A., 1921; Helen H. Wilson, 1949; and ‘Presentation of Prize Winning Awards – Sydney Journalists Short Story Competition 1958’: Mrs H. H. Wilson, Mr Hal Porter, Mrs Marian Dreyer, Mr Kenneth Slessor (President), Lord Mayor Alderman Harry Jensen

Helen H. Wilson further papers, 1902-1990, and associated papers of Warwick Mayne-Wilson, 1991-1996

Australian jaguar.

Numbers in brackets = original Walkabout negative numbers
MELBOURNE STREET SCENES
1. [Fashionable pedestrians, Collins Street], late 1930's / ANPA (7337)
2. [City tram route no. 42 passing T & G Building and Metro, 1968]
3. [Looking across Collins Street to the Town Hall and art deco Manchester Unity Building from under the awning of the Regent Theatre, 1962 / B.McArdle (386)
4. [Looking east along Collins Street, past a taxi and Riley sedan, showing Elizabeth Street intersection, Queensland National Bank, the E.S. & A. Bank, and the MLC Building], 1962 / B.McArdle (388)
5. [Looking from the corner of Russell Street, west along Collins Street, lunchtime], 1962 / B.McArdle (389)
6. [Pedestrians on the "Paris" end of Collins Street footpath pass Kelvin House, La Pastorale and the OPSM camera shop, 1962] / B.McArdle (597)
7. [Art deco MLC Building, corner Elizabeth and Collins Street, and tram, traffic lights, streetlights and pedestrians], late 1930's / (663)], late 1930's
8. [Crowd of mostly women watch a woman artist paint outside Henry Francis's pharmacy, Collins Street (with the spires of Scots Church and Congregational Church, early 1950's] / ANIB (692 4729)
9. [Looking east from the corner of Collins & Russell Streets, with new Equitable Insurance Building, ca. 1962] / (693 4709)
10. [Looking east along] Bourke Street, [with new insurance buildings, ca. 1962] / (694 4708)
11-12. [Corner Collins and Spring Street taken from Treasury steps, (showing Equitable Insurance Building, Treasury lamps, Coates Building, trams and trees), ca. 1962] / (695 4707, 696 4706)
13. [Collins Street between Russell and Exhibition Streets, (showing a building of doctors' surgeries and the spire of Scots Church, 1930's)] / (697 P.4558)
14. Open air cafe, Ress-Oriental Hotel, Aug 1962 / W.Sievers (715 4714)
15. [Looking west across Collins Street from south side west of Exhibition Street, ca. 1955] / ANIB (862)
16. [Workers in overalls and businessman in overcoat study the share listings on a Wallace H. Smith & Co. noticeboard, Collins Street], Feb 1963 / G. De'Lisle (934)
17. ["Fairy" lights outside Capers Bistro for Moomba Wine Festival], Feb 1963 / ANTA by G. De'Lisle (943)
18. [Detail of women at outdoor cafe, Ress-Oriental Hotel, 1962] / ANTA (1138)
19. [Holden EJ taxi, outdoor cafe with the Congregational Church spire], Nov 1963 / B.McArdle (2187)
20. [Streetscape of] Victorian facades [and Federal Hotel], Collins Street, Nov 1963 / M.Strizic (2199)
21-23. [Outdoor cafe and Jaguar convertible], Feb 1964 / M.Strizic (2345 2346 2347)
24. ["Paris" end of] Collins Street, June 1964 / Qantas (2445)
25. Open air cafe, Collins Street, June 1964 / V.T.D.A. (2554)
26. [Looking up Collins Street from Burlington Chambers (including Gibby's Coffee Shop, John Browning Optometrist and Capers Steak House)], June 1964 / D.Stephens (2575)
27. Collins Street [looking towards T & G Building] from Queen Street, Aug 1964 / M.Strizic (2624)
28. [Collins Street (?), ca. 1965] / ATC (film no.162)
29. [Collins Street from Queen Street (with no. 42 Mont Albert tram)], Aug 1964 / M.Strizic (2625)
30. [Looking west to the Town Hall and Manchester Unity towers from a parking sign to the east of the Regent Theatre], Apr 1965 / E.McQuillan (3027)
31. [Corner Collins and Spring Streets taken from Treasury steps, ca. 1959-1960], file date Apr 1965 / ANIB by C.Bottomley (3139)
MARK STRIZIC'S MELBOURNE
32. Treasury buildings [and chained bollards on the median strip], early 1960's / M.Strizic (B.719)
33. [Bridge, Yarra River with city in background], n.d. / M.Strizic (B.553)
34. Princes Bridge, Nov 1959 / M.Strizic
35. [Awnings and footpath], North Melbourne, early morning, n.d. / M.Strizic (B.735)
36. New bridge under construction, Swan Street, n.d. / M.Strizic (B.389)
37. [Unidentified modern hall or factory], n.d. / M.Strizic
38. Morsehead [Morshead ?] Overpass at Punt Road [with the city in the background], ca. 1961 / M.Strizic (B.724)
39. Fountain designed by Mrs Anne Graham, Southern Cross Hotel, n.d. / Francis Oeser for M.Strizic Architectural & Industrial Photography
40. Morshead [Morsehead ?] Overpass under construction, ca. 1960 / M.Strizic (B.388)
41-42. [Unidentified construction], n.d. / M.Strizic (B.441 B.722)
AERIAL MELBOURNE
43. Victoria Dock and the Yarra River, looking south to South Melbourne and Albert Park, 1950 / Brown & Dureau (698 3931)
44. Spencer Street Railway Yards [and the Yarra], 1950 / Brown & Dureau (714 3928)
45. South Melbourne factories, n.d. / (712 P.6914)
46. [St. Vincent's Hospital, Victoria Parade, ICI Building and St. Patrick's Cathedral], early 1960's / Herald-Sun
47. [City development south of the Supreme Court precinct], ca. 1962 / C.D. Pratt Airspy photo for City Development Association 
48. [Olympic Park (?) and Melbourne Cricket Ground from across the Yarra], early-mid 1950's / ANTA (864)
49. [Looking south from Melbourne University to Albert Park], Nov 1972 (?) / C.D. Pratt Airspy photo (392)
50. [Looking south from the Exhibition Building to Port Phillip Bay], 1961 [file date Feb 1963] / ANIB by C.Bottomley (867)
51. [Looking south-west across Melbourne from St. Patrick's Cathedral], Feb 1967 / G.De'Lisle (970)
52. [Looking east across the city from above Flagstaff Gardens], Feb 1963 / G.De'Lisle (971)
MELBOURNE VIEWS
53. [River Yarra and Princes Bridge, 1958 ?] / Qantas
54-55. [Looking down the Yarra to the City], n.d. / G.Carson, M.Strizic (427) 
56-57. [Rowing teams on the Yarra with the City background, late 1950's] / G.Carson
58-59. [Original of City from southeast above Princes Bridge, and retouched for publication], Feb 1963 / G.De'Lisle (939)
60. Government House and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Kings Domain, Dec 1962 / B.McArdle (184)
61. [King St overpass, Kingsway: South Eastern Freeway on piers], Dec 1962 / Tourist Development Authority  (Vic.) (188)
62. [Rowing 8 on the] Yarra River, between 1948-1959 / (711)
63. [Symmetrical rows of trees in St. Kilda Road with the City skyline behind, ca. 1960]
64. [Yarra and city skyline], June 1964 / VTDA (2565)
67. [Yarra and city skyline, ca. 1960] / ANTA by Robin Smith (700)
68. [City by night from south of Yarra], June 1962 / Maggie Besson Fraser (701 4021)
69. [Yarra River and Flinders Street from the State Theatre to Consolidated Zinc Building], ca. 1960 / (702 3999)
70. [Woman with her VW Beetle admires Flinders Street Station and the skyline from south of the Yarra, ca. 1960] / (703 3998)
71. [Fountain near Princes Bridge, on the southern bank of the Yarra], Feb 1962 / N.Hughes (704 3977)
72-73. [Looking east to] Melbourne Heliport & city skyline from King Street Expressway], Feb 1962 / N.Hughes (705 3976, 706 3975)
74. [Passenger ferries, Princes Bridge and the Vacuum Oil Building from the north bank], Feb 1962 / N.Hughes (707 3974)

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