Daphne and Janice Kingston personal papers, ca. 1950-1998

MLMSS 8618

fonds

ca. 1950-1998

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs, Ephemera

153043

0.49 metres of textual material (3 boxes)

Daphne Kingston (1928-) artist, illustrator and author of local histories, studies of early buildings and built heritage. She was born in Earlwood, Sydney to parents George Seymour Watt and Frances Mary (nee Griffin).

In 1950 Daphne was employed as secretary to the accountant of the Snowy Mountains, Hydro-Electric Authority. Daphne married Jeffrey Edgar Kingston at St George Church of England, Hurstville in 1951 and they had a daughter, Janice on 20 March 1959. Daphne travelled extensively throughout Europe during the late 1980s and 1990s finally returning to Penshurst in Sydney.

Daphne studied at Julian Ashton Art School, Royal Art Society, Watercolour Institute and privately with Brian Blanchard and John Upton over the period from 1969-1976. In 1982 Daphne began teaching art at Penshurst Arts and Crafts, Evening Colleges at Strathfield and Bankstown in Sydney and later in 1984 from her home studio.

From 1976 until 1999 Daphne produced wrote and illustrated several publications; The Changing Hawkesbury (1979), Early Slab Buildings of the Sydney Region (1985), Sydney's Hidden Charms (1987), Early Colonial Homes of the Sydney Region 1788-1838 (1990), A Hawkesbury sketchbook (1994) and Highways and Byways of the Sydney Region (1999).

A solo exhibition "Then and Now" was on display at ANZ Exhibition Centre, Martin Place, Sydney (1981 and 1984) and at the Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown in 1992.

BOX 1
NEWSCUTTINGS
Newscuttings and ephemera relating to Australian colonial portrait exhibition at the Australian National Gallery and art historian Eve Buscombe’s book ‘Artists in Early Australia and their portraits’, ca. 1970-1981. Includes photograph

Newscuttings and invitation relating to Lloyd Rees exhibition ‘A Tribute to Sydney’ and forgery case, ca. 1977-1989

PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA
Photographs, art catalogues, exhibition invitations and newscuttings relating to Julian Ashton Art School, ca. 1970-1993

Photographs of visit to ‘Notre Dame’ property in Mulgoa with brochures and National Trust of Australia Inspection program, ca. 1984

PRINTED MATERIAL
Printed newsletters of the ‘Macquarie Galleries Bulletin,’ 1985-1990

GUEST BOOK
Guest book for exhibition ‘Then and Now, Changes within a Decade’ by Daphne Kingston with newscutting and catalogue, 1981-1984

CORRESPONDENCE AND NOTEBOOK
Telegrams relating to her job as secretary Snowy Mountains, Hydro-Electric Authority, ca. 1950

Correspondence with art suppliers relating to research for publication on art in colonial Australia, 1979

Notebook with instructions for knitting a coat and bonnet for a doll, ca. 1930

Certificate of Infants Accident Insurance Plan for Janice Kingston, ca. 1959

BOX 2
School exercise books compiled by Janice Kingston from grades three to six at Hurstville South Public School, ca. 1967-1970

School textbooks, ca. 1961-1967

Photograph of Gas Cookery Class at Hurstville Public School, 1969

Watercolour illustration of a colonial house and portrait of a woman by Daphne Kingston, no date

BOX 3
CORRESPONDENCE AND EPHEMERA:
Personal letters from friends and family, ca. 1989-1997

Letters and greeting cards from Campbelltown City Councillor Vertie Fowler, ca. 1982-1995

Travel letters, postcards and greeting cards mainly relating to travels in Greece from Joanna Meyer and enclosing poems written by her, ca. 1986-1996. Includes two photographs of Joanna

Letters, postcards and greeting cards from Eve Buscombe enclosing some photographs, 1990- 1996

Letters from Hazel Grierson enclosing some photographs, 1988-1993

Greeting cards and postcards from art students, ca. 1970-1995

PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographs of Stanmore House in Enmore, 1985-1995

Photographs of demolition of Coles building King Street and Grace Brothers building from Pitt and Market streets, 1996

Photographs, newscuttings and ephemera relating to artists David Wilson and exhibition at Artarmon galleries, ca. 1998

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