Anne Ringwood personal papers, 1886-1999

MLMSS 8653

fonds

1886-1999

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings

401976

0.67 metres of textual material (4 boxes)

Anne Ringwood (1924-1998) was an ABC radio news journalist for 35 years, at a time when journalism was largely dominated by men. She produced Report from Asia for 21 years. She was born in Albury and her parents James and Ellice Ringwood were farmers.

Anne got her first job as a journalist when she was 16 on the Border Morning Mail in Albury in 1940, because most of the men had gone to war. In 1949 she moved to Wagga Daily Advertiser and then to Sydney Morning Herald. She was the only woman on the general reporting staff. Until 1960’s women were always confined to the ‘Women’s Writers’ departments. Anne declined an offer by news editor Angus McLachlan to stay on at the Herald and went into free lancing some jobs for the ABC. In 1957’s, she resigned after being denied the opportunity to work on the ABC’s London, but was later given the job.

Anne returned to Australia in 1960 and became senior cable subeditor, although she was qualified fit be chief sub editor of news. In the years in which she produced Report from Asia, she travelled to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and was the first foreign reporter to enter China through the south.

After her retirement in 1984, Anne worked as a volunteer in wildlife rescue and bush regeneration in Ku-rin-gai and at the Botanic Gardens Herbarium. She also worked as a dedicated campaigner in the struggle against depredations of the community and residential environment of the north shore. Before her death, Anne donate a portion of her land to Lane Cove Council

Reference:
Compiled from the collection.

BOX 1
Diary of grandfather George Fleming, 1886

Two diaries of Ellice A. Fleming, 1902 & 1929

Account book of Ellice A. Fleming, ca. 1913-1916

Wool book, ca. 1966

Manuscript of ‘In the Mulga Country’ written by Ellice A. Fleming while living in at the family home ‘Karoola’ in Albury, NSW, ca. 1900. Includes typed transcript, ca. 1990

Copies of photographs mainly of villages, towns and harbor in St Mary’s in the Isle’s of Scilly, ca. 1958

Leather English Scottish and Australian Bank credit pouch with silhouette card of Carl Nilsson and photographic negative of Anne Ringwood aged 17 months, ca. 1902-1925

Letters and postcards from Anne Ringwood to her mother Ellice A. Ringwood, ca. 1952-1960

Correspondence with Syed Najmuddin Hashim, Bangladeshi diplomat, ca. 1959-1997

Letters and farewell cards relating to her retirement from ABC News, 1984

Letters and records relating to career as a journalist and offer of appointment to ABC Sydney news Staff, ca. 1940-1992

BOX 2
Letters and greetings cards from friends and family, ca. 1942-1998

Newscuttings, brochures, flyers and newsletters relating to environmental protection issues and volunteer work for NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES), 1982-1998, includes notes by Anne Ringwood

Certificate for volunteer services to the National Herbarium NSW, 1996
Poems written by Anne Ringwood, ca. 1991-1997

Manuscript and printed copies of booklet on ABC colleague Christopher O'Sullivan, ca. 1985-1995

Research material, letters and recollections by friends and colleagues compiled for booklet on Christopher O'Sullivan, ca. 1985-1995

Annotated transcripts of interviews conducted by John Baker of Christopher O'Sullivan, ca. 1985

Letter enclosing annotated transcript and newscutting of article on Chris O’Sullivan with photographs of the house he was born, ca. 1996

BOX 3
Diary, ca. 1964-1965

Unpublished illustrated manuscripts of ‘The Gooseberry Fool’ and ‘Hot Chops and Gravy’ by Anne Ringwood, Jillian Yabsley and Colin Crothers, no date

Scrapbook of newscuttings, notes and memos relating to ABC News, ca. 1953-1955

Three notebooks, no date

Two address books, no date

Passports of Mr Eric Albert Samuel Marx and Anne Ringwood, ca. 1946-1981

Printed children’s book, ‘Our Little Folk’s First Book’, given to Anne Ringwood for her Christmas, ca. 1930

Manuscripts and notes for lectures on shipping and cooking by Eric Marx, ca. 1945-1947

BOX 4
Legal records and correspondence mainly relating to the estate of Anne Ringwood collected by Rae Gorman, 1997-1999

Scrapbook of obituaries and recollections written by friends, family and colleagues for Anne Ringwood’s wake, 1998-1999

Obituaries published in bush newsletters and local newspapers relating to her volunteer work for the environment with lists of friends, ca. 1997-1999

Photograph with photocopy of related article in the Age of Anne gardening, no date

Travel photographic prints and negatives of country town in England and Marseille, no date

Photographs and negatives of her garden in Albury, ca. 1959

Family photographs, no date

Three slides of bird seen in Greenwich, ca. 1968-1969

Framed portrait of unidentified woman, no date

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