423486
- TitleReverend David Davies autobiography, 1879-1960
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- Call numberMAV/FM4/2661
Status: unavailable - Level of descriptionfonds
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1879-1960 - Type of material
- Reference code423486
- Physical Description1 microfilm reel of textual records - 35 mm
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Born in Wales, 1879, came to Australia, 1911 and worked as a miner at Kalgoorlie. He later acted as Congregational minister in Western Australia and New South Wales - Scope and Content'My story, my work and people I have met', an autobiography (typescript with ms. amendments) by Rev. David Davies, written between 1948 and 1960. It refers to his early life in Wales, his mining experiences near Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., his arrival at Kalgoorlie in 1911, and comments on mining and church activities at Collie and Leederville, in Western Australia and Cessnock, Hurlstone Park, Gerringong and Newcastle, in New South Wales.
(Negative and positive copies held) - Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-426B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011 - General note
Microfilm copy made in 1966.
Available for reference.
Original in private ownership of Mrs B. J. Rees - Name
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