Papers of Elisabeth Donnison, with photographs and newscuttings connected with her son Laurence Donnison, 1870-1964

MLMSS 890

fonds

1870-1964

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings

935270

Microfilm : CY 4623 (Box 1 & Vol. 2), CY 4622A (Box 3 nos. 1-295), CY 4622B (Box 3 nos. 296-501)

1 volume and 2 boxes of textual material

Elisabeth Dorothea Wilhelmina Donnison, nee Schulz, born at Clenze, Hanover, 13 May 1877, arrived in Australia 9 September 1883 with her parents Carl Heinrich Wilhelm and Christina Elisabeth Schulz. Among these papers are those of Doris Donnison and letters to Elise or Lisbeth presumably belong to Elisabeth Donnison

Box 1
a. Autograph book, 1910-1964
Manuscript inscriptions, ports, newscuttings etc. mainly of people connected with the labour movement and notes on Elisabeth Donnison by her son. Includes a photograph of Adela Pankhurst with printed inscription 'Yours for liberty, peace & humanity Adela Pankhurst'.

Vol. 2
b. Papers of E. D. W. S. Donnison, 1870-1922
Includes papers of the Schulz family, 1870-1910 and cuttings on Australian rules football in Darwin, 1918-1920
Contents list in volume

Box 3
c. Photographs, 1914-1922
Mainly of the Northern Territory, includes the Kahlin Aboriginal Compound and some of Australian rules football
On verso of 151 is letter from L. Donnison to E. D. W. S. Donnison, 23 May 1914. On verso of 274 is letter to L. Donnison from Alic, 1915
Contents list in box

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-96B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Keyword subjects:
Family -- Australia -- History
Australian football -- Northern Territory -- Darwin

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are advised that this collection contains images of persons who are deceased.

Box 3 predominately contains photographs attributed to Ted Ryko. Ryko captioned all his photographs with handwritten titles. On some of the photographs, for example, the buckjumper images, he has written “Ryko photo, copyright” in the same hand as the captions.
Originally named Edward (Eddie) Reichenbach, Ted Ryko was Australian born, from German heritage and changed his name during World War I. Ryko was a photographer and a cyclist and set a speed record by cycling from Adelaide to Darwin in 28 days in 1914. He stayed in Darwin until 1917. He operated a photography studio on Cavenagh Street in 1915 and visited remote areas of the Northern Territory, including Aboriginal missions where he photographed Aboriginal people and landscapes. He left Darwin in March 1917 as military intelligence were suspicious that he was a German spy due to his extensive travelling and photography.

References:
1952 'ADELAIDE TO DARWIN BY BIKE.', Centralian Advocate (Alice Springs, NT : 1947 - 1954), 24 October, p. 10, accessed 29 July, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59835665
Information from the granddaughter of the photographer, July 2014