Series 01: John Fallding records, pictorial and realia material, 1946-2000

MLMSS 9656/Boxes 1-10

series

1946-2000

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs

1319564

1.60 metres of textual material (10 boxes), 7 albums, some files contain photographs and ephemera items - manuscript, printed - black & white ;

John Frederick Fallding (1921-2000), born in Cessnock, N.S.W., was a lifelong pacifist. As a young man he participated in Methodist Crusader Camps, then joined the Quakers and became a pacifist. A conscientious objector in World War II, he was directed by the authorities to do civilian work under civilian control building a road in the Watagan Forest for the Forestry Commission of N.S.W., 1942-1944. His experience on this project was related in a talk to the Australian Pacifist Conference in 1946. In 1949 he represented Australia at the World Pacifist Conference in India, where he was influenced by the non-violent activism of Gandhi

John Fallding records 1946-2000, including diaries, conferences, personal papers and accounts, pacifist groups, biographical information on Marie Byles and Dorothy Hasluck. Photograph albums of bush hiking trips to Cradle Mountain, Lamington National Park, Blue Mountains and India.

BOX 1

Folders 1 and 2

Pacifism 1946-1950
Includes John Fallding diary notes. Contains correspondence, photos, notes, articles by JF relating to pacifism, including World Pacifist Conference in India. Includes photos and speech notes.

Large photo of world pacifist conference meeting 1950

Folder 3

Details of house purchase mortgage (including stamped record, and building arrangements for 69 Cobran Rd Cheltenham

The Binks Book, vol. no. 1

Folder 4

John Fallding notes, observations and comments, and organisation of Vim ala Thakar meetings, Sydney Morning Herald Special on Papua New Guinea Self-government 1973. Letters re tall passengers on buses.

BOXES 2 and 3

John Fallding tax returns 1942 to 2000
Complete set for each year, including miscellaneous receipts, notes and letters

BOX 4

Folder 1

John Fallding job applications, building application letter and specifications for house at 69 Cobran Rd Cheltenham. John Fallding notes on first impressions of a hospital, 1950 to 1960

Folder 2

Correspondence and information relating to Europe trip, 1967. Relates to correspondence regarding World Pacifist Conference. Also diary.

Folder 3

Information relating to pacifism 1942-1945; including correspondence on conscientious objectors, including letters from John Fallding and Forestry Camper's Newsletters from Watagans, photographs of bullock team and camp, notebook from 1944, and undated notebook.

The Australian supplement 19 October 1973
Commemorative edition to mark opening of Sydney Opera House

Folder 4

Correspondence relating to pacifism in India and itinerary and info for trip to India and Europe in 1967

Folder 5

John Fallding accountancy registration and related information. Also letter from John Fallding and E.V. Fallding regarding adoption of an Aboriginal child, and correspondence from Superintendent of Aborigines welfare

BOX 5

Folder 1

Gandhi information including Columbia Record Company record notes of Gandhi’s spiritual message, plus letter from E.V. Fallding to John Fallding dated 27 Jan 1953. Important 4 page letter between parents. Letters, correspondence and publications relating to world pacifist meeting 1949- 1953

Folders 2 and 3

Diaries and trips. Itinerary for final trip in June 2000. Co-op passbook, national security permit 1942, Crusader Camp group photos 1939-1940, itinerary for Europe trip 1993, 1979, 1998. Itineraries and notes for Australian trips July 1977, July 1978, June 2000 and New Zealand trip 1982. Copy of poems by Harold Fallding (brother).

BOX 6

Alice B. Fallding & John Fallding cash book 1951 to 1955. Details of all payments and balance sheets.

John Fallding cash book 1956 to 1966. Details of all payments and balance sheets.






John Fallding cash book 1966 to 1980. Details of all payments and balance sheets.

John Fallding cash book 1980 to 1997. Details of all payments and balance sheets. Also some
Miscellaneous correspondence.

John Fallding cash book 1999 to 2000. Details of all payments and balance sheets. Other miscellaneous financial documents

BOX 7

Folder 1

John Fallding personal papers. Includes summary of interview with Dr Binks, references, 1942 and 1944 letters from John Fallding to Jim Somerville, bank records, leave application, personal references.

Folder 2

Miscellaneous papers; including 1971 letter from Bernard Narakobi, Singleton Argus article with MF and Mark Roser, copy of newspaper article authored by Harold Fallding on masculinity and femininity, and E. Vreni and John Fallding engagement notice. Bernard Narakobi was the first Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea. John Fallding met him as a law student at Sydney University.

Folder 3

Musicians for world peace. Details of accounts and flyers for concerts.

Folder 4

Lottie Stewart Hospital. Details of hospital history, miscellaneous papers and John Fallding involvement.

Folder 5

Marie Byles. Details of funeral, miscellaneous newspaper clippings etc, 1957 article from People Magazine by Clem Cleveson, obituary by Dot Butler, John Fallding notes about Marie Byles attacker, correspondence between Byles and John Fallding including 20 August 1959 regarding transfer of the land at Cheltenham, John Fallding notes on autobiography. Autobiography held in Mitchell Library.

Folder 6

John Fallding information and correspondence from Australian Archives, concerning ASIO records of acquaintances in 1940s and 1950s.

Box 7 included a silk handkerchief:
Queen Victoria souvenir silk handkerchief, 1887 and related material / compiled by John Fallding.
Transferred to LR 106.

BOX 8

Folder 1

Mrs Alice Bessie Fallding (mother). Details of accounts and estate.

Folder 2

Dorothy Hasluck was the first cousin of Sir Paul Hasluck, former politician and Australian Governor General. Details of life, funeral, will, miscellaneous papers. Europe Diary (Spain and Portugal 1951?) and miscellaneous bound book with notes. Passports. Also Richard Hasluck transcript of diary (compiled by Paul Hasluck).

Folder 3

Young Man on a New Road - Extracts from the diaries of Richard Hasluck, concerning travel in the United States of America, 1832 - 1844 by Paul Hasluck.

Folder 4

Leather bound notebook from Dorothy Hasluck contains notes about German language education and drawing. Leather bound tripbook from Dorothy Hasluck handwritten notes and miscellaneous clippings from Dorothy Hasluck.

BOX 9

Folder 1

Bushwalking diaries and trip reports, 1945 to 1952.

Food list and menu for Tasmania bush walk Christmas 1951, Cradle Mountain, Lake St Clair walking guides, Snowy Mountains bushwalk diary (Cooma to Albury) Oct/Nov 1945, Snowy Mountains trip menu Christmas 1952, diary Lamington trip December 1950, notes of trip to Kangaroo Valley 1947, proposed itinerary Christmas 1952 Bogong High Plains, Albury, Tasmania diary December 1947 to January 1948, diary Kangaroo Valley 1946. Documentation relates to photo albums.

Folder 2

Photo album of Cradle Mountain, Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Christmas 1951. Burnie, Davenport, Waldheim, Cradle Mountain, overland track, Mt. Rufus, Butlers Gorge, Queenstown, Strahan, Macquarie Harbour, King River, Mt Wellington. Party – John Fallding, John Grey, Bill Cox, Arthur, Len Brown and Ted Hartley.

Folder 3

Photo album of Cradle Mountain, Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, December 1947 to January 1948. Cradle Mountain, overland track, Mt. Wellington, East Coast. Party – Mona Birrell, Patricia, Joan, Eckhart.

Folder 4

Photo album Lamington National Park, January 1949. O’Reillys Guest House, two day horse trip with Rose O’Reilly, Tweed Valley

BOX 10

Folder 1

Photo album India trip 1949, 1959 and Kanangra bushwalk Easter 1950. John Fallding with Pandit Nehru, Government House reception, farwell at Jim Somervilles at Cammeray, boat trip (Strathaird), Ceylon, Bombay (Mumbai), Desais, Delhi, World Pacifist Meeting, Benares, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Himalayas, Sevagram, Rishikesh, Agra, Friends’ Centre at Hoshangabad. Donald Groom.

Folder 2

Photo album of Kanangra Walls, Easter and June 1950, Kanangra to Katoomba Easter 1952.
Kanangra Walls, Cloudmaker, Cox’s River in flood, Taro’s Ladder, Platform Cave at Kanangra, Snowman, Wild Dog Mountains, Narrow Neck and Mt. Solitary. Party (Easter 1950) – John, Paul, Nick, Ted, Hugh, Bill Brown, Bede, Don. Party (June) – Erick Erickson, Ted, Bill Cox. Party (Easter 1952) – John, Ted, Hugh Mahon, Arthur, Bruce, Alan, Jack (Cremorne Rovers).

Folder 3

Photo album of Lamington National Park, December 1950. North Coast, O’Reillys. Party – John, John Grey, Ted, Len, Eckhart.

Folder 4

Photo album Easter 1951 bushwalk. Blue Gum Forest, Grose Valley. Party – John, Nick and Ted

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