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1001474
  • Title
    ‘Hitherto’, reminiscences of early life by Catherine Mackerras, ca. 1900-1916
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MLMSS 9852/Box 1X
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1900-1916
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    1001474
  • Physical Description
    0.10 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - typescript with manuscript annotations
  • Scope and Content
    Describes growing up in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, the household’s move from Bayswater Road to Macquarie Street, schooling in Sydney, her gradual conversion to Catholicism, departure for France on the Osterley in 1910, an extended stay in Edinburgh with her aunts and the family’s move to Rose Bay on their return from Europe. Describes the impact of the death of her uncle Normand MacLaurin at Gallipoli Apr. 1915 which prompted her father’s volunteering for medical duties with the R.A.M.C., the family’s voyage to England via the Suez and France on troopship Morea, and ends with recollections of family life and schooling in war time England, and return to Sydney on the Osterley Dec. 1916
  • Copying Conditions
    Copyright status:: In copyright
    Rights and Restrictions Information:: No publication without prior written approval of copyright holder
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