Daphne Kingston papers and photographs, 1980-2009

MLMSS 10461
DC 97

fonds

1980-2009

Textual Records, Ephemera, Clippings, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9585880

0.48 metres of textual material and 15 photographs (3 boxes)
1 computer disc - compact disc - 12 cm

Daphne Kingston (1928-2019) artist and graduate of the Julian Ashton Art School, art teacher, illustrator and author of local histories and studies of early buildings and built heritage , including The Changing Hawkesbury (1979), Early Slab Buildings of the Sydney Region (1985), Sydney's Hidden Charms (1987), Early Colonial Homes of the Sydney Region 1788-1838 (1990), A Hawkesbury sketchbook (1994) and Highways and Byways of the Sydney Region (1999). Kingston was known for her works on slab barns, cottages and colonial houses that once characterised the Sydney area, especially the Hawkesbury. The Historic Houses Association held two exhibitions of Daphne’s works - Vanishing in 2011 and Vanishing Sydney in 2016, showcasing the original drawings and paintings that Daphne used to illustrate her numerous published books on Sydney's early architecture.
Reference:
Daphne Kingston's Hawkesbury, https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/ (viewed 24 September 2020)

Computer discs removed from MLMSS 10461/Box 1.

This collection contains personal and research papers, typescripts, correspondence and photographs concerning heritage buildings in New South Wales, including State Heritage Inventories

BOX 1
Newspaper clippings, 1980-1999
Three photographs relating to George Seymour Watt, Engineer Draughtsman, Water Board by A. Rester & Clyde Engineering Co. Granville, approximately 1923-1934
Typescript 'Rita Bloomfield Sculptor & Artist 1909-1997 by Daphne Kingston with PDF copy on CD-ROM - DC 97
Correspondence and notes relating to 'Historic Houses Trust Slab Days, 1997-1998 Pitt Town'
Photocopies relating to Liverpool Heritage Study, April 1992
Newspaper clippings etc relating to Julian Ashton Art School, including photograph 'Earlwood, Ken, Beryl Olover's home, 17 March 2002
Kogarah Historical Society tea towel

BOX 2
Newspaper clippings, 1980-1999
Article 'Slab Buildings' by Daphne Kingston in 'Discover Liverpool: The City of Liverpool and District Historical Society Journal, 1995-1996'
Selection Macarthur Region Heritage Study Inventory prepared by JRC Planning Services for NSW Department of Environment and Planning, December 1985, copies by D. Kingston February 1999
Heritage Inventory Final Report Blacktown Heritage Study prepared for Blacktown City Council and Department of Planning, March 1988, copied 7 January 1999

BOX 3
Personal letters, 1988-2009
Greeting cards and postcards
Letters from University of Sydney Department of History, 1979-1998 including newsletters and printed ephemera
Janice Kingston Social Studies student notebook
Docket book 'Changing Hawkesbury, 1979-1980'
Annotated typescript 'Early colonial homes of the Sydney region' by Daphne Kingston
Twelve photographs at home in Earlwood, 2003, Kingston collection ANZ Exhibition Centre Martin Place, April 1984, Opal Minded shop in the Rocks, Sydney

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