Australian music and theatre ephemera scrapbook, compiled by Arthur John Newstead

MLMSS 11719/Box 1X

fonds

1884-1942, predominant 1891-1901

Textual Records, Clippings, Ephemera, Graphic Materials

9651597

0.3 metres of textual material (1 volume in outsize box)

Arthur John Newstead was born in Middlesex, England in 1859 to Ann and William Newstead. He married Lucy Edith Buckley in Yorkshire in March 1884 and worked as an auctioneer. They arrived in Australia on the Windsor Castle on 13th June 1884. Living on the lower north shore of Sydney they had two children, Edith May and John Wrench. Arthur was appointed a magistrate in 1900. Lucy Edith passed away in 1921 and Arthur remarried Elfreda Walker in 1923. In his later years he resided in Glenbrook and died on 9th of February 1947.

References:
Library acquisition file
“MORE MAGISTRATES.” Evening News, 10 November 2022, p. 5. Accessed November 10, 2022. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117030692
“Advertising.” The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 February p. 17. Accessed November 10, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18009933

Quarto scrapbook, original vellum with ink ruling to boards with marbled endpapers. Mounted into the book are theatrical and musical programs, news announcements for plays and concerts, special event invitations and menus, newspaper clippings pertaining to current events and the obituaries of prominent people in the arts. The volume includes theatre programs for the Criterion Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre and the Tivoli Theatre. Music programs include ones for The Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra, The Sydney Liedertafel, organ recitals at the Town Hall and concerts at the Imperial Opera House. Also contained in the volume is a program for Sydney's Lumiere Cinematographe, one of the first venues to screen moving pictures.

Out of copyright:
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Title devised by cataloguer based on contents

Fragile. Cover has separated from spine