Ron and Ngaire Gale aggregated collection of papers

fonds

1826-2016

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Nonmusical Sound Recordings

9661480

Ronald Leslie Gale (1928-2021), a former international trade consultant and a Freemason, was born in Gunnedah, New South Wales. In 1951 he was initiated and raised into Freemasonry by his father, Leslie Herbert Robert Gale. Between 1970 and 1979 Gale was elected to nine United Grand Lodge of New South Wales offices, culminating in his election as Junior Grand Warden.

During the late 1970s Gale was involved in trade initiatives between Australia and China, and between Australia and Korea. He was vice-president of the Australia-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and president of the Australia-Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Ron and his wife Ngaire moved to North Queensland in 1980 to retire, where they took up photography, resulting in over 50,000 photographs and five publications capturing North Queensland. Over many years, Ron and Ngaire have extensively researched his family history resulting in the donation of the Gale family history papers to the Mitchell Library in 2006.

References:

Compiled from Ron Gale - Ronald L. Gale Masonic Collection, being papers, 1866-1998 (MLMSS 6390)

Compiled from Ron Gale - Ronald L. Gale Asian Collection, being papers, 1948-1996 (MLMSS 6631)

State Library of Queensland. “The Ron and Ngaire Gale Photographic collection: Treasure collection of the John Oxley Library.” Accessed 3 February 2023.
https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/ron-and-ngaire-gale-photographic-collection-treasure-collection-john-oxley-library

COLLECTION 1:
Ron and Ngaire Gale family history collection

COLLECTION 2:
Ron and Ngaire Gale family history collection, further papers

COLLECTION 3:
Ron and Ngaire Gale family history collection further papers, 2016