Stuart Braga further papers

MLMSS 12237

fonds

1946-2022

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera

9683089

1.76 metres of textual material (11 boxes)

Stuart Braga is a historian, writer, and former teacher. He has written various books and many articles on educational, church and military history, including 'ANZAC Doctor: The Life of Sir Neville Howse' (2000), 'Kokoda Commander: A Life of Major-General "Tubby" Allen' (2004), and 'John Paton, VC: Hero of Lucknow' (2007). Braga retired in 1998 as Deputy Head of Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill, Sydney, having taught history for 40 years. He is a life member of the Teachers' Guild of New South Wales and the Royal Australian Historical Society, and was made a Fellow of the Australian College of Education in 1988.

References:
Australian National Museum of Education. "Stuart Braga." Accessed 25 November 2024.
https://www.canberra.edu.au/anme/our-research/distinguished-educators/stuart-braga

Each box contains a comprehensive content listing supplied by the donor, providing further contextual information and details.


BOX 1: PERSONAL PAPERS; DIARIES

[1.1/14]: Personal references, 1956-2007
Reference letters for Stuart Braga, including by heads of schools, school council members, Archbishop of Sydney Sir Marcus Loane.
[1.1/15]: Curriculum vitae, 1976-1996
Various resumes by Stuart Braga, including correspondence from Rockhampton Grammar School relating to job offer (1979); Expression of Interest letter by Braga for Selection Committee of Brisbane Boys’ College (1996).
[2/1]: Appointment diaries, 1961-1970
[2/2]: Appointment diaries, 1971-1985; 1991
[2/3]: Diary 1995. Includes details of family events and his role as Senior Master and Acting Headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill, Sydney.
[2/4]: Appointment diaries, 1998-2010



BOX 2: DIARIES; EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

[2/5]: Appointment diaries, 2011-2020
[2/6]: Visitor’s book MacMasters Beach property, 1981-1983; diaries (2) Avoca Beach property, 1990-1997
[2/7]: Diaries (2) Avoca Beach property, 1997-2003
[7.1/1]: Higher School Certificate General Studies. Examining Committee, 1966-1974
Includes correspondence, reports, minutes, Board of Senior School Studies circulars, Higher School Certificate examination papers.
[7.1/2]: Higher School Certificate General Studies. General Studies marking, 1967-1984
Includes correspondence from Board of Senior School Studies relating to Braga's appointment as Senior Assistant Examiner, reports, notes, Higher School Certificate examination papers. Also contains a Sydney Morning Herald newspaper clipping of Braga’s ‘Letter to the Editor’ concerning marking of Higher School Certificate papers, 1980.



BOX 3: EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS; AHISA; AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

[7.2]: North Sydney Region History Curriculum Development Committee, 1974-1984.
Includes agendas, minutes, reports, circulars, notes.
[8/1 - 8/2]: Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA): Deputies Dinners, 1990-1998
Includes AHISA deputies registers, AHISA Deputies Dinner programs, correspondence from Stuart Braga relating to Deputies Dinner events and deputy registers.
[8/3]: AHISA Senior Staff Conference, July 1990
Correspondence and documents from the Organising Committee relating to conference planning and arrangements. Also contains Braa’s conference paper ‘The Role of the Staff Executive in School Management’.
[8/4]: AHISA Senior Staff Conference, Melbourne Grammar School, July 1993
Includes conference program, papers, conference notes, correspondence from Stuart Braga.
[8/5 - /8/6]: AHISA Senior Staff Conference, PLC, Perth, July 1996
Includes conference program, papers, reports, conference notes. Also contains notes relating to photographs taken by Braga of Perth and surroundings, including Western Australia Maritime Museum.
[8/7]: AHISA Senior Staff Conference, Leura, October 1997
Includes correspondence relating to conference registration and arrangements, notes for paper ‘The changing role of the Deputy’ presented by Braga.
[9.1/1]: Australian College of Education. Lists of Members and Fellows, 1978, 1992, 1997, 2002 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
[9.1/2]: Australian College of Education. Stuart Braga Fellowship appointment, 1988-2012
Includes correspondence and papers relating to Fellowship conferral, 1988; Australian Education Bicentennial Conference program, including conference report by Stuart Braga, 1988; newsletter of New South Wales Branch relating to Stuart Braga’s retirement from Awards Committee, 2003; Sir Harold Wyndham Awards Dinner program, featuring Braga's 2012 NSW Service Award.



BOX 4: AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

[9.1/3]: General file, 1979-2013
Includes correspondence, members’ handbook, papers by Braga and others. Also contains material relating to the Australian College of Education N.S.W. Chapter, including minutes, reports, circulars, ecumenical service booklets.
[9.1/4 - 9.1/5]: Awards Committee, 1991-1998; 1999
Australian College of Education N.S.W. Chapter and Fellowship Selection Committee agendas, minutes, circulars, nomination forms and guidelines, correspondence relating to nominations for College Medal and Fellow.
[9.1/6]: Awards Committee and Chapter Committee 2000 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
Correspondence, agenda, minutes, reports, circulars, member register.
[9.1/7]: Awards Committee and Chapter Committee 2001, approximately 2000-2001
Correspondence, agenda, minutes, reports, including N.S.W. Regional Group reports, circulars, brochure Quality Teaching Awards
[9.1/8]: Allan Petersen emails, 2000-2002
Printouts of email correspondence between Allan Petersen, Secretary of the Awards Committee, and Stuart Braga, then Chair of Awards Committee, relating to Awards Committee matters.
[9.1/9]: Awards Committee and Chapter Committee 2001 for 2002, approximately 1999-2001 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
Includes agendas, minutes, circulars, reports, correspondence, member register.
[9.1/10]: Awards Committee 2003
Includes agendas, minutes, circulars, reports, correspondence.
[9.1/11]: Awards Committee Membership, 2000-2003 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
Correspondence relating to membership invitations for N.S.W. Chapter Awards Committee, member register.
[9.1/12]: Awards Committee, 2004 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
Includes agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence, member register.
[9.1/13]: Awards Committee, 2005-2006
Includes agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence.
[9.1/14]: Branch Committee 2002-2004
New South Wales Branch Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports, including N.S.W. Regional Group reports, circulars, Australian College of Educations constitution by-laws.



BOX 5: AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION; TEACHERS' GUILD OF NEW SOUTH WALES; BATTLE FOR AUSTRALIA COMMITTEE

[9.1/15]: Australian College of Education Branch Committee 2004-2005
New South Wales Branch Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports, including N.S.W. Regional Group reports, circulars.
[9.1/16]: Australian College of Education Archives Project, 2002
Includes agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence from College archivist Tony Ryan, including photocopies and listings relating to New South Wales Branch records; Education Review clippings concerning the College Archives.
[9.1/17]: Australian College of Education nomination forms, 1994, 2000-2005
Includes nomination forms and guidelines for Fellowship, Sir Harold Wyndham Medal, Quality Teaching Awards, Outstanding Service Awards, Award for Excellence in Journalism, College of Educators Medal, 2000-2005
[9.2/1]: Teachers’ Guild of New South Wales 1986-1992
Council Meeting agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence, member register.
[9.2/2]: Teachers’ Guild of New South Wales 1992-1995
Teachers’ Guild of New South Wales: Council Meeting agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence.
[9.2/3]: Teachers’ Guild of New South Wales 1995-2004, 2007, 2014
Teachers’ Guild of New South Wales: Council Meeting agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence, papers.
Also contains programs and address for the Guild’s ‘Annual Dinner and Presentation of Awards’ events, for which Stuart Braga was the guest of honour in 2007.
[9.2/4]: Teachers’ Guild of New South Wales president’s reports, 1985-1988
Presidential reports by Stuart Braga. Also contains the Teachers’ Guild’s annual report, 2001.
[9.2/5]: Presidential reports addresses, 2000-2001
Addresses given by Stuart Braga, including ‘The changing face of teaching in the 20th century’ at the Teachers’ Guild Annual Conference, Tara Anglican School for Girls, Parramatta, 31 July 2001. Also contains notes for address ‘Historical perspectives of independent schools’, at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, 15 May 2000.
[9.2/6]: Teachers' Guild of New South Wales' journal ‘Proceedings’, 1998, 2001.
Correspondence and notes relating to printing of journal issues.
[10.8/1]: Kokoda Committee (later: Battle for Australia Committee),1998-1999 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
Includes agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence, member register. Also contains programs Kokoda Commemoration Service at Sydney Cenotaph, Battle for Australia Commemoration briefing note.
[10.8/2]: Battle for Australia Committee, 1999 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
Includes agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence, member register, program Kokoda Commemoration Service at Sydney Cenotaph, school magazine clipping relating to Kokoda, program and flyer Kokoda Commemoration Service at Sydney Cenotaph, draft talk for schools.
[10.8/3]: Battle for Australia Committee and Commemoration, 2000
Includes agendas, minutes, reports, paper ‘Commemoration of the Battle for Australia’ by James Bowen, correspondence, program Kokoda Commemoration Service at Sydney Cenotaph, invitation to ‘unveiling and dedication service’ on Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway.



BOX 6: BATTLE FOR AUSTRALIA COMMITTEE; ADDRESSES

Folders 10.8/5-10.8/10 mainly include agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence, member registers, programs for Kokoda Commemoration Service at Sydney Cenotaph.

[10.8/4]: Battle for Australia Committee: 60th anniversary stamp proposal, 1999-2000
Correspondence, notes, and reports relating to proposed commemorative stamp, including drafts for submission to Prime Minister J.W. Howard. Also contains an issue of Stamp Bulletin (2002) with information about Battle for Australia 1942 pre-stamped envelope.
[10.8/5]: Battle for Australia Committee, 2001 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
Also includes a proposal relating to Kokoda Track.
[10.8/6]: Battle for Australia Committee and commemoration, 2001 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
[10.8/7]: Battle for Australia Committee and commemoration, 2002 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
Includes Battle for Australia flyer and brochure.
[10.8/8]: Battle for Australia Committee and commemoration, 2003 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
Includes an address by Stuart Braga for Anzac Day Dawn Service.
[10.8/9]: Battle for Australia Committee and commemoration, 2004-2005 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
[10.8/10]: Battle for Australia Executive Committee, 2003-2005 (RESTRICTED – Sensitive information)
Includes a photocopy of the ‘Proclamation of Battle for Australia Day’ by the Governor-General (2008)
[10.8/11]: Battle for Australia: Education Sub-Committee (from Reg Markham, Chair), 1994-2006
Mainly includes addresses and talks, including a draft talk for schools and an address for Kokoda Commemoration Service at Sydney Cenotaph, correspondence, Sydney Morning Herald newspaper clipping relating to Reg Markham and Kokoda.
[10.8/12]: Battle for Australia – Education Sub-Committee, 1999-2001
Includes correspondence, Braga draft article ‘Facing the unimaginable. The Battle for Australia, 1942 – a strategic view’, and a submission by Braga to the New South Wales Board of Studies regarding a stronger focus on Australia and World War II in the History Syllabus. Also includes newspaper and journal clippings relating to the history curriculum.
[10.8/13]: Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway, 2000
Includes correspondence, notes, report, information leaflet, program ‘Dedication and unveiling of stations Menari, Wairopi, Buna, Gona’ (2000), student workbook on Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway.
[10.8/14]: Papers from Frank Hawdon AOM, Chair of Publicity Sub-Committee, 1980, 2002-2011
Includes correspondence, programs Kokoda Commemoration Service at Sydney Cenotaph, Battle for Australia brochures and flyers, newspaper clippings relating to World War II veterans.
[10.9/1]: New Australian Bookplate Society, 2009-2010
Includes membership form, newsletters (2) featuring contributions by Stuart Braga.
[15/1]: Braga addresses, 1994-2004
Talks (15) by Stuart Braga on a range of topics, including Sydney, Anzac Day, Sir Neville Howse VC, and Major-General ‘Tubby’ Allen, delivered at various societies and institutions.
[15/2]: Braga addresses, 2005-2008
Talks (14) by Stuart Braga on a range of topics, mainly relating to military history, delivered at various societies and institutions.



BOX 7: ADDRESSES; GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

[15/3]: Braga addresses, 2009-2019
Talks (10) by Stuart Braga on a range of topics, including military history and the Braga family, delivered at various societies and institutions.
[15/4]: Jack Braga, 2015
Lecture ‘Jack Braga – the man and his collection’ to Asia Pacific Special Interest Group (APSIG) at National Library of Australia, 11 March 2015. Contains photographs (3) of lecture, and correspondence from Fernando Ribeiro, former Counsellor at the Portuguese Embassy to Australia.
[15/5]: Anzac Panorama, 2015
Talk ‘Anzac Panorama: a memorial to the 8th Light Horse Regiment by one of its few surviving officers’ for Power of Maps conference (Australia & New Zealand Maps Society), National Library of Australia, 30 April 2015. Includes conference program, research notes, draft versions of article for submission to ‘The Globe’ with accompanying correspondence and editorial feedback.
[15/6]: Influenza, 2015
Lecture ‘Influenza 1919. How did schools cope with this overwhelming disaster?’, Ninth annual Historical Perspectives on Education Lecture at Australian National Museum of Education (ANME), Canberra, 1 May 2015. Includes ANME correspondence, program, newsletter, and flyer relating to lecture.
[15/7]: Introduction to the J.M. Braga Collection, 2016
Talk ‘Introduction to the J.M. Braga Collection’ at National Library of Australia, 22 September 2016. Also includes information sheets for displayed objects, and correspondence from Paolo Cunha Alves, Ambassador of Portugal.
[15/8]: Miscellaneous, 2016-2022
Talk on Katoomba Christian Convention at The Gatehouse, Anglicare, Castle Hill, 3 November 2016; birthday speech Brian Dickey, 1 March 2019; talk on William Macquarie Cowper, Anglican Historical Society, 4 June 2022
[16.1/1]: Gallipoli, ANZAC Doctor and Sir Neville Howse, 1999-2011
Talks (11) by Stuart Braga on Sir Neville Howse and Gallipoli, delivered at various societies and institutions.
[16.2/1 -16.2/2]: Kokoda campaign and General ‘Tubby’ Allen, 2000-2018
Talks (18) by Stuart Braga on Kokoda campaign and General ‘Tubby’ Allen, delivered at various societies and institutions.
Folders 18.1/1 - 18.1/3 include received letters and cards, as well as correspondence from Stuart Braga:
[18.1/2]: General correspondence, 1973-1986
[18.1/1]: General correspondence, 1946-1972
[18.1/2]: General correspondence, 1973-1986
[18.1/3]: General correspondence, 1987-1992



BOX 8: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

Includes received letters, cards and email printouts, as well as correspondence from Stuart Braga.
[18.1/4]: General correspondence, 1993-1994
[18.1/5]: General correspondence, 1995
[18.1/6]: General correspondence, 1996
[18.1/7]: General correspondence, 1997
[18.1/8]: General correspondence, 1998
[18.1/9]: General correspondence, 1999
[18.1/10]: General correspondence, 2000
[18.1/11]: General correspondence, 2001
[18.1/12]: General correspondence, 2001
[18.1/13]: General correspondence, 2002
[18.1/14]: General correspondence, 2002
[18.1/15]: General correspondence, 2003
[18.1/16]: General correspondence, 2004
[18.1/17]: General correspondence, 2005
[18.1/18]: General correspondence, 2006
[18.1/19]: General correspondence, 2007

 

BOX 9: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

[18.1/20]: General correspondence, 2008
[18.1/21]: General correspondence, 2009
[18.1/22]: General correspondence, 2010
[18.1/23]: General correspondence, 2011
[18.1/24]: General correspondence, 2012
[18.1/25]: General correspondence, 2013-2014
[18.1/26]: General correspondence, 2015
[18.1/27]: General correspondence, 2016-2017
[18.1/28] General correspondence, 2018-2020
[18.1/29]: Special letters and other papers, approximately 1960s-2021
Folders 18.2/1 - 18.2/12 mainly include received correspondence, as well as correspondence from Stuart Braga.
[18.2/1]: Michael and Adele Babbage, 1998-2022
[18.2/2]: Sheila and Roger Brown, 1993-2017
[18.2/3]: Norah Elizabeth (Liz) Capper and other members of the Capper family, 1992-2002.
[18.2/4]: Blair Carlson, 1991-2012
[18.2/5 – 18.2/6]: Brian Kenneth Dickey, 1957-1961, 1973-1992, 2002
Mainly includes photocopies of letters from Stuart Braga to Brian Dickey, 1957-1960. Also contains letters from Brian Dickey to Stuart Braga, 1973-1992, 2002
[18.2/7]: David Irvine AO, 2002-2022
[18.2/8]: Alan, Sheila and Michael Potter, 1972-2004
[18.2/9]: Tseng brothers, 1990-1996
[18.2/10]: Dr Ronald R. Winton, 1993-1997
Letters and documents relating to Stuart Braga's nomination of Dr. Ronald Winton (1913-2004) for an Order of Australia award. Also includes a card from Dr Ronald R. Winton, 1997.
[18.2/11]: Irene Young, approximately 1987-1996
[18.2/12]: Jocelin Winthrop Young, 1991-1994



BOX 10: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE; BOOK COLLECTION

[18.3]: Correspondence record, 1957-1981
Notebooks (4) containing a record of letters sent and received by Stuart Braga.
Book accessions and book loans
[20.2/1]: Book accessions, 1958-1982
Exercise books (3) containing a record of books acquired by Braga, including author’s name and title. Also contains notebooks (2) with desiderata, approximately 1960s.
[20.2/2]: Book loans, 1975-1984
Exercise books (2) containing a record of books lent by Stuart Braga to students.
[20.2/3]: Stuart Braga Library – Rough List of books, 1998
Preliminary list (71 pages) of books in Stuart Braga’s collection, sorted alphabetically by author.
[20.3/1]: Bibliographies, 1963-1998
Bibliographies (3) relating to military history,
- C.E. Dornbusch, Australian Military Bibliography, 1963. Annotated copy.
- J. Fielding and R. O’Neill, A select bibliography of Australian military history, 1978, chapter 7 ‘World War I’, pages 201-236. Annotated copy
- List of publications by C.E.W. Bean, compiled by Braga in 1997.
- Preliminary list of books relating to World War I in Stuart Braga’s collection, 11 July 1998
[20.3/2]: Catalogues, 1996, 2012
Catalogues (2) relating to military history
- New Century Antiquarian Books, Victoria. ‘Aspects of Australia 1888-1988’, No. 1, October 1996.
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, South Australia. Auction catalogue ‘Book Auction Sunday 7 October 2012’, including the Wayne Paterson Militaria Collection.
[20.3/3]: Braga World War I collection catalogue, 2007
Draft catalogue of Braga’s collection of World War I books, organised in 20 parts. Includes notes and annotations. First draft, October 2007.
[20.3/4]: Braga World War I collection catalogue, 2009
Draft catalogue of Braga’s collection of World War I books, organised in 23 parts. Second draft, September 2009.
[20.3/5]: Sale of Braga collection, 1994-2014
Papers relating to the sale of the Stuart Braga collection through auction at Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, including correspondence, notes. Also includes invoices relating to collection acquisitions.
[20.3/6]: Catalogue of book auction, November 2014
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers auction catalogue ‘The Stuart Braga Collection of Australian Military History’, Sunday 2 November 2014. Also includes consignor settlement reports and invoices of items sold outside of auction.
[20.6]: Australian Book Collectors
Braga draft version and article on book collection, published in ‘Australian book collectors : some noted Australian book collectors & collections of the nineteenth & twentieth centuries’, Third Series Part I, Volume IV, 2017. Also includes talk ‘The story of Australian Book Collectors’ by Charles Stitz to the Victorian branch of Australian Book Collectors.
[20.7]: Stuart Braga collection: special collections, approximately 2022
Notes on three small collections within the Braga collection, concerning Edward Gough Whitlam, Australian political leaders, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Also contains a postcard from David Braga.


 
BOX 11: ANZAC DOCTOR

[21/1]: Anzac Doctor/National Council for the Centenary of Federation, 1999-2004
Correspondence between Stuart Braga and National Council for the Centenary of Federation concerning application and funding for publication ‘ANZAC doctor: the life of Sir Neville Howse, Australia's first VC’, including related documents.
[21/2]: Costs. Department of Veterans Affairs, 1998-2000
Correspondence, including overview of expenses, invoices and receipts, relating to grant from Department of Veterans Affairs for administrative costs of research for publication ‘ANZAC doctor'.
[21/3]: Index cards, approximately 1998
Index cards relating to research for publication ‘ANZAC doctor’, compiled by Braga from sources held at Australian War Memorial, National Library of Australia and National Archives of Australia.
[21/4]: Pictures research for ANZAC Doctor, 1998-2000
Mainly includes correspondence relating to reproduction rights, notes, printouts of catalogue searches, as well as some photographs.
[21/7]: Conference Military History, 1999
Program ‘The Boer War: army, nation and empire: the 1999 Chief of Army / Australian War Memorial Military History Conference’ in Canberra, notes on conference talks.
[21/8]: Notes, approximately 1990s-2000s
Includes index cards, notes, annotated copies of publications (2) relating to South Africa military history, book reviews, as well as a box list of Stuart Braga papers donated to National Library of Australia.
[21/9]: Letters received relating to ‘ANZAC Doctor’, 2000-2001
Includes letters and postcards received by Braga relating to publication ‘ANZAC Doctor’, as well as page ‘Some readers’ comments’ compiled by Braga with brief extracts from the received letters. 
[21/10]: Anzac Doctor – Miscellaneous letters, 2000-2001
Received letters, including correspondence from Stuart Braga, relating to ‘ANZAC Doctor’ publication.
[21/11]: Valerie Howse OAM, 2000-2010, 2012
Received letters and postcards from Valerie Howse, including Valerie Howse obituary written by Braga.
[21/12]: Victoria Cross Centenary Dinner, 2000
Includes invitation and program for Victoria Cross Commemorative Dinner in Orange (2000), Victoria Cross commemorative stamps, coin and postcards, speech ‘King of Orange’ by Braga, ‘ANZAC Doctor’ dust jacket.

File numbers between brackets are based on numbering system provided by donor (with gaps).

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