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Papers of Marilyn Foster-Holmes
MSS 089

Collection Title

Papers of Marilyn Foster-Holmes

Collection Identifier

MSS 089

Inclusive date(s)

1983 to 1986

Extent and Medium

1 box + 1 AV box

Category

Literature

Collection Description

Drafts, correspondence, audio cassettes and photographs

Administrative / Biographical history

Marilyn Foster-Holmes authored German Charlie: Man of the Mallee, the biography of Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm von Worthmann (1887-1970), the youngest son of Ernst and Johanna von Worthmann of Holstein, Hanover and Hamburg, Germany. German Charlie was a seaman who jumped ship in Adelaide, South Australia and headed north and east, arriving in Pinnaroo (about 243 kilometers east of Adelaide) in 1907.

Acquisition Details

The collection was acquired in 1988 from Marilyn Foster-Holmes

Scope and Content

This collection contains the papers of Marilyn Foster-Holmes related to her biography of Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm von Worthmann, German Charlie: Man of the Mallee.

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: Open Access

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved.

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Disclaimer

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

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