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Page from Scrapbook of memorabilia from the Coffee Pot Northbridge c1950s-1970s

Coffee Pot scrapbook

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On 19 May 2020, Dr Kate discussed a more recent piece of Western Australian social history: a scrapbook containing mementos of a Perth café that was around from the 1950s to the early 1980s.
View across Roebourne toward Harding River to country beyond about 1890

1864 letter from William Shakespeare Hall

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Dr Kate talks about a very early letter from the Pilbara, written just as this area was opening up to the pastoral industry.
Styleworts Rica Erickson

Rica Erickson illustrations for 'Triggerplants'

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Dr Kate discusses the recently digitised watercolour paintings and ink sketches produced by Rica Erickson for her 1958 book Triggerplants.
Lieutenant General Sir J Talbot Hobbs and one of his diaries

J J Talbot Hobbs

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ANZAC day was on the weekend and in light of that, this week Dr Kate discussed Joseph John Talbot Hobbs who kept five diaries throughout World War I.
Toilet roll diary 27 July 1942 - 12 Sep 1942

Raymond Stewart’s toilet paper diary

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Dr. Kate discusses Raymond Stanley Stewart’s diary written on toilet paper while he was a prisoner of war in WWII.
Portrait of Mary Ann Friend c 1832 National Library of Australia

Mary Ann Friend's journal

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Mary Ann Friend’s journal is an account of the settlement of the Swan River 1829-1831. Of great cultural significance to Western Australia, the journal is one of the many treasures of State Library.