Publications and lectures by Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker

Archive Collections / Dr William Delano Walker / Series AA357/10 / Publications and lectures by Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker

Publications and lectures by Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker including notes and drafts (18 pages).

Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

    Notes on and abstracts from various newspapers and journals relating to illustrated lectures given by the Walkers. Arranged by lecture title and date incorporating the audience numbers for each individual lecture: The Flying Doctor - 17,685; Glimpses of Australia - 5,770; The Australian Aborigines - 7,240; The Romance of Wool - 400; The Life History of the Kangaroo - 400. Suggesting a total well in excess of 31,000. A few pages note some misinterpretations reported, such as "2 million people in two cities", "This is how the Empire was pioneered", "I was the Flying Doctor", and "Mention of a Flying Hospital". Finally a list of good lecturers is given which includes: Escott North, Rose Quyong, Oliver Simonds and Grey Owl.

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/10/4/17 A
Date Range1929  -  1938
Quantity 0.1cm,    
FormatsGeneral Publications, Loose Notes
Series AA357/10