Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

Cultural Sensitivity Warning
It is a condition of use of the cultural components of the Museum Archives that users ensure that any disclosure of information contained in this collection is consistent with the views and sensitivities of Indigenous people. Users are warned that there may be words and descriptions that may be culturally sensitive and which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts. Users should also be aware that some records document research into people and cultures using a scientific research model dating from the first half of the twentieth century, and depicts people as research subjects in ways which may today be considered offensive. Some records contain terms and annotations that reflect the author's attitude or that of the period in which the item was written, and may be considered inappropriate today in some circumstances. Users should be aware that in some Indigenous communities, hearing names of deceased persons might cause sadness or distress, particularly to the relatives of these people. Furthermore, certain totemic symbols may also have prohibitions relating to the age, initiation and ceremonial status or clan of the person who may see them. Records included may be subject to access conditions imposed by Indigenous communities and/or depositors. Users are advised that access to some materials may be subject to these terms and conditions that the Museum is required to maintain.
Accept

Mrs Mary Vera (Mollie) Walker personal diaries

Archive Collections / Dr William Delano Walker / Series AA357/08 / Mrs Mary Vera (Mollie) Walker personal diaries

Previously accessioned as D3/6

A loose leaf diary detailing Mrs Walker's daily life including travel and personal routine. This item covers locations around London England and Arnhem Land Northern Territory.

Detailed descriptions of industrial plant etc visited include:

  • United Daries, Willesden 26 November 1931

  • The Timers King's Cross 14 December 1931



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • Mrs Waddington, Mindel and Faraday, Dr Wakeley 2 November 1931

  • Mrs Bennett 3 November 1931

  • Mr Bennett, Mr Chapman 5 November 1931

  • Sir Henry Barwell, Mr McCann 9 November 1931

  • British Medical Association (BMA), Mr Hart, Melville Island, burial sites 10 November 1931

  • Page and Pratt, Smith Kay, Royal Photographic Society (RPS), Frank Newems, Violet Blacklock, Prof. Winifred Cullis, Royal Free Hospital, Industrial Institute of Psychology 25 November 1931

  • Mrs Kirby, Mr MacKenzie, Royal Empire Society [RES], 26 November 1931

  • pencil notes regarding visit to House of Lords 3 December 1931

  • James Dale 28 November 1931

  • Mrs Kirby, Mrs Silk 29 November 1931

  • Dr Basedow (AA 22), Australian Aboriginal people, Arnhem Land 30 November 1931

  • Margaret, Bruin 4 December 1931

  • Wyn, Lady Macartney, Mrs Hinkler, Mrs Charlotte Mansfield, Walter de la Mare, Mr Watkins, British Arctic Air Route Expedition 12 December 1931

  • Mrs Blackall, Mrs Platten, Bruin, Dr Gillespie, Mrs. Martin, zoo, pencil notes Walter de la Mare lecture 'The prose of fact and of the imagination', polar bears, zebra, sea lion, dingo 13 December 1931

  • Mrs Ansell, Edith Ansell, RES, Daily Telegraph, Sketch, K Smith 18 December 1931

  • Gwen Cressey 19 December 1931

  • Miss Willis 23 December 1931

  • pencil calendar time table October to December 1931

  • Kodak, Dr Gillespie, Mrs Kirby, Zona de Giers and Mrs de Giers 24 December 1931

  • Wyn, Syd, Royal Northern Hospital (RNH), Mrs. Martin, Mrs Gillespie, Zona de Giers, Miss Skyring 25 December 1931

  • Mrs Kirby 26 December 1931

  • Sister Niellor, Mrs. Martin, Mrs Dutton 29 December 1931

  • Margaret, Bruin, Mr Watkins, RES, Mr Chapman 29 December 1931

  • Mary Gillespie 30 December 1931

  • Edgar March, SS Majestic, Leviathan, Miss Water, Miss de Lauton 30 December 1931

Creator: Dr William Delano Walker
Control: AA 357/8/2/7
Date Range:  01 November, 1931  -  30 December, 1931
Quantity:  0.1cm,    
Formats: Diaries
Series:  AA357/08