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.

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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.

Significant events are documented as follows:

  • Kangaroo, lecture at the Imperial Institute (II) 21 January 1932 and 16 February at the Zoological Society (RZS)

  • lecture reported on in The Times 20 February 1932



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • Dr Gabriel, Uncle Jim, Violet Alexander, Osmond Alexander 2 January 1932

  • Dr Preston, Oxted 3 January 1932

  • Sadie, Mrs Gillespie, Mrs Smartt, Mrs de Giers 15 January 1932

  • Miss Smith (nurse), Mr Warrington, Mr Price 17 January 1932

  • Col Fremantle, Royal Empire Society (RES(, Sir Leonard Rogers, Prof. Jameson, Aerial Medical Service (AMS), Mrs Mackenzie 20 January 1932

  • Imperial Institute lecture 21 January 1932

  • Sir Arthur Keith, Maisie Gill, SS Tanganyka 22 January 1932

  • Royal Photographic Society (RPS), Xray 26 January 1932

  • Mrs Blackall 27 January 1932

  • pencil notes 'how to write a play' 28 January 1932

  • Sir Arthur Keith, Royal Zoological Society (RZS), W Jones, Bland-Sutton, Mr Dick Mason 29 January 1932

  • Mr Han Bailey, Dr Gillespie, Bornemouth, Dr Gabriel, Mr Panter, Lockheart Mummey, Charles Ling, Miss Secker 31 January 1932

  • Women's Guild of Empire, Mrs Blackall, Prof. Jameson, Miss Shaw, AMS, Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), Rockfeller Foundation, Beddard 3 February 1932

  • Carl Marsh, pencil notes lecture by Ernest Brown 'Days and doings in Parliament' 4 February 1932

  • Prof. Remmington Hobbs, RCS, Margaret and Bruin 5 February 1932

  • RZS, Capt Cook 8 February 1932

  • Ernest Brown MP 11 February 1932

  • RZS lecture, Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, Mr Burne FRS, RCS, Mr Martin Duncan, Mr Veuers, Carmichael Low, Manson, Baher, Seth Smith 16 February 1932

  • Prof. Frazer, Mr Kick, Prof. Harris, Sir H Barwell, Sir John Bland-Sutton, Sir D Kepth 17 February 1932

  • Syd, Nell, Mr Green, Australian Aboriginal people 19 February 1932

  • The Times, Mr Meynott, Tony Macquarie 20 February 1932

  • Mr EK Martin, Dr Basedow (AA 22), Arnhem Land, Mr J Collins, Sir Newton Moore, Mrs Hancock, D Mackay, Australian Aboriginal people, artesian water, camels, rabbits, Colonel Savage, buffalo 22 February 1932

  • unattributed news cutting 'King and 90 year old sculptor Capt Adrian Jones' 11 February 1935

  • Womens Guild of Empire, Mrs Willis, Mrs Angwin, Lady Fuller, Mrs Russell, McBride, Rev. Chirquirwin, London Missionary Society, Madagascar, RZS, Mr Cooper 23 February 1932

  • Capt Adrian Jones, South African Memorial Adelaide, Capt Sturt, Ross Smith 24 February 1932

  • Mrs Russell 25 February 1932

  • Page and Pratt, Mr Horton, Mr Carpenter, Zona de Giers, Dr R Regis de Oliveira, pencil notes regarding lecture 26 February 1932

Creator: Dr William Delano Walker
Control: AA 357/8/2/8
Date Range:  02 January, 1932  -  11 February, 1935
Quantity:  0.1cm,    
Formats: Newspaper Clippings, Diaries
Series:  AA357/08