On the cover this month
George Marston
Portrait of T. W. Edgeworth David 1908
crayon drawing; 30 x 23 cm sheet pasted on board 38 x 27 cm
Pictorial Collection
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This
portrait of Professor (later Sir) Tannate William Edgeworth David
(1858-1934), Professor of Geology at the University of Sydney, was made
by George Marston, who accompanied him on Ernest Shackleton’s British
Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909. With Douglas Mawson and A.F. Mackay,
Edgeworth David reached the South Magnetic Pole on 16 January 1909. The
National Library holds the David family papers in its Manuscript
Collection, at MS 8890. Among them are documents relating to David’s
wife, Caroline (or 'Cara' ), herself a leading figure in Sydney society
for many decades in the early twentieth century. (See story, page 11 of
this issue.) The drawing was initially sold at the British Antarctic
Exhibition in London, on 5 October 1909, the Library subsequently
purchasing it at a Christie’s sale in 1999.
September 2002 Volume XII Number 12
CURRENT AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Following Jan Fullerton’s reappointment as Director-General, Penelope Layland talks with her about some present and future initiatives
LETTERS FROM A KIND FATHER
Patricia Stone reads some Dickens family correspondence
PORTRAIT OF A LADY: CAROLINE MARTHA DAVID
Jennifer Carter reflects on the wife of one of Australia’s notable scientific pioneers
TRADE UNION LEADERS IN THE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION
Barry York looks at some recordings of labour history
IN SEARCH OF LA PEROUSE
Edward Duyker links the Bruny d'Entrecasteaux expedition to items in the Library’s Collection
FRIENDS
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
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