| Bib ID |
2943129 |
| Format |
Manuscript, Online - Google Books |
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| Access Conditions |
Available for reference. Not for loan. |
| Description |
1909-1914.
4 cm.
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| Summary |
Folder 1: Letters to Vera Deakin from Stella, written whilst Stella was overseas in 1909-1910. Folder 2: Stella's "diary" (written in semi-letter form), 1909-1910; letters to Vera Deakin from Stella, Pattie and Catherine, 1913. Folder 3: Letters to Vera Deakin from Catherine and Stella, 1909-1914, including a letter from Catherine discussing the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 (incomplete). Folder 4: Two tape reels containing recording of a talk about the Deakin Family made on 28 November 196?.
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| Biography/History |
Vera Deakin, youngest daughter of Alfred Deakin (1856-1919), married T.W. White (later Sir Thomas White) in 1920. Alfred had married Vera's mother, Elizabeth Deakin (1863-1934), known to everyone as Pattie, in 1882. Another Deakin daughter, Stella (1886-1976), married A.C.D. Rivett (later Sir David Rivett) in 1911. Alfred's sister, Catherine (Kate) (1850-1937), Vera and Stella's aunt, never married but lived with his family for many years. |
| Notes |
Manuscript reference no.: NLA MS 9056.
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| Subjects |
White, Vera, - 1891-1978 - Correspondence. | Deakin, Pattie, - 1863-1934 - Correspondence. | Deakin, Catherine, - 1850-1937 - Correspondence. | Deakin family - Archives. | Franz Ferdinand, - Archduke of Austria, - 1863-1914 - Assassination.
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