Biographical entry: Voss, Vivian R. de Vaux
Summary
Thesis and research papers.
Thesis. Early pastoral settlement in the coastal district of central Queensland, History III, University of Sydney, 1951, multigraphed copy, pp.58, 32½ cm. Study based on primary source material in the possession of the Archer, Birkbeck and MacDonald families in the Rockhampton district. MITCHELL: A.3294.
Research papers. Notes of a visit to the Birkbecks of Glenmore, 29 July 1951; with copies of extracts from:
1. The notebook of Samuel B. Birkbeck 1860-1862, describing his arrival in Australia, and selection of Glenmore.
2. Letter from Flower, Salting & Co., to Surveyor General 15 April 1862, regarding purchase of 320 acres of Glenmore.
3. Glenmore day-book, 1862-1868.
4. Recipes.
5. Bird's History of Rockhampton regarding Glenmore. Also a letter from Harry MacDonald to Mrs H.M. Voss, 7 July 1951 regarding P.F. MacDonald, with enclosed extracts from Queensland Trustees Quarterly Review 1946, and from the Rockhampton Bulletin 3 February 1912, both regarding P.P. MacDonald. Negative photostats, 22ff. 28 cm. MITCHELL: A.3354.