Party: Thursday Island. MRS Gwenmaloney Douglas Street Thursday Island, 4875

Summary

Mrs Maloney, nee Clarke, is a member of a well known Thursday Island family formerly involved in the local pearling industry. Mrs. Maloney is editor of the local newspaper, the Torres News, and holds a collection of historical records, including the following:

Newspaper cutting books, extracts relating to Thursday Island, from 1960, 3 volumes.

Photographs, scenes of Thursday Island and the Torres Straits region, including ships, ship wrecks, local people, and a large collection relating to the Maloney and Clarke families, from 1920, 2 albums.

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