Guide to the Papers of David Garnsey
MS 9030
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- David Garnsey
- Title
- Papers of David Garnsey
- Date Range
- 1936-1990
- Collection Number
- MS 9030
- Extent
- 3.78 metres (27 boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The papers cover Bishop Garnsey's career in the Church and in education from the time of his return from Oxford in 1938 to his retirement. They document his work as Headmaster of Canberra Grammar School and Bishop of Gippsland, and his involvement with the Australian Student Christian Movement, the ecumenical movement, the Australian Council of Churches and the Australian College of Theology. There is also material on the many controversial issues he spoke out on, including Australia's involvement in the war in Vietnam.
The papers include family and official correspondence, sermons and addresses, and booklets Garnsey wrote in the 1930s and 40s. There is also a large amount of research material gathered while writing the biography of his father, including files on the Garnsey family and St Paul's College.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1482953).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of David Garnsey, National Library of Australia, MS 9030, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
The papers were donated to the Library by Bishop Garnsey in 1991.
Related Materials
The records of the Australian Student Christian Movement, 1895-1986, are held at the National Library (MS 980).
The records of the Australian Council of Churches, 1911-1990, are held at the National Library (MS 7645).
Arrangement
The files have been kept as originally labelled
Biographical Note
David Arthur Garnsey had a distinguished career in the Church and in education. He was a leader in the Student Christian Movement both in Sydney and nationally. In his retirement he wrote a biography of his father, Canon Arthur Garnsey, Warden of St Paul's College at Sydney University, 1916-1944.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1909 | Born in Armidale, NSW |
| 1924-29 | Educated at Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University |
| 1930 | Bachelor of Arts (Ist class honours in Latin and Greek) |
| 1930-31 | Travelling Secretary of the Australian Student Christian Movement |
| 1931 | New South Wales Rhodes Scholar |
| 1933-34 | Bachelor of Arts, Oxford. Honours in Literae Humaniores (1933) and Honours in Theology (1934) |
| 1934 | Married Evanne, daughter of Professor G. Arnold Wood, Sydney |
| 1934-35 | Ordained a Deacon by the Bishop of Oxford (1934) and a Priest (1935) |
| 1934-38 | Curate of the University Church, Oxford and Resident Secretary of the Student Christian Movement of Great Britain and Ireland |
| 1938-41 | First Assistant Priest, St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn NSW |
| 1941-45 | Rector of Young, NSW |
| 1945-48 | General Secretary, Australian Student Christian Movement |
| 1948-58 | Headmaster of Canberra Grammar School |
| 1959-74 | Bishop of Gippsland |
| 1970-73 | President of the Australian Council of Churches |
| 1974-91 | Retired to Canberra. Main interests were St Mark's Library and writing a biography of his father |
| 1985 | Publication of Arthur Garnsey, a man for truth and freedom |
| 1992 | Moved to Melbourne |
| 1996 | Died at Melbourne |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1909 | Born in Armidale, NSW |
| 1924-29 | Educated at Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University |
| 1930 | Bachelor of Arts (Ist class honours in Latin and Greek) |
| 1930-31 | Travelling Secretary of the Australian Student Christian Movement |
| 1931 | New South Wales Rhodes Scholar |
| 1933-34 | Bachelor of Arts, Oxford. Honours in Literae Humaniores (1933) and Honours in Theology (1934) |
| 1934 | Married Evanne, daughter of Professor G. Arnold Wood, Sydney |
| 1934-35 | Ordained a Deacon by the Bishop of Oxford (1934) and a Priest (1935) |
| 1934-38 | Curate of the University Church, Oxford and Resident Secretary of the Student Christian Movement of Great Britain and Ireland |
| 1938-41 | First Assistant Priest, St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn NSW |
| 1941-45 | Rector of Young, NSW |
| 1945-48 | General Secretary, Australian Student Christian Movement |
| 1948-58 | Headmaster of Canberra Grammar School |
| 1959-74 | Bishop of Gippsland |
| 1970-73 | President of the Australian Council of Churches |
| 1974-91 | Retired to Canberra. Main interests were St Mark's Library and writing a biography of his father |
| 1985 | Publication of Arthur Garnsey, a man for truth and freedom |
| 1992 | Moved to Melbourne |
| 1996 | Died at Melbourne |
Item Descriptions
Series 1. Correspondence, 1952-90
The letters are mainly from his four children (1982-86). Other correspondents include his stepmother, Ann Stafford Smairl (called Madre by her stepchildren), Wood family members, and friends. His nephews Jonathan and David Wood were brought up in the Garnsey family.
Series 2. Sermons, addresses, broadcasts, 1938-81 - Box 4-5, 6
Included in the series are sermons for Good Friday (1938-76), for the Diocese of Canberra-Goulburn (1948-58), for Gippsland parishes (1959-74) and other parishes (1975-81), for church organizations and parishes on special occasions (1953, 1959-73); addresses at funerals (1958-81), dedications and consecrations (1959-74), baptisms and confirmations (1959-81), Easter and Christmas (1963-67). There are also Christian education addresses (1959-74), addresses to the Australian Council of Churches and Missions (1960-67), addresses on world poverty, peace and war, human relationships (Lent 1943), and addresses for retreats, quiet days and Christian unity.
The broadcasts include short devotional talks on 2LF (1941-42), and devotional services on 3LO (1945-48). Included is a booklet on Broadcasting as a religious opportunity by Kenneth T. Henderson, 1947. (2 boxes)
Canberra Grammar School sermons (1948-58) are located in Series 4.
Also included in the series are typescripts of lunch time lectures at St Mark's Library given by Sir Mark Oliphant, Sir John Crawford, Professor A.G. Ogston and Professor H. Rigby (1964); ABC Guest of Honour talks by John McIntyre, Meredith Thring, and Joel Hurstfield (1970-74); 'The Christian way of life' by E.H. Burgmann, addresses on 'The Bible and the Christian man' by Angelo O'Hagan; 3 lectures on 'Anglicanism in Australian life' by Kenneth Henderson.
Series 3. Australian Student Christian Movement (ASCM), 1941-74
David Garnsey had a lifelong interest in the ASCM at both local and national levels.
He was travelling secretary of the ASCM, 1930-31, and General-Secretary, 1945-48.
Included in the papers are correspondence, newspaper clippings, and addresses to the ASCM conference at the University of Queensland, July 1941, by speakers Garnsey and Dr T.Z. Koo, representative of the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF); addresses to ASCM or about ASCM/WSCF when Garnsey was General-Secretary (1945-48); papers on ASCM, 1948-74, including correspondence from Douglas Hobson, General-Secretary 1962, to Bishop E.H. Burgmann and Archbishop H.R. Gough; an article by Garnsey 'Can Europe rise again?' (1948); 'The life of the church in the Australian University' (ASCM 1958); handwritten and typescript evening prayers for the ASCM conference,1960; a pamphlet on the aims, basis and membership of the ASCM (n.d.).
Series 4. Canberra Grammar School, 1948-58
In 1947, when the diocese of Canberra and Goulburn agreed to take over the Canberra Grammar School from a private company, Bishop Burgmann asked Garnsey to be Headmaster of the School. He was Headmaster for ten years.
The Grammar School papers include correspondence, handwritten notes for sermons (1948-58) and a confirmation course; sermons at the school's jubilee service (1979) and the Old Boys Union (CGSOBU) service (1980); papers on federal aid to church schools (1950-56); notebooks relating to teaching ancient history and divinity; and an annotated typescript 'Canberra Grammar School, an account of the years 1948-1958' by Garnsey.
The correspondence (1978-79), mainly with Paul McKeown, concerns Garnsey's return to the school for celebrations.
Series 5. Papers relating to Garnsey's period as Bishop of Gippsland, 1959-74
The Board of Electors for the appointment of a Bishop of Gippsland elected Garnsey in 1958 as the fifth Bishop of Gippsland. He was consecrated in St Paul's Cathedral, Sale, on 3 February, 1959. The Bishop's residence was 'Bishopscourt', Sale.
Appointment and consecration, 1958-59; correspondence, arrangements and newspaper clippings (File 1) - Box 8
Correspondents include Bishop Eris O'Brien, Canon H.P. Reynolds and Archdeacon L.W. Benn.
Correspondence, 1964-73 (File 2) - Box 8
The correspondence documents the division in the Church on Australia's involvement in the war in Vietnam and the sending of national servicemen to the war. Included are letters from a number of Bishops to the Prime Minister, R.G. Menzies, on the government's attitude towards events in Vietnam, the Prime Minister's replies, and letters opposing the Bishops' views. Correspondents include Harold Holt, John Moyes, John Quaife, Peter Nixon, H.G. Myer and Arthur Preston.
Correspondence on the compulsory national health scheme (1973) (File 3) - Box 8
Correspondents include W.K. Moon, President of the Voluntary Health Insurance Association of Australia, Gerald Davis, Managing Editor of Church Scene, and R.B. Scotton, adviser to the Minister for Social Security, Bill Hayden.
Notebooks, 1959-72 (File 4-5) - Box 8
7 notebooks with notes for bible studies and meditations, and addresses for evensong, clergy conferences and ordination retreats. One notebook contains Garnsey's marking sheets for Australian College of Theology Licentiate in Theology (Th.L.) examination papers (1959-62).
Sermons, addresses and papers, 1955-74 (File 6-8) - Box 8, 9
Five lectures on the priesthood (n.d.); addresses to the Australian Council of Churches, the Law service (1960), the Anglican Women's Fellowship diocesan conference (1968), Mothers' Union diocesan rally (1967), Charge to Synod (1969); addresses on the Church of England in Australia by Garnsey and Felix Arnott, and 'Plain Christianity', broadcast on the ABC (1961).
Joint Commission on Church Union, 1964-71 (File 9-11) - Box 9
Presbyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists began discusssions in the early 1960s on joining together in the Uniting Church. Discussions by official representatives of those churches took place over a number of years, and Garnsey attended the meetings as an observer. Correspondence, minutes of meetings, and draft discussion documents are in the papers, together with 'An Anglican response to the proposed basis of union' by Keith Raynor. Correspondents include J. Davis McCaughey, Maynard Davies, D'Arcy Wood, Godfrey Kircher and Colin Dyster.
Anglican/Roman Catholic relations, 1968-73, and Ecumenism (File 12-13) - Box 9
Correspondence on the ecumenical service in the Sydney Town Hall (1970), and with Harry Smythe, the Anglican Centre, Rome; papers on the eucharist, Christian marriage and pastoral responsibility, and mixed marriages. Reports on ecumenical developments in the Roman Catholic Church and Christian unity generally.
Ministry of women and the work of deaconesses, 1966-71 (File 16-19) - Box 10
Papers include correspondence,1966-71, papers and minutes of meetings of the General Synod Commission on Deaconesses, 1967-71, material for the General Synod Committee (appointed in 1969) on the ministry of women, and papers on the Conference on Mission and Ministry (1971), including the full report of the conference. Correspondents include Nancy Drew, Sheila Payne, Gordon Begbie, Marcus Loane and Rev J. N. Falkingham.
General Synod on marriage and divorce, 1970-73 (File 20-22) - Box 11
Correspondence, discussion on and a bill for a canon concerning the marriage of divorced persons, reports, statements and minutes of the Commission on marriage and divorce. Correspondents include Judge G.E.H. Bleby, Cecil Warren, T.W.Thomas, H.E. Root and Bruce Reddrop. Also included is an article by R.W. Gee on marriage, divorce, and the constitution.
General Synod Appellate Tribunal, 1972-74 (File 23-24) - Box 11
Comments and opinion on the proposed canon for the remarriage of divorced persons in accordance with the rites of the Church of England; submission to the Tribunal on section 4 of the constitution; opinions from the Bishop (1974).
Inter-church activities, 1971-74 (File 25-27) - Box 11, 12
Correspondence and returned forms relating to the survey of inter-church activities.
Forms of worship for special services, 1960s, including confirmation, reception into the Church of England, Christian unity and times of international conflict and danger (File 28) - Box 12
Devotional services, 1970s, including ecumenical service of prayer (1972), scripture service on race and racism, and Good Friday (File 29) - Box 12
Missions, 1964, 1967 (File 30) - Box 12
Missions conducted by Garnsey at Surrey Hills (1964) and Traralgon (1967) on topics 'What is Christianity' and 'What do Christians believe...and why?
Fourth world conference on faith and order, Montreal, 1963 - papers and photographs (File 31) - Box 12
Series 6. Australian Council of Churches (ACC), 1970-7
The ACC was formed in 1946 to establish and maintain close relations with the World Council of Churches and to promote Christian unity and the ecumenical movement. Garnsey was President in 1970-73.
Files include World Council of Churches information and correspondence.
Correspondence with the Prime Minister E.G. Whitlam on the diplomatic recognition of the Vatican, controversy over Pope Paul's visit (1970), a study paper on the Human Rights Bill (1974), and information newsletters and circular letters. Correspondents include D'Arcy Wood, Frank Engel and Russell Rollason (File 1) - Box 14
National Service Act and conscientious objection, 1961-71 (File 2) - Box 14
Correspondence with Phillip Lynch, Minister for Labour and National Service and with Arthur Keys, National Secretary of the Returned Servicemens League; joint press release from Bishop Garnsey and Sir Arthur Lee, National President of the Returned Services League; statement by the executive committee of the ACC on conscientious objetion to particular wars.
Race relations, 1970-72 (File 3) - Box 14
Papers include correspondence on apartheid and the South African cricket team tours; UN declaration on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination; 'Racism in Australia', report of a conference at Southport, Queensland, November 19-24, 1971. Correspondents include Allan Barnes, Donald Cameron, Phillip Lynch and Frank Engel.
Aboriginal affairs, 1971-72 (File 4) - Box 14
The correspondence includes ACC legal action against the Premier of Queensland, J. Bjelke-Petersen, for statements he made after a demonstration of Aborigines (1971), and the issue of the Aboriginal tent embassy in front of Parliament House (1972).
Press releases, 1968-74 (File 9-11) - Box 15
Topics include racism, Torres Strait border dispute, Christian unity, ecumenical relations, and boycott of sport.
Action for World Development (AWW), 1970-74 (File 12-16) - Box 15, 16
In August 1970 the ACC and the Episcopal conference agreed to sponsor for three years a joint secretariat on action for world development. Papers include correspondence, background papers on the secretariat, minutes of meetings (1970-73), and ACC discussions and recommendations on the future of AWD (1973). Correspondents include Vaughan Hinton and Donald Shearman.
Series 7. Australian Council of Theology (ACT), 1963-79
The Australian College of Theology was established in 1891 by the General Synod of the Church of England to oversee the study of Divinity. The College was re-constituted in 1962 and again in 1974 when the Australian College of Theology Act was passed. Garnsey was elected Chairman of the Board of Delegates, 1973-77. The Board's duties included setting curricula and preparing examination papers. The College began moves in 1971 to have the power to confer degrees.
Correspondence, 1963-79 (File 1-3) - Box 17
Topics of the correspondence include the Higher Education Board, the degree of Doctor of Theology, the John Hope Prize Essay, and the Brotherhood of St Laurence. Correspondents include Felix Arnott, Stuart Babbage, John Garrett and Laurie Murchison.
Correspondence from Garnsey's files as Chairman of the Board of Delegates, 1973-77. Correspondents include Ian George, Leon Morris, John Handfield, P.F. Carnley and John Denton (File 4) - Box 17
Minutes of meetings of the Board of Delegates, 1968-77 (File 5-6) - Box 17
The delegates included Garnsey, Felix Arnott, J.B. Grindrod, Leon Morris, E.A. Judge and Max Thomas.
Board of Studies, 1975-77 (File 8-10) - Box 18
Correspondence and minutes. Topics include Licentiate in Theology (Th.L.), Bachelor in Theology (B.Th.) and Diploma of Ministry. Correspondents include Felix Arnott and Colin Duncan.
Incorporation, 1971-78 (File 11-13) - Box 18
Files relate to the Australian Council of Theology's efforts to be incorporated first Victoria and later New South Wales. It sought to be accreditated as an institution, to have its course of study recognised as an advanced education course, and to have the power to confer degrees. Correspondents include Ken Cable, Leon Morris, Stuart Babbage, J.J. Pratt and R.J. Hamer.
Series 8. Other organisations
Janet Clarke Hall, 1963-74 (File 1) - Box 19
Correspondence mainly with Margaret Blackwood, Chairman of the Council of Janet Clarke Hall, University of Melbourne. Included also is a bulletin about the college.
Anglican Consultative Council, 1963-73 (File 2) - Box 19
Papers include correspondence with the Anglican Executive Officer, John Howe (1970), information extracts from the minutes of the Anglican Consultative Council Standing Committee (1971), and five issues of Compasrose, journal of the Anglican Consultative Council (1963-73).
General Board of Religious Education for the Church of England in Australia, 1973-74 (File 3) - Box 19
Included are agenda and related papers of the annual meeting (1973-74), minutes and reports of the Executive Committee meeting (1972-74), and a projected program (1973-77)
Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, 1939-90 (File 4) - Box 19
Papers include a work-in-progress report (March 1990) on the diocesan history project, the original manuscript contributed by Garnsey on cards and an annotated typescript of his diocesan history. Also included in the file is early correspondence, newspaper clippings and articles on housing in Goulburn (1939-40), and Facing the future, a statement of goals by the Bishop (1973).
Series 9. Arthur Garnsey, a man for truth and freedom, 1985
Files assembled by Garnsey when writing his biography of his father Canon Arthur Garnsey (1872-1944), published by Kingsdale Press, Sydney, 1985. There are files on the history of the Garnsey family, Arthur Garnsey's parents, boyhood and ordination, St Paul's College, Sydney University, Church and public affairs, thought and theology, death, and Kingsdale Press and the publication of the biography. Some of Arthur Garnsey's letters are included, but the bulk of the material is notes, cuttings and correspondence of David Garnsey in the 1970s.
The files on the whole have been kept intact, but the sequence rearranged.
Arthur Garnsey correspondence, 1937-44:Private correspondence from friends, and correspondence concerning the Australian Student Christian Movement, the Church, the Diocesan Board of Education (1937-39), refugees, Palestine and Jewry (1939-43) and personal subscriptions (1940-41). Correspondents include Kenneth Henderson, Frederick Watson, H.T. Langley, A.J. Dalziel, R.G. Watt, C. Venn Pilcher, M.D. Davies and Ian Clunies Ross (File 1-4) - Box 20
David Garnsey correspondence, 1975-85:Letters (1976-79) with impressions and reminiscences of Arthur Garnsey from Dr R.A.G. Holmes, G. Davy, Bishop K.J. Clements, Mr Wyllie, W.B. Ward, Rev Professor H. Cunliffe Jones and Archbishop Marcus Loane (File 5) - Box 20
David Garnsey correspondence, 1975-85:Correspondence about the Benn family (1978). Arthur Garnsey married Edith Benn in 1901 (File 6) - Box 20
David Garnsey correspondence, 1975-85:Correspondence on research (1975-85). Correspondents include Ken Cable, Felix Arnott, Laurie Fitzhardinge, Marcus Loane, O.H.K. Spate and Kenneth Smith (File 7-8) - Box 20
David Garnsey correspondence, 1975-85:Unsuccessful approaches to publishers and to possible sponsors; quotes from printers. Application for a grant from the NSW Cultural Grants Advisory Council (1984) (File 9) - Box 21
David Garnsey correspondence, 1975-85:Correspondence mainly with Lloyd Waddy and Ross Hohen (1984-85) relating to publishing, design, printing, sponsors and grants (File 10-11) - Box 21
David Garnsey correspondence, 1975-85:Letters from friends and public about the biography (1984-87) (File 15) - Box 21
David Garnsey correspondence, 1975-85:Reviews, notices, and correspondence about reviews (1985-87.) (File 17) - Box 22
David Garnsey correspondence, 1975-85:Correspondence and drafts of an article on Arthur Garnsey for the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Correspondents include Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (1978-81) (File 18) - Box 22
Family history:Correspondence, 1883-1985 (File 19-21) - Box 22
Included are original letters from the Reverend Charles Frederick Garnsey who arrived in Australia in the 1850s, to his family during his journey to England, 1883-84; annotated typescripts and typescripts of the letters from Melbourne, Aden on the ship Roma, and Magdalen College, Oxford; typescripts of letters from parishioners and teachers and children of the Sunday School to Charles Garnsey, father of Arthur, on his leaving the ministry of St Matthew's Church, Windsor (1877); letters from Enid Arundel concerning family history (1972-75).
Other correspondents include Hugh Gilchrist, Dr A.M. Mackerras and Dr A.D. Macintyre.
Included in the papers concerning Arthur Garnsey's boyhood, his father, brothers and sisters, and his boyhood at Sydney Grammar School, is Edward Rock Garnsey's 'The history of the Garnsey family' (1932).
Family history: Documents relating to other branches of the Garnsey family (1938-91) (File 22-23) - Box 22
Family history: Family papers including Arthur's marriage certificate for his second marriage; letters on the death of Ann Stafford Garnsey (1872-1957); and Estate Papers (File 24) - Box 22
Family history: Death in 1944; funeral service, tributes, obituaries and letters of condolence (File 25) - Box 23
Minister of Religion:Warden at St John's, Armidale, 1907-16. Bishop Burgmann succeeded in having the College moved from Armidale to Morpeth in 1925 (File 27) - Box 23
Minister of Religion:Diocese of Sydney, 1935-81 (File 28-29) - Box 23
While Canon Garnsey was warden at St Paul's College, 1916-1944, he was drawn into the affairs of the diocese. Included in these files are a history of the diocese, elections in Synod, articles, newspaper cuttings, and texts of documents exchanged between Archbishop Mowll and Canon Garnsey, spokesman for a group of fifty clergy dissatisfied with diocesan policy.
Australian Student Christian Movement (File 30) - Box 23
Correspondence (1932-78); handwritten rough draft of an article on the ASCM; copies of articles from The Australasian Intercollegian(1925-44); secretaries of the movement (1896-1956); staff (1913-43).
Heretics Club (File 31) - Box 23
Canon Garnsey was the scribe (1920-44) of this private group in Sydney. Included are writings of members (1921-42) and 'A history of the Heretics Club' Part 1, 1916-41, by Professor Ken Cable, History Department, University of Sydney. (n.d.)
Research notes: Correspondence (1970s) and notes from Canon Ernest Cameron's papers (1930s). Cameron was one of Garnsey's close associates (File 34) - Box 24
Research notes: Notes on size of book, number and length of chapters. Included in this folder are biographical notes on Garnsey and details of sources (File 37) - Box 24
Research notes: Notes for chapter on Warden of St Paul's College, 1916-44 (File 38-39) - Box 24
Included here is a statement by Garnsey in support of Jessie Street's candidature for Labor Party selection for the seat of Eden-Monaro (1943); letters to George Waite, delegate of the United Labourers' Union (1922-24); correspondence and circulars on the League of Nations Union (1942); and material on the Friendship with Russia League (1941-43).
Research notes: University of Sydney notes and material (File 40) - Box 25
Correspondence with John Anderson, free thinker, philosopher and educator. When Anderson was in trouble with the Sydney press, Garnsey rallied to his defence. Handwritten copies of correspondence between Anderson and Father Forrest (1940) on fundamental issues of philosophy are included.
Research notes: Notes for chapter on 'Working for the wider church' (File 41-42) - Box 25
Includes correspondence (1941-42); diary, February 1930-February 1931; articles and newspaper clippings (1939-43).
Research notes: Material for chapter on 'His friends, his varied interests, and his faith' (File 43) - Box 25
Includes correspondence (1932-41), notes revealing his thoughts, notes on Charles Kingsley's influence on him and on modernism.
Photographs, 1883-1947 (File 44-45) - Box 25
The photographs are mainly of Arthur Garnsey and his family, with the earliest one of him in 1883, aged 11. He is photographed with his wife and daughter Joan in 1905 and with his four children in 1923. Other photographs include the Garnsey family, 1906, the Benn family, family and students at St John's College Armidale, 1917, David Garnsey's children, 1947, Sydney Diocesan Synod, 1936, and 'Glenview' Blackheath, 1925. Also included is a photograph of a Tom Roberts painting of Edward Rock Garnsey (1864-1935).
Series 10. Publications
Four small booklets written by Garnsey-A study of Jesus (1936), Gambling: its nature and effects (1939), Into all the world (1940), and God's purpose for man (1947). Also includes The Pauline, the journal of St Paul's College (1928-76 incomplete) and other various publications.