Papers of Ken Inglis relating to the Dunera Boys (via Seumas Spark), approximately 1930-2020
- Bib ID:
- 8629641
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Inglis, K. S. (Kenneth Stanley), 1929-2017
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Permission required for research until 31 December 2050. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [between approximately 1930 and 2020]
- 6.45 metres (43 boxes)
- Summary:
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The collection comprises papers relating to the Dunera Boys, gathered by Ken Inglis over years as an Australian historian. His final work “Dunera Lives” was published posthumously in 2018. The book tells the story of the famous “Dunera Boys”: nearly 3000 Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria who were transported aboard HMT Dunera and landed in Australia in 1940. They were interned as “enemy aliens’ in camps near Hay, Orange and Tatura during the Second World War. This collection comprises of Inglis’s research for his book "Dunera Lives" and is made up of personal correspondence, research notes, newspaper clippings and drafts of publications and talks on the subject. A large component of the collection is comprised of folders on various Dunera and Queen Mary Internees, ordered alphabetically by surname. These folders include email correspondence with informants, newspaper cuttings, transcripts of interviews, and notes Inglis made detailing his thoughts on the individual’s story, also include printed material, photocopies and notes containing biographical details of the Dunera Boys.
- Biography/History:
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Historian and academic. Kenneth Stanley (Ken) Inglis was an historian whose books include Dunera Lives (2018), Hospital and community: a history of the Royal Melbourne Hospital (1958), The Stuart case (1961 and 2002), Churches and the working classes in Victorian England (1963), The Australian colonists: an exploration of social history, 1788-1870 (1974 and 1993), and Sacred places: war memorials in the Australian landscape (1998, 2005 and 2008). He edited the 12-volume bicentennial history Australians, a historical library (1987). Inglis also wrote two books on the ABC, This is the ABC: the Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1932-1983 (1983), and Whose ABC?: the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1983-2006 (2006). His academic posts included senior lecturer, University of Adelaide, 1956-1960; vice-chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea, 1972-1975; professor of Australian studies at Harvard University, 1982; and emeritus professor of history at the Australian National University.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference number: MS 10613 .
- Subject:
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- Inglis, K. S. (Kenneth Stanley), 1929-2017 -- Archives
- Inglis, K. S. (Kenneth Stanley), 1929-2017 -- Correspondence
- Dunera (Ship) -- History
- Historians -- Australia -- Archives
- College teachers -- Australia -- Archives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Australia
- Jewish refugees -- Australia -- Archives
- Political refugees -- Australia -- Archives
- Political prisoners -- Australia -- Archives
- Australia -- History
- Time Coverage:
- 1930-2020
- Occupation:
- Terms of Use:
- Permission required to copy Ken Inglis' copyright material for research purposes until 31 December 2050.
- Copyright:
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Copyright Undetermined
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- A Manuscript Collection may have a range of formats and dates.
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
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