Guide to the Papers of Sir John Monash
MS 1884
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Monash, John, General Sir
- Title
- Papers of General Sir John Monash
- Date Range
- 1801 - 1983
- Collection Number
- MS 1884
- Extent
- 60 metres (258 ms boxes + 2 medium folio boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 2 outsized phase boxes + 18 medium phase boxes + 2 slide boxes + 11 glass negative/slide boxes + 4 map folios)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS 1884 comprises correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drafts of manuscripts, subject files, press cuttings, pamphlets, souvenirs, printed items, photographs, glass slides and other memorabilia relating to all aspects of General Sir John Monash's life and career. The collection includes juvenilia and items dating from Monash's school and university days. The correspondents include Hannah Victoria Moss (whom he married in 1891), J.T.N. Anderson (business partner), Mathilda Monash (sister) and other members of the Monash family, J. Gibson (business), Walter Rosenhain, Clara Stockfeld, Eva Blashki, Rose Blashki, Minnie Blashki, Jeanette Krakowski, Ada Krakowski, Kitty Lunday, Amy and Evie Corrie and Rose Schield.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3008163).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
With regard to photocopying, under the guidelines given by the donors, the Library may, at its own discretion, supply readers with single copies of limited portions of items in which the Monash family hold copyright, for the purpose of research or private study. The Library may also give permission for the publication of limited portions of manuscripts, for the purpose of quotation, or of photographs where the Library believes this is appropriate (copyright in these items being held, of course, by the Monash family). However, the Library may not give permission for the publication of any substantial portion or selection from the manuscripts, or of any significant number of photographs, or for any copying for these purposes. Any requests of this kind should be directed to the family.All reasonable efforts have been made to identify copyright owners of this material. If you have any further information regarding any of these items, please contact us.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of General Sir John Monash, National Library of Australia, MS 1884, [series/file/item number]'.
Archival History
The arrangement of this collection has kept with General Sir John Monash's original order as much as possible. However the collection was kept in the custody of the Monash/Bennett family and worked on by Dr Geoffrey Serle before it came into the National Library's custody in the 1980s. The collection has been used extensively by researchers since that time. As a result of this history, the arrangement of the collection would have changed slightly over time.
The digitisation of the collection has generally captured the collection as it was at the time of digitisation. Any changes to the arrangement have been made for preservation reasons or to facilitate easier access in the digital context.
Provenance
Although the papers were given a temporary listing as long ago as 1967 it was not until 1980 that the collection was officially presented to the National Library and later physically transferred to the Manuscript Collection through Dr Serle. The donors were Monash's three grandchildren, David and Colin Bennett and Elizabeth Durré.
Related Materials
Papers of Geoffrey Serle relating to his biography of Monash entitled John Monash : a biography are held in the Manuscript Collection of the National Library at MS 6808. A good summary, not only of the National Library's Monash Collection but also of the important component in the Australian War Memorial and other groups of Monash papers, is provided by Dr Serle on pages 583 - 5 of the biography.
The Australian War Memorial holds a number of items of Monash's regalia and military memorabilia, as well as over 20 boxes of his military papers.
The Oral History Collection of the National Library holds a copy of an address given by Geoffrey Serle to the Royal Historical Society on 26 October 1982, entitled 'The writing of biography - General Sir John Monash, 1865 - 1931'. Held at TRC 1196 .
Separated Materials
The following decorations, medals and badges of General Sir John Monash were transferred to the Australian War Memorial in 1985:
Decorations: The order and Star of GCMG. The Order comprises a collar, chain etc. and there are two stars. The Order is contained in an initialled case. There are in addition two GCMG sashes. / The Order and Star of the KCB. There are two stars in an initialled case. / The Order of the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officer de l'Ordre de la Couronne, Belgium). / The Order of the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour with Rosette (Legion d'Honneur, France). Star and Rosette included on bar of service medals. Order contained in case initialled R.F. / Order of Eccentric Club.
Medals and badges: RSL Badge; Scotch Club Jubilee Badge; Legacy Badge; ordinary Rotary Badge; Past President of Rotary Badge; Luna Park Badge; Wallaby Club Badge; Australian Intelligence Corps Badge; badge entitled 506; Long Service Medal; DSM (miniature US Badge); and signet ring containing the Monash crest.
Monash's sword was transferred to the Australian War Memorial in May 1986, together with the following books: Great Britain. Committee of Imperial Defence. Historical Section Official history of the Russo-Japanese war. London, H.M.S.O., 1909 (2 volumes).
In 1986 Elizabeth Durré presented to the Library a number of books from Monash's personal library. Books taken into the Library's general printed book run because they filled gaps in the national collection were:
An M.P. Mons, Anzac and Kut London: Edward Arnold, 1919. Dedicated to Sir John by the author of this volume.; Baedeker, Karl. Baedeker's Berlin and its environs. 3rd ed. Karl Baedeker, 1908.; Croll, Henderson Robert. The open road in Victoria: being the ways of many walkers. Melbourne: Robertson and Mullen, 1928. This volume is dedicated to Sir John by the author.; Imperial federation League (various publications bound together).; Kannengiesser Pasha, Hans, Gallipoli: Bedeutung und Verlauf der Kampfe 1915. Berlin: Schlieffen Verlag, 1927. This book is in the original German edition, has newspaper clippings of reviews and carries Sir John's signature.; Marx, Adolf Bernhard. Allgemeine Musiklehre: ein Hilfsbuch fur Lehrer and Lernende in jedem Zweige musikalischer Unterweisung. Leipzig: Breitkopf and Hartel, 1857.; Mr Dooley's Philosophy London: William Heinemann, 1903. This volume is signed by Sir John and is dated December, 1924.; Wagner, Richard. Operas: Text and motives Berlin: Globus Verlag.; Wagner, Richard. The Ring: text and motives. Berlin: Globus Verlag.
The remainder of Monash's library was transferred to Monash University at the discretion of Elizabeth Durré.
A Note about Use of the Collection
There is no individual numbering of the items in MS 1884 nor a correspondence index. Serle's biography, however, is a very useful tool for finding specific items in the collection. The following example demonstrates the suggested technique of using the biography:
*Reader is interested in letters to or from Major F.L. Outtrim. Looks up INDEX under Outtrim. The first two references are to pages 112 and 113. Turning to Pages 112 and 113, reader finds a passage on p.113. "In July Outtrim made a strong recommendation on his behalf and Monash wrote fulsomely to thank him". Reader them turns to NOTES for pages 112-113 and finds that Outtrim's letters were dated 24 July and 3 August 1893, while Monash's reply was 5 August 1893. Reader turns to finding aid. Letters received are in Series 1A. The dates for Outtrim's letters should be in Box 4, files 26-35. On requesting these files the reader finds that both these letters are in fact in file 30 (Monash has annotated the 24 July letters to identify the writer as Outtrim). Outward letters are in Series 1B. The letterbook for Monash's reply, 5 August 1893, is "Number 5" in Box 52. Either by using Monash's index at the beginning of the letterbook, or by going straight to the date, the reader finds the copy of the letter from Monash to Outtrim on page 61 of the letterbook*
Please note: many of the letterbooks, volumes of souvenirs and other items are extremely FRAGILE and should be handled with great care.
Advisory Statement
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this collection contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This collection contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.
Biographical Note
General Sir John Monash, solider, engineer and administrator.
Item Descriptions
Class [unnumbered]. Original Consignment, 1801 - 1974
Series 1A [1.1]. General Correspondence: (Letters received), 1879 - 1931
Archival History
Several of the files in this Series contain indexes for the following months' correspondence. These files have been identified by the word 'index' in the title.
The digitisation of the collection has captured the collection as it was arranged at the time of digitisation.
Correspondence with index to Jan, Feb and March, January 1916 - 11 February 1916 (File 117) - Box 14
Correspondence with index to July, August, September, 1 July 1918 - 10 July 1918 (File 135) - Box 16
Correspondence with index to October, November and December, 1 October 1918 - 15 October 1918 (File 142) - Box 16
Series 1B [1.2]. General Correspondence: (Outward letters), 1883 - 1931
Note: Most of the letterbooks have their own internal indexes. Groups of multiple blank pages have not been digitised.
Subseries 1.2.1. Letterbooks, 1883 - 1928
Archival History
The verso pages of the letters have not been digitised.
Letterbook No. 1, 1883 - 1885 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 50 (MS 1884)
This file contains pages that appear upside-down. This is how Monash created the pages and they can be adjusted with the rotate tool in the image viewer.
Letterbook No. 3, 1888 - 1890 (File 256-260) - Box 256-260 (MS 1884), Box 51 (MS 1884)
Letterbook No. 3 was originally located in box 51. For preservation reasons, this letterbook has been disbound and individual pages rehoused into folders. Box 260 contains a full photocopy of the letterbook.
Subseries 1.2.2. Monash-Anderson business correspondence, 1894 - 1906
Archival History
The verso pages of the letters have not been digitised.
Letterbook, August 1899 - October 1899 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 61
The last 20 pages of this book are blank.
Letterbook, January 1902 - April 1902 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 64
Pages 254 and 253 are out of order in the book while pages 586-588, 598 and 634-636 missing. Page numbers 286-288 are hand written, following page starts at 287 again. There are 2 page 361's, first handwritten, second printed.
Letterbook, December 1902 - September 1903 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 65
Pages 83-111 and 399-402 are missing.
Subseries 1.2.3. General copies of outward letters, 1908 - 1931
General copies of outward letters, 4 January 1910 - 22 December 1910 (File 456d) - Box 68
Includes precis of letters and copies, October 6 1910
General copies of outward letters, 1 January 1915 - 24 December 1915 (File 477) - Box 70
Main date range is 1 January 1915 - 19 April 1915, but includes one letter each from November and December 1915
General copies of outward letters, 2 July 1916 - 2 August 1916 (File 480) - Box 71
Includes index of letters July -September 1916
General copies of outward letters, 2 October 1916 - 31 October 1916 (File 483) - Box 71
Includes index of letters October - December 1916
General copies of outward letters, 2 January 1917 - 15 January 1917 (File 486) - Box 71
Includes index of letters January - March 1917; Also includes index of letters April -June 1917
General copies of outward letters, 1 March 1917 - 30 April 1917 (File 489) - Box 72
Last item appears to be misdated to 30 March 1917
General copies of outward letters, 1 June 1917 - 24 June 1917 (File 491) - Box 72
Includes index of letters July - September 1917; Includes index of letters October - December 1917; Includes index of letters July - September 1918; Includes index of letters October - December 1918; Includes two letters from September 1916
General copies of outward letters, 1 January 1918 - 31 January 1918 (File 497) - Box 73
Includes index of letters January - March 1918
General copies of outward letters, 1 April 1918 - 30 April 1918 (File 499) - Box 73
Includes index of letters April - June 1918
General copies of outward letters, 1 July 1918 - 31 July 1918 (File 502) - Box 73
Includes index of letters July - September 1918
General copies of outward letters, 1 August 1918 - 1 September 1918 (File 503) - Box 73
Includes index of letters July - September 1918
General copies of outward letters, 1 October 1918 - 31 October 1918 (File 505) - Box 74
Includes index of letters October - December 1918
General copies of outward letters, 2 January 1919 - 31 January 1919 (File 509) - Box 74
Includes index of letters January - February 1919
General copies of outward letters, 1 March 1919 - 14 March 1919 (File 511) - Box 74
Includes index of letters March - April 1919
General copies of outward letters, 1 May 1919 - 15 May 1919 (File 514) - Box 75
Includes index of letters May - June 1919
General copies of outward letters, 1 July 1919 - 14 July 1919 (File 517) - Box 75
Includes index of letters July - August 1919. Includes note of letter extracted from file 84
General copies of outward letters, 1 August 1919 - 2 September 1919 (File 519) - Box 75
Includes index of letters August - December 1919
General copies of outward letters, 2 January 1920 - 16 January 1920 (File 524) - Box 76
Includes index of letters January - February 1920
General copies of outward letters, 1 March 1920 - 12 March 1920 (File 528) - Box 76
Includes index of letters March - April 1920
General copies of outward letters, 3 May 1920 - 31 May 1920 (File 531) - Box 77
Includes index of letters May - August 1920
General copies of outward letters, 1 September 1920 - 13 September 1920 (File 536) - Box 77
Includes index of letters September - December 1920
General copies of outward letters, 4 January 1921 - 1 February 1921 (File 542) - Box 78
Includes index of letters January - April 1921
General copies of outward letters, 3 May 1921 - 12 May 1921 (File 546) - Box 78
Includes index of letters May - August 1921
General copies of outward letters, 1 September 1921 - 30 September 1921 (File 551) - Box 79
Includes index of letters September 1921 - January 1922
General copies of outward letters, 2 February 1922 - 28 February 1922 (File 556) - Box 79
Includes index of letters February - May 1922
General copies of outward letters, 192-6-1/1922-6-15 (File 560) - Box 80
Includes index of letters June - August 1922
General copies of outward letters, 1 September 1922 - 14 September 1922 (File 565) - Box 81
Includes index of letters September - December 1922
General copies of outward letters, 3 January 1923 - 15 January 1923 (File 571) - Box 81
Includes index of letters January - April 1923
General copies of outward letters, 1 May 1923 - 30 May 1923 (File 577) - Box 82
Includes index of letters May - August 1923
General copies of outward letters, 1 September 1923 - 15 September 1923 (File 583) - Box 83
Includes index of letters September - December 1923
General copies of outward letters, 2 January 1924 - 14 January 1924 (File 591) - Box 84
Includes index of letters January - April 1924
General copies of outward letters, 1 May 1924 - 17 May 1924 (File 599) - Box 85
Includes index of letters May - August 1924
General copies of outward letters, 1 September 1924 - 10 September 1924 (File 607) - Box 85
Includes index of letters September - December 1924
General copies of outward letters, 1 January 1925 - 12 January 1925 (File 615) - Box 86
Includes index of letters January - April 1925
General copies of outward letters, 1 May 1925 - 14 May 1925 (File 622) - Box 87
Include index of letters March - August 1925
General copies of outward letters, 1 September 1925 - 11 September 1925 (File 630) - Box 88
Includes index of letters September - December 1925
General copies of outward letters, 4 January 1926 - 13 January 1926 (File 637) - Box 89
Includes index of letters January - April 1926
General copies of outward letters, 3 May 1926 - 14 May 1926 (File 645) - Box 89
Includes index of letters May - August 1926
General copies of outward letters, 1 September 1926 - 14 September 1926 (File 652) - Box 90
Includes index of letters September - December 1926
General copies of outward letters, 4 January 1927 - 28 January 1927 (File 659) - Box 91
Includes index of letters January - April 1927. Final letter contains a typographical error in the date. It reads 28th Feb. '28, but should read 28th Feb. '27
General copies of outward letters, 2 May 1927 - 13 May 1927 (File 665) - Box 92
Includes index of letters May - August 1927
General copies of outward letters, 1 September 1927 - 13 September 1927 (File 672) - Box 92
Includes index of letters September - December 1927
General copies of outward letters, 4 January 1928 - 31 January 1928 (File 680) - Box 93
Includes index of letters January - April 1928
General copies of outward letters, 1 May 1928 - 14 May 1928 (File 687) - Box 94
Includes index of letters May - August 1928
General copies of outward letters, 3 September 1928 - 11 September 1928 (File 695) - Box 95
Includes index of letters September - December 1928
General copies of outward letters, 2 January 1929 - 18 January 1929 (File 704) - Box 96
Includes index of letters January - April 1929
General copies of outward letters, 1 May 1929 - 15 May 1929 (File 712) - Box 97
Includes index of letters May - August 1929
General copies of outward letters, 16 December 1929 - 31 December 1929 (File 727) - Box 98
Includes index of letters, range unspecified
General copies of outward letters, 3 January 1930 - 17 January 1930 (File 728) - Box 99
Includes index of letters, range unspecfied
General copies of outward letters, 1 May 1930 - 15 May 1930 (File 736) - Box 99
Includes index of letters, range unspecified
General copies of outward letters, 1 September 1930 - 14 September 1930 (File 744) - Box 100
Includes index of letters, range unspecified
General copies of outward letters, 2 January 1931 - 16 January 1931 (File 751) - Box 101
Includes index of letters, range unspecified.
General copies of outward letters, 1 May 1931 - 17 May 1931 (File 757) - Box 102
Includes index of letters, range unspecified.
Series 2. Correspondence: with Particular Individuals, 1860 - 1941
Letters from Clara Stockfeld, 1884 - 31 July 1887 (File 767) - Box 103
Subjects include: invitations; family matters.
Letters from Eva Blashki, June 1885 - September 1886 (File 768) - Box 103
Subjects include: social events; their friendship.
Letters from Rose Blashki and Minnie Blashki, 1885 - 1886 (File 769) - Box 103
Subjects include: social events; music; their friendship.
Letters received from Jeanette and Ada Krakowski, 1886 - 1897 (File 770) - Box 103
Subjects include: social events; friendship; congratulations on appointment.
Letters from Kitty Lunday, 1887 - 1889 (File 771) - Box 103
Subjects include: social events; photographs sent; exhibitions.
Letters received from Amy and Evie Corrie, 1888 - 1889 (File 772) - Box 103
Subjects include: social events and engagements.
Letters received from Rose Schild, 1887 - 1889 (File 773) - Box 103
Subjects include: social engagements.
Letters from Victoria Moss, August 1889 - March 1890 (File 774) - Box 104
Subjects include: social engagements; their friendship.
Biographical / Historical
Hannah Victoria (Victory) Moss (1869-1920)
Letters received from Victoria Moss (Vic), March 1890 - July 1890 (File 775) - Box 104
Subjects include: social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Victoria Moss (Vic), August 1890 - April 1891 (File 776) - Box 104
Subjects include: social engagements and activities; Monash's studies; travels.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, August 1891 - September 1891 (File 777) - Box 104
Subjects include: travels; Monash's studies; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, February 1892 - December 1895 (File 778) - Box 104
Subjects include: Bertha; social engagements and activities.
Biographical / Historical
Bertha (Bert) Bennett Monash (1893-1979)
Letters received from Victoria Monash, January 1896 - July 1897 (File 779) - Box 104
Subjects include: Bertha; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, August 1897 - December 1897 (File 780) - Box 105
Subjects include: Bertha; social engagements and activities; Monash's work.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, January 1898 - September 1898 (File 781) - Box 105
Subjects include: Bertha; social engagements and activities; illness; Monash's visit to Perth.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, September 1898 - December 1898 (File 782) - Box 105
Subjects include: Bertha; Monash's work; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, March 1899 - 1904 (File 783) - Box 105
Subjects include: Bertha; Monash's work; household notes; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, January 1905 - August 1906 (File 784) - Box 105
Subjects include: Bertha; Monash's work; household notes; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, September 1906 - October 1908 (File 785) - Box 105
Subjects include: Bertha; Monash's work; household notes; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, 1909 - 1914 (File 786) - Box 106
Subjects include: travels; social engagements and activities; household notes.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, January 1915 - July 1915 (File 787) - Box 106
Subjects include: travels; Bertha's birthday; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, August 1915 - December 1915 (File 788) - Box 106
Subjects include: life at home; news of the war; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, January 1916 - July 1916 (File 789) - Box 106
Subjects include: family matters; news of the war; the fate of friends and family fighting; household finances.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, August 1916 - December 1916 (File 790) - Box 106
Subjects include: death of loved ones in the war; Monash's diary; news of the war; congratulations on promotion; family and friends.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, January 1917 - May 1917 (File 791) - Box 106
Subjects include: family matters; news of the war; the fate of friends and family fighting; household finances; peace negotiations; 1917 Plebiscite on Conscription.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, June 1917 - December 1917 (File 792) - Box 106
Subjects include: business affairs; news from the war; Monash's knighthood; friends and family; financial matters; 1917 Plebiscite on Conscription.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, January 1918 - July 1918 (File 793) - Box 106
Subjects include: congratulations on Monash's knighthood; family and friends; financial matters; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, August 1918 - December 1918 (File 794) - Box 106
Subjects include: financial matters; friends and family; social activities and engagements; Monash's return to Australia.
Letters received from Victoria Monash, January 1919 - September 1919 (File 795) - Box 106
Subjects include: honors awarded to Monash; Monash's expected return; financial matters.
Letters from Victoria Monash to Bert and Martha, October 1918 - June 1933 (File 796) - Box 106
Subjects include: photographs of Victoria and Bert for Monash; social activities and engagements; friends and family.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), 1897 - 1900 (File 797) - Box 107
Includes: Bertha's early writing attempts and drawings. Topics include social activities and household matters.
Biographical / Historical
Bertha (1893-1979) known as Bert to her family.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), 1901 - 1905 (File 798) - Box 107
Subjects include: family and friends; social engagements and activities.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), 1906 - 1907 (File 799) - Box 107
Subjects include: family and friends; social engagements and activities; school.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), 1908 - 1914 (File 800) - Box 107
Subjects include: School and her grades; travels; social engagements and activities; household notes.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), December 1914 - July 1915 (File 801) - Box 107
Subjects include: family and friends; travels; friends serving in the war; congratulations on Monash's promotion.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), August 1915 - December 1915 (File 802) - Box 107
Subjects include: social engagements and activities; news of the war; congratulations on Monash's promotion; the fate of friends in the war.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), January 1916 - June 1916 (File 803) - Box 107
Subjects include: Victoria's illness; social engagements and activities; travels; family and friends; dealing with the censor.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), July 1916 - December 1916 (File 804) - Box 107
Subjects include: rumors of a promotion for Monash; Gershon Bennett; news of the war; potential visit by Bert and Victoria to England; visit to Billy and Mary Hughes; conscription; social engagements and activities.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), January 1917 - May 1917 (File 805) - Box 107
Subjects include: family and friends serving in the war; Victoria's health; holiday; social engagements and activities.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), June 1917 - December 1917 (File 806) - Box 108
Subjects include: Monash's knighthood; social engagements and activities; family and friends; news of the war and those serving.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), January 1918 - June 1918 (File 807) - Box 108
Subjects include: news of the war; travels; family and friends; social engagements and activities; Monash's promotion.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter), July 1918 - December 1918 (File 808) - Box 108
Subjects include: social engagements and activities; work at Iona; letters received; news from the war; family and friends.
Letters from Bertha (daughter), February 1919 - August 1919 (File 809) - Box 108
Subjects include: Monash's return to Australia; letter received; the return of Australian troops; family and friends.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter) and Gershon, April 1920 - December 1920 (File 810) - Box 108
Subjects include: household matters; social engagements and activities.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter) and Gershon, 1921 - 1924 (File 811) - Box 108
Subject include: travels; household notes; social engagements and activities.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter) and Gershon, 1925 - 1927 (File 812) - Box 108
Subjects include: travels; family and friends; Bert's children; household notes; IonaIona.
Letters and notes from Bertha (daughter) and Gershon, January 1928 - November 1928 (File 813) - Box 108
Subjects include: holidays; Bert's children; Iona.
Letters received from Bertha (daughter), 1929 - 1931 (File 814) - Box 108
Subjects include: Bert's children; household notes; travels; social engagements and activities; IonaIona.
Letters received from Louise and Walter Rosenhain, 1896 - 1901 (File 815) - Box 109
Subjects include: social outings with Bert; engineering work; visits; travels; Louise and Walter's engagement; business matters.
Letters received from Louise and Walter Rosenhain, 1902 - 1907 (File 816) - Box 109
Subjects include: German relatives; glassworks; travels in Europe; Mathilde's visit to Louise and Walter.
Letters received from the Rosenhain family (Walter, Louise, Mona and Nancy), December 1914 - July 1915 (File 817) - Box 109
Subjects include: the voyage from Australia to England; school; the situation in Egypt; news of the war.
Letters received from the Rosenhain family (Walter, Louise, Mona and Nancy), August 1915 - December 1915 (File 818) - Box 109
Subjects include: Walter's work; friends fighting in the war; munitions; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from the Rosenhain family (Walter, Louise, Mona and Nancy), January 1916 - July 1916 (File 819) - Box 109
Subjects include: news of the war and supposed strength of forces; holidays; care package sent to Monash's brigade; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from the Rosenhain family (Walter, Louise, Mona and Nancy), August 1916 - December 1916 (File 820) - Box 109
Subjects include: holidays; visit of Monash to English businesses; zeppelin attack; illness; school; Monash's roulette system.
Letters received from the Rosenhain family (Walter, Louise, Mona and Nancy), January 1917 - December 1917 (File 821) - Box 109
Subjects include: Christmas; social engagements and activities; munitions; state of the war; Lou's illness; school.
Letters received from the Rosenhain family (Walter, Louise, Mona and Nancy), January 1918 - August 1918 (File 822) - Box 109
Subjects include: Monash's knighthood; the war in France; Lou's health; move from 'Warrawee'; reports about Monash in the media; school and Empire Day celebrations; concerns about Walter's German heritage.
Letters received from the Rosenhain family (Walter, Louise, Mona and Nancy), September 1918 - October 1919 (File 823) - Box 109
Subjects include: holiday; Lou's health; current situation of the war; school; Walter's Royal Society paper; holidays.
Letters received from Walter and Louise Ronsehain: 'Warrawee', January 1920 - October 1923 (File 824) - Box 110
Subjects include: Monash's book; Victoria's death; holidays; financial matters; Louise's health.
Copies of letters sent to Walter and Louise Ronsehain: 'Warrawee', February 1920 - December 1923 (File 825) - Box 110
Subjects include: Victory's illness and subsequent death; Mona, Peggy and Nancy; financial matters; Monash's book; the sale of 'Roma'; government appointments for Monash.
Letters received from Walter and Louise Ronsehain, 1924 - 1930 (File 826) - Box 110
Subjects include: Louise's health; Mona's marriage and birth of first child; financial matters; social engagements and activities; Nancy's visit to Australia.
Correspondence regarding Nancy Rosenhain, 1929 - 1930 (File 827) - Box 110
Subjects include: Nancy's visit to Melbourne relating to Dalcroze Eurythmics; Nancy's address in Melbourne; contract and financial support for the trip.
Letters received from Nancy, Peggy and Norma, 1911 - 1931 (File 828) - Box 110
Subjects include: birthdays; holidays; school; career choices; Dalcroze Eurythmics.
Articles by Walter Rosenhain, 1934 - 1935 (File 829) - Box 110
2 pamphlets in memorial of Sir Walter Rosenhain and a booklet for the opening of the Rosenhain Memeorial Laboratory at the University of Melbourne.
Letters received from Mathilde (sister), January 1915 - December 1915 (File 830) - Box 111
Subjects include: Louise; family news; the American Monasch family; news of the war; Monash's promotion.
Letters received from Mathilde (sister), January 1916 - June 1916 (File 831) - Box 111
Subjects include:news of family and friends; Victoria's health; social engagements and activities; conditions for soliders during the war; news of the war.
Letters received from Mathilde (sister), July 1916 - December 1916 (File 832) - Box 111
Subjects include: Victory's health; the difficulty of sending mail to Monash; social engagements and activities; Louise and Walter; news of the war; Monash's knighthood.
Letters received from Mathilde (sister), January 1917 - December 1917 (File 833) - Box 111
Subjects include: financial matters; trip to England; news of the war; social engagements and activities.
Letters received from Mathilde (sister), January 1918 - July 1918 (File 834) - Box 111
Subjects include: Monash's knighthood; news of the war; family and friends.
Letters received from Mathilde (sister), August 1918 - January 1920 (File 835) - Box 111
Subjects include: family and friends; Monash's knighthood; news of the war; Louise and Walter; financial matters.
Letters received from Mathilde (sister), 1922 - 1930 (File 836) - Box 111
Subjects include: social engagements and activities; financial matters; her work as a teacher; family and friends.
Letters received from John Gibson during his travels, 1912 (File 837) - Box 112
Details his travels to Egypt, Italy, Switzerland, France, London, Scotland and north America. Discusses tender applications and financial matters during his absence.
Letters sent to John Gibson, 1912 (File 838) - Box 112
Discusses financial matters; contracted jobs; dealings of other companies and potential work.
Letters received from J. Gibson and P.T. Fairway, April 1915 - September 1916 (File 839) - Box 112
Discusses the company's issues with hiring replacement staff; financial matters; actions of competition companies; current contracts.
Letters received from J. Gibson and P.T. Fairway, 1917 - 1918 (File 840) - Box 112
Discusses: the progress of current contracts; financial matters and difficulties; illness; Monash's knighthood.
Letters received from J. Gibson and P.T. Fairway, February 1919 - December 1919 (File 841a) - Box 112
Discussess: financial matters including profit forecast; impact of building labourers strike; current contracts; dealings with other companies.
Letters to Louis Monash from relatives in Germany, 1860 - 1863 (File 841b) - Box 113
Includes index at end of file.
Biographical / Historical
Louis Monash (1831-1894), father of John Monash.
Letters from Bertha Manasse to Louis Monash, September 1863 - October 1863 (File 842) - Box 113
Includes translations for some of the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Subjects include: family; social engagements and activities; wedding preparations.
Biographical / Historical
Bertha Monash (nee Manasse) (1842[?]-1885), mother of John Monash.
Letters from Bertha Manasse to Louis Monash, September 1863 - October 1863 (File 843) - Box 113
Written in German. Includes translations for some of the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Subjects include: family; social engagements and activities; wedding preparations.
Letters from Bertha Monash to relatives, 1863 (File 844) - Box 113
Written in German. Includes translations for some of the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Subjects include: Louis's relationship with Bertha's family; their wedding.
Letters from Louis Monash to Bertha Manasse, August 1863 - September 1863 (File 845) - Box 113
Written in German. Includes translations for some of the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Subjects include: their relationship; relations with Bertha's family; their future marriage and the legalities of it.
Letters from Louis Monash to Bertha Manasse, September 1863 - October 1863 (File 846) - Box 113
Written in German. Includes translations for some of the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Subjects include: family and friends; social engagements and activities.
Letters to Bertha and Louis Monash from relatives, 1864 - 1867 (File 847) - Box 113
Written in German and Yiddish. Includes rough translations for some of the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Subjects include: family and friends; social engagements and activities.
Letters to Louis and Bertha Monash from relatives, 1868 - 1869 (File 848) - Box 113
Written in German.
Letters to Louis and Bertha Monash from relatives, 1870 - 1874 (File 849) - Box 113
Written in German. Includes rough translations for some of the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Discusses the Monash children and their activities.
Letters to Louis and Bertha Monash from relatives, 1875 - 1879 (File 850) - Box 113
Written in German and Yiddish. Includes rough translation for one of the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Discusses the family and their activities.
Letters from Louis Monash to John Monash, 1878 - 1881 (File 851) - Box 114
Written in German. Includes rough translations for some of the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Discusses: John's relationship with his mother; his schooling; household duties.
Letters in German to and from mother and other relatives, October 1880 - July 1889 (File 852) - Box 114
Written in German. Includes rough translations for some of the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Discusses: John's schooling; Mathilde and Louise; social engagements and activities.
Letters from Louis Monash to John Monash, January 1882 - July 1882 (File 854) - Box 114
Written in German. Includes rough translations for the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Discusses: school; the building of a new house for the family; provides parental advice.
Letters from Louis Monash to John Monash, August 1882 - December 1882 (File 855) - Box 114
Written in German. Includes rough translations for the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Discusses: John writing to his cousins; social engagements and activities; presents for the family; provides parental advice.
Letters from John Monash to his mother, father and uncle, 1874 - 1877 (File 856) - Box 114
Written in German. Includes rough translations for the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Discusses: activities with Louis; thanks Uncle for gift of books; school; visiting family and friends.
Letters from John Monash to Louis Monash, 1878 - 1880 (File 857) - Box 114
Written in German. Includes rough translations for the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Discusses: visits with family and friends; school; exams; home life.
Letters from John Monash to Louis Monash, January 1881 - May 1881 (File 858) - Box 114
Written in German. Includes rough translations for the letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Discusses: plans to stay at school another year then attend university; expeditions; Bertha's injury; school.
Letters from John Monash to Louis Monash, March 1882 - October 1882 (File 859) - Box 114
Written in German. Includes rough translations for several letters by a researcher, possibly Geoffrey Serle. Discusses: social engagements and activities; visits by family and friends; finances; debates at school.
Letters from John Monash to Leo Monash (Monasch), January 1882 - September 1882 (File 860) - Box 114
Subjects include: their studies; holidays; local politics; books.
Biographical / Historical
Leo Monasch (d.1930 [?]) was John Monash's American cousin via his uncle Isidor. Isidor's branch appears to have kept the 'c' in the family name. Louis Monash anglicized his name, as did other family members.
Letters from John Monash to his cousin Leo in America, 1883 - 1887 (File 861) - Box 115
Subjects include: education; politics; Monash's work; social engagements and activities.
Letters from John Monash to his cousin Leo in America, 1888 - 1898 (File 862) - Box 115
Subjects include: Monash's engineering work; military matters; negotiations with American companies.
Letters from John Monash to his cousin Leo in America, March 1910 - October 1910 (File 863) - Box 115
Subjects include: visit to London; visit to the United States.
Letters from John Monash to his cousin Leo in America, 1911 - 1916 (File 864) - Box 115
Includes one letters from Victoria Monash to Leo. Subjects include: family members; Australian animals; American relatives; Bertha; Nellie Melba; serving in the war.
Letters from John Monash to his cousins in America, 1918 - 1930 (File 865) - Box 115
Subjects include: end of the war and demobilisation; honors bestowed on Monash; US armed forces; Victoria's death; the death of various family members.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1886 - 1894 (File 866) - Box 116
Subjects include: social engagements and activities; family matters; poetry; travel.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1895 - 1897 (File 867) - Box 116
Subjects include: financial matters; Monash's travels for work; social engagements and activities; legal matters.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1898 (File 868) - Box 116
Subjects include: legal matters; financial matters; Mathilde's work as a teacher; Monash's work; household matters.
Correspondence to Mathilde and Louise (sisters), January 1899 - June 1900 (File 869) - Box 116
Subjects include: travels; financial matters; news of family and friends; social engagements and activities.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1900 - 1902 (File 870) - Box 116
Subjects include: financial matters; Monash's travels for work; social engagements and activities.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1903 - 1905 (File 871) - Box 116
Subjects include: legal matters; financial matters; Victoria's health; social engagements and activities.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1906 - 1909 (File 872) - Box 116
Subjects include: news of family and friends; travels; financial matters.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1910 (File 873) - Box 116
Subjects include: financial matters; travels to London and Europe; social engagements and activities.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1911 - 1912 (File 874) - Box 117
Subjects include: financial matters; Mathilde's travels; news of family and friends; the purchase of Iona.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1913 - 1914 (File 875) - Box 117
Subjects include: Mathilde's return to Australia; financial matters; social engagements and activities.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1915 - 1918 (File 876) - Box 117
Subjects include: Victoria's health; discussions of nationality; news of family and friends serving in the war; legal and financial matters.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), January 1919 - June 1919 (File 877) - Box 117
Subjects include: Monash's knighthood; Bertha and Victoria's visit to London; end of the war; newspaper clippings; social engagements and activities.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), July 1919 - December 1919 (File 878) - Box 117
Subjects include: ephemera from the United Kingdom; Louise and Walter Rosenhain; end of the war; Monash's book.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1920 - 1922 (File 879) - Box 117
Subjects include: social engagements and activities; Victoria's health; financial matters; family and friends.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1923 - 1925 (File 880) - Box 117
Subjects include: family and friends; financial matters; social engagements and activities.
Correspondence to Mathilde (sister), 1927 - 1931 (File 881) - Box 117
2 letters in French. Subjects include: news of family and friends; financial matters; social engagements and activities.
Letters to Walter and Louise Rosenhain, July 1917 - May 1918 (File 882) - Box 118
Subjects include: Walter acting as Monash's agent in the United Kingdom; Monash's service in the war; Monash's correspondence; puzzles; financial matters.
Letters to Walter and Louise Rosenhain, June 1918 - July 1919 (File 883) - Box 118
Subjects include: Monash's promotion; financial matters; the war time censor; news of the war; questions about Walter's nationality.
Letters to Walter, Louise Rosenhain and others, August 1918 - December 1919 (File 884) - Box 118
Subjects include: news of the war; family and friends; publication proofs; photographs sent; the end of the war; travel details.
Letters to Walter and Louise Rosenhain, 1925 - 1931 (File 885) - Box 118
Subjects include: Mona's wedding; news of family and friends; business matters; social engagements and activities; life at Iona; the death of John, Bert's son; Nancy's visit to Australia.
Letters to Bertha and Gershon Bennett, 1921 - 1931 (File 886) - Box 119
Subjects include: travels; life at Iona; social engagements and activities; family and friends; Bert's children; financial and legal matters.
Letters to Bertha from India, January 1931 - March 1931 (File 887) - Box 119
Subjects include: the voyage to India; visit to Perth; photographs sent; sights visited; inauguration of monuments dedicated to those who served in World War One; Tea Culture in Ceylon.
Letters to and from Mathilde (sister), 1915 - 1933 (File 887a) - Box 119
Subjects include: rumors about Monash; news of family and friends; social engagements and activities; German relatives. Includes a couple of letters in French and German.
Series 3. Correspondence: Special Categories, 1917 - 1930
Congratulatory correspondence regarding promotion to Commander of the Australian Army Corps, 21 May 1918 - 18 June 1918 (File 888) - Box 120
Congratulatory correspondence regarding promotion to Commander of the Australian Army Corps, 18 June 1918 - 29 July 1918 (File 889) - Box 120
Congratulatory correspondence regarding Monash's award of a G.C.M.G., 1 January 1919 - 18 January 1919 (File 890) - Box 120
Congratulatory correspondence regarding Monash's knighthood (K.C.B.), 1 January 1918 - 3 March 1918 (File 891) - Box 120
Congratulatory correspondence regarding Monash's knighthood (K.C.B.), 1 January 1918 - 2 February 1918 (File 892) - Box 120
Congratulatory correspondence regarding Monash's knighthood (K.C.B.), 26 December 1917 - 6 January 1918 (File 893) - Box 120
Congratulatory correspondence addressed to Lady Monash with index, 1 January 1918 - 30 January 1918 (File 896) - Box 121
Congratulatory correspondence addressed to Lady Monash, 1 January 1918 - 3 January 1918 (File 897) - Box 121
Congratulatory correspondence addressed to Lady Monash, 4 January 1918 - 4 February 1918 (File 898) - Box 121
Congratulatory correspondence addressed to Lady Monash, 5 February 1918 - 19 June 1918 (File 899) - Box 121
Congratulatory correspondence addressed to Lady Monash, 19 June 1918 - 1 December 1918 (File 900) - Box 121
Letters of condolence regarding Lady Monash's death with index, 27 February 1920 - 28 February 1920 (File 901) - Box 122
Letters of condolence regarding Lady Monash's death, 27 February 1920 - 1 March 1920 (File 902) - Box 122
Letters of condolence regarding Lady Monash's death, 27 February 1920 - 2 March 1920 (File 903) - Box 122
Letters of condolence regarding Lady Monash's death, 28 February 1920 - 22 March 1920 (File 904) - Box 122
Letters and telegrams of condolence regarding Lady Monash's death, 28 February 1920 - 11 March 1920 (File 905) - Box 122
Telegrams of condolence regarding Lady Monash's death, 27 February 1920 - 2 March 1920 (File 906) - Box 122
Letters of condolence to Miss Bertha Monash regarding Lady Monash's death, 28 February 1920 - 1 March 1920 (File 907) - Box 122
Letters of condolence regarding Lady Monash's death sent from overseas with index, 28 February 1920 - 29 May 1920 (File 908) - Box 123
Letters and telegrams of condolence to Miss Bertha Monash regarding Lady Monash's death, 27 February 1920 - 16 March 1920 (File 909) - Box 123
Letters of condolence to Miss Bertha Monash regarding Lady Monash's death, 29 February 1920 - 2 March 1920 (File 910) - Box 123
Letters of condolence to Miss Bertha Monash regarding Lady Monash's death, 29 February 1920 - 9 March 1920 (File 911) - Box 123
Letters of condolence to Miss Bertha Monash regarding Lady Monash's death, 27 February 1920 - 29 February 1920 (File 912) - Box 123
Letters of condolence regarding Sir John Monash's grandson's death, 10 March 1929 - 15 March 1929 (File 913) - Box 123
Series 4. Correspondence: World War I, 1915 - 1920
Copies of important letters, 1915 - 1919 (File 965) - Box 130
Includes "My trip with Dad to France May 1919" typescript.
Reports from Officers Commanding Troop Transports, 1 January 1919 - 10 January 1919 (File 1008) - Box 136
Reports from Officers Commanding Troop Transports, 12 April 1919 - 29 April 1919 (File 1009) - Box 136
Reports from Officers Commanding Troop Transports, 13 July 1919 - 29 July 1919 (File 1014) - Box 136
Reports from Officers Commanding Troop Transports, 1 August 1919 - 28 August 1919 (File 1015) - Box 136
Series 5. Diaries and Notebooks, 1875 - 1931
1 notebook (stock list) and 1 diary, 1888 - 1889 (File 1023) - Box 138
This file contains pages that appear upside-down. This is how Monash created the pages and they can be adjusted with the rotate tool in the image viewer.
2 personal diaries (D4, D5), January 1884 - June 1885 (File 1024) - Box 138
This file contains pages that appear upside-down. This is how Monash created the pages and they can be adjusted with the rotate tool in the image viewer.
Rough' diary and small notebook (D9), 1899 (File 1027) - Box 138
This file contains pages that appear upside-down. This is how Monash created the pages and they can be adjusted with the rotate tool in the image viewer.
10 small diaries, including expenses and notes, 1917 - 1919 (File 1038) - Box 140
This file contains pages that appear upside-down. This is how Monash created the pages and they can be adjusted with the rotate tool in the image viewer.
3 War accounts books and 3 soldier's pay books, September 1914 - September 1918 (File 1039) - Box 140
This file contains pages that appear upside-down. This is how Monash created the pages and they can be adjusted with the rotate tool in the image viewer.
6 army handbooks covering drills, duties, army signaling and exercises, 1884 - 1916 (File 1040) - Box 140
Series 7. Engineering, 1883 - 1927
Melbourne Harbour Trust: Specifications and contracts, 14 August 1883 - 10 February 1893 (File 1085) - Box 148
Contracts, estimates and plans for construction and installation of infrastructure in New South Wales and Victoria, 1891-14th June 1897; 29th October 1924 (File 1087) - Box 148
Investigations and reports on powered fuel plants, 26th June 1907; 10th March 1921-17th March 1922 (File 1088) - Box 148
Report and correspondence on investigation into the German brown coal industry, 19 May 1919 - 15 September 1919 (File 1089) - Box 148
Quotation and tender for briquetting works in Monwell, Victoria by Zeitz [in German], 8 July 1921 (File 1090) - Box 148
Specification, tender form and contract conditions for Yallourn Briquetting works, 30 April 1927 (File 1091) - Box 148
Specification, tender form and contract conditions for Yallourn Briquetting works, 30 July 1927 (File 1092) - Box 148
Specification, tender form and contract conditions for Yallourn Briquetting works, 28 May 1927 (File 1093) - Box 148
Calculations, plans and specifications: Saltwater swing bridge and wharf sheds, 6 January 1892 - 21 February 1894 (File 1094) - Box 149
Calculations, plans and specifications: Wharf sheds, plumbing systems and coal depots, 12 May 1887 - 19 March 1894 (File 1095) - Box 149
Report on designs and tenders submitted to the Sydney Harbour Bridge Advisory Board, 26 November 1903 (File 1096) - Box 149
Sketches and plans of proposed designs for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 30 September 1900 - 25 November 1903 (File 1097) - Box 149
Sketches and plans of proposed designs for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 25 November 1903 (File 1098) - Box 149
Bound volume entitled 'Lithographs for the proposed Sydney Harbour Bridge', May 1901 (File 1099) - Box 149
Newspaper cuttings on sewerage and water systems in Melbourne, Victoria, 24 September 1890 (File 1100) - Box 149
NSW Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways report; Tramways report, 1891 - 1923 (File 1110) - Box 152
Correspondence between the Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Co. and Mr J. Gibson, 8th June 1893; 2nd July 1902-20th August 1921 (File 1114) - Box 153
Balance sheets and stocktakes of the Reinforced Concrete Co., 31 May 1914 - 8 December 1917 (File 1115) - Box 153
Engineering sketches with index, 20th April 1883-16th August 1895; 2nd May 1922 (File 1116) - Box 153
Drawing of proposed swing bridge over Saltwater river and a mounted photograph of new Church St bridge, July 1924 (File Folio 1) - Folio 1
Blue prints of engineering works relating to shafts for the Homestake Mining Co., 1895 - August 1905 (File Folio 2) - Folio 2
Bound volume entitled 'The Goulburn Weir and its dependent system of works - a descriptive memorandum', 1893 (File Folio 3) - Folio 3
Photograph labelled the 'Turning of the first sod - Yallourn Power Station Site', 5 February 1921 (File Folio 4) - Folio 4
Maps, 1911 - 1923 (File Map Folio 1) - Map-Folio 1 (MS 1884)
A group of maps comprising:
Map of the state of Virginia, USA, annotated 'Sketched Sept-Nov 1911. JM'.
Proposed lay-out plan of land at Olinda, 1923.
Sketch map of Lilydale and Healesville District, 1913.
Maps, 1911 - 1918 (File Map Folio 2) - Map-Folio 2 (MS 1884)
A group of maps comprising:
Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Work, Plan 43, Prahan.
Contour plan of Melbourne suburbs, 1911.
Western Port and Woolamai, Department of Defence, 1913.
Shire of Shepparton, bridge over the River Goulburn, 1912.
Canberra plan of city environs, September 1918.
Maps, 1909 - 1914 (File Map Folio 3) - Map-Folio 3 (MS 1884)
A group of maps comprising:
Map of Broadmeadow District, 1914.
Map of Heidelberg District, 1913.
Sketch map of Lilydale and Yarraglen District, 1913.
Sketch map of Wallan and Donnybrook Districts, 1913.
Map of Manoeuvre Area, Seymour-Avenel District, 1909.
Maps and Architectural plans, 1913 - 1922 (File Map Folio 4) - Map-Folio 4 (MS 1884)
A group of maps comprising:
Sketch of plan of an unidentified house, 1922.
Results of check survey for Sir John Monash Crown Allot. 13, Section C, Parish of Monbulk, 1922.
Plan of Crown Allotments, Parish of Monbulk, 1922.
Sketch of layout of an unidentified house and grounds.
Sketch map of Lilydale and Yarraglen Districts, 1913.
Map of Broadmeadows District, 1914.
Sketch map of Burrumbeet and Waubra Districts, 1913.
Series 8. Military, 1908 - 1930
Archival History
The location of File 1118 is unknown.
Australian Intelligence Corps - correspondence mostly applications for commission, January 1908 - December 1909 (File 1117) - Box 154
Australian Intelligence Corps: (unofficial) correspondence, December 1907 - December 1909 (File 1119) - Box 154
Australian Intelligence Corps - correspondence, concerning the District Promotion Committee, January 1908 - November 1912 (File 1120) - Box 154
Australian Intelligence Corps - correspondence, concerning the District Promotion Committee, January 1910 - January 1912 (File 1121) - Box 154
Australian Intelligence Corps - correspondence, concerning the District Promotion Committee, November 1910 - June 1912 (File 1122) - Box 154
Australian Intelligence Corps - correspondence, concerning the District Promotion Committee, February 1912 - July 1913 (File 1123) - Box 154
Australian Intelligence Corps - correspondence concerning the District Promotion Committee, September 1910 - June 1913 (File 1124) - Box 154
Australian Intelligence Corps: Correspondence - copies of letters sent, January 1908 - December 1908 (File 1125) - Box 155
Australian Intelligence Corps: Correspondence - copies of letters sent, January 1909 - March 1909 (File 1126) - Box 155
Australian Intelligence Corps: Correspondence - copies of letters sent, March 1909 - July 1909 (File 1127) - Box 155
Australian Intelligence Corps: Correspondence - copies of letters sent, August 1909 - December 1909 (File 1128) - Box 155
Australian Intelligence Corps: Correspondence - copies of letters sent, March 1911 - December 1911 (File 1129) - Box 155
Australian Intelligence Corps: Correspondence - copies of letters sent, January 1910 - February 1911 (File 1130) - Box 155
Australian Intelligence Corps: Correspondence - copies of letters sent, January 1912 - November 1912 (File 1131) - Box 155
Australian Intelligence Corps: Correspondence - copies of letters sent, December 1912 - May 1913 (File 1132) - Box 155
Australian Intelligence Corps: Corps Headquaters Orders (Confidential), September 1908 - December 1911 (File 1133) - Box 156
Australian Intelligence Corps: Corps Headquaters Orders (Confidential), September 1908 - July 1912 (File 1134) - Box 156
Australian Intelligence Corps: Corps Standing Orders and Minutes of Instructions, March 1908 - December 1912 (File 1135) - Box 156
Australian Intelligence Corps: Corps District orders and confidential orders, October 1908 - July 1913 (File 1136) - Box 156
Australian Intelligence Corps: Reports of requisitioned transport, 1908 - 1909 (File 1156) - Box 158
Australian Intelligence Corps: School of Instructions (lectures), January 1912 - February 1912 (File 1161) - Box 159
Australian Intelligence Corps: School of Instructions (lectures), February 1912 - February 1913 (File 1162) - Box 159
Australian Intelligence Corps: classification topographical work, August 1910 - October 1911 (File 1163) - Box 159
Australian Intelligence Corps: classification miscellaneous notes, April 1908 - January 1912 (File 1164) - Box 159
Australian Intelligence Corps: classification miscellaneous notes, July 1909 - November 1912 (File 1165) - Box 159
Australian Intelligence Corps: Appointments of staff officers, December 1908 - November 1909 (File 1166) - Box 159
13th Infantry Brigade: Correspondence B (copies of letters sent), June 1913 - October 1913 (File 1171) - Box 160
13th Infantry Brigade: Correspondence B (copies of letters sent), November 1913 - December 1913 (File 1172) - Box 160
13th Infantry Brigade: Correspondence B (copies of letters sent), January 1914 - September 1914 (File 1173) - Box 160
4th Infantry Brigade: Copies of letters and memos, November 1914 - January 1915 (File 1185) - Box 162
4th Infantry Brigade: Copies of letters and memos, 27 December 1914 - 31 December 1914 (File 1186) - Box 162
4th Infantry Brigade: roneoed brigade orders 89-100, February 1915 - March 1915 (File 1194) - Box 163
4th Infantry Brigade: reneoed training programme, February 1915 - December 1915 (File 1200) - Box 163
4th Infantry Brigade: reneoed war telegram, instructions and convoy, July 1915 - September 1915 (File 1201) - Box 163
4th Infantry Brigade: reneoed instructions and convoy orders, January 1915 - August 1915 (File 1202) - Box 164
4th Infantry Brigade: miscellaneous lists, reports and notes, December 1914 - January 1919 (File 1204) - Box 164
4th Infantry Brigade: miscellaneous reneoed material, February 1915 - May 1916 (File 1205) - Box 164
4th Infantry Brigade: Peninsula Press no. 4-35 (incomplete), May 1915 - June 1915 (File 1207) - Box 164
4th Infantry Brigade: Peninsula Press no. 36-52 (incomplete), June 1915 - July 1915 (File 1208) - Box 164
4th Infantry Brigade: Peninsula Press no. 64-77 and 'Heroes of Australasia', July 1915 - August 1915 (File 1210) - Box 164
Post War Military papers: Meeting of the Council of Defence, agenda, minutes of meeting, June 1922 - March 1923 (File 1217) - Box 165
Post War Military papers: correspondence, minutes of meetings etc, April 1928 - May 1930 (File 1218) - Box 165
Maps and ephemera (File Map folio 5) - Map-Folio 5
A group of maps and ephemera comprising:
Illuminated poster with reproduction of a letter from Windsor Castle dated 26 April 1918 and signed 'Mary R'
Poster with an image of the Marshal Foch Victory-Harmony banner depicting the flags of forty-eight allies, 1918, together with a key to identifying the flags
Two copies of 'Plan of Trenches of the 10th Batallion, AIF, at Silt Spur, Gallipoli Peninsular'. One is annotated 'Given me by Col. Price Weir, Oct 1922' and the other is annotated 'From Brig.Gen. Price Weir, Aug 1924.
Poster of a portrait photograph of Sir William Riddell Birdwood
Series 9. Arbitration and Royal Commissions, 1896-1927
Charles Monash Junker concerning agency of Austin products in Australia, 1895 - 1896 (File 1223) - Box 169
Charles Monash Junker concerning agency of Austin products in Australia, 1896 - 1898 (File 1224) - Box 169
Commonwealth Bank of Australia re: Frank Ernest Shillabeer, 1927 and University of Melbourne re: Z. A. Merfield (Award claims), 1920 - 1927 (File 1231-1232) - Box 170
Royal Commission on Police Force: evidence; notes; reports and statistics, 1924 (File 1235) - Box 172
Hume negotiations: concrete construction vendor draft agreements etc, June 1920 (File 1241) - Box 173
Cockatoo Island Dockyard: Australian Commonwealth shipping board; material on proposed 10, 000 ton cruisers, 1924 (File 1245) - Box 173
Series 10. Subject Files A-Z and Souvenir Albums, 1801-1972
Subseries [unnumbered]. A-B, 1905 - 1931
ANZAC Day Commemoration, 1926 (File 1249-1251) - Box 174
Includes: diary; report of the day; agenda; orders and assembly instructions for the various units involved with the celebration; list of invitees; correspondence; maps and copy of the Victorian Anzac Day Act 1925.
ANZAC Day Commemoration, 1927 (File 1252_1255) - Box 174
Includes: reports; order for transport; the involvement of dignitaries; material regarding the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York; list of invitations; newspaper clippings; draft march orders.
ANZAC Day Commemoration, 1928 (File 1256-1258) - Box 175
Includes: reports; correspondence; assembly instructions; maps; orders; maps; ceremonial ribbion; newspaper clipping.
ANZAC Day Commemoration, 1929 (File 1259) - Box 175
Includes: march order; ticket; service order; correspondence; invitations lists; reports.
ANZAC Day Commemoration, 1930 (File 1260) - Box 175
Includes: correspondence; notes; service booklets; invitations list; maps; assembly orders.
ANZAC Day Commemoration, 1931 (File 1261) - Box 175
Includes: reports; notes; order for transport; march orders; correspondence.
Astronomy, telescope agenda, acquisition, design notes, 1923 - 1928 (File 1262-1264) - Box 176
Includes: A New Optical Projection Planetarium by David Todd; newspaper clippings; engineering notes; notes about telescopes; Design notes for the Look-out platform and Telescope House at Iona including architectural plans and designs for an Observation ladder.
Astronomical Society of Victoria bulletin No. 1-19 and annual report for 1928, 1924 - 1928 (File 1265) - Box 176
Astronomy: theory and observation data, 1923 - 1927 (File 1266) - Box 176
Includes: notes on the theory of the Equatorial Instrument; correspondence and sets of observations.
Subseries [unnumbered]. Clubs, 1919 - 1931
Beefsteak Club, 1923 - 1931 (File 1269) - Box 177
Material relating to the Melbourne Beefsteak club. Includes: invitations; records of meetings; procedures; notices; menues.
Metropolitan Golf Club, 1919 - 1920 (File 1270) - Box 177
Material relating to the Metropolitan Golf Club and Eccentric Club Ltd. Includes: booklet; rules and bye-laws; memorandum and articles of membership.
(Victorian) Institution of Civil Engineers, 1930 - 1931 (File 1271) - Box 177
Material relating to the (Victorian) Institution of Civil Engineers. Includes: membership applications; notice of meetings; annual reports; membership lists.
Melbourne Rotary Club, 1921 - 1931 (File 1272) - Box 177
Material relating to the Melbourne Rotary club. Includes: notice of meetings; membership cards and rules; memorial cards for past members.
Victorian Institute of Engineers, 1926 - 1931 (File 1273) - Box 177
Material relating to the Victorian Institute of Engineers. Includes proceedings and artciles of association.
Theatres, Operas, Concerts, 1928 - 1929 (File 1274) - Box 177
Includes information for subscribers and lists of operas. Companies include the Gregan McMahon Play Company and J.C. Williamson Ltd.
Wallaby Club, 1927 - 1931 (File 1275) - Box 177
Material relating to the Wallaby Club. Includes menues; event cards; annual reports; a map; notices of meetings.
Statutes and rules of reports of Societies, 1920 - 1930 (File 1276) - Box 177
Organisations include: Yorick Club; Australian Forest League; Egypt Exploration Society; Returned Sailor's and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia; English Speaking Union; Order of the Bath and Royal Society of Australia. Includes reports; membership information and rules.
Subseries [unnumbered]. Committees, 1924 - 1931
Subseries [unnumbered]. Finance, 1906 - 1931
Household finance, calculations and balance sheets, 1906 - 1931 (File 1280-1281) - Box 179
Includes: lists; staff wages; income accounts; balance sheets; investments and other income streams; physical assets and expenses.
House properties, Haynes, 1926 - 1931 (File 1282-1283) - Box 179
Includes correspondence regarding insurance, tenancy and maitinence of properties and statements of rent.
Rent, purchase, statistics, theory and new investments, 1921 - 1927 (File 1284-1285) - Box 179
Includes: forecasts; theory; balance sheets; notes; correspondence regarding rent income.
Household finance transactions, 1921 - 1931 (File 1286) - Box 179
Summary of expenditure. Includes detailed accounts of Monash's expenses; investements and taxes.
"Discarded papers", statistics and balance sheets, 1909 - 1930 (File 1287-1288) - Box 179
Related Materials
Includes: lists of documents; accounts of investments; balance sheets; South Australian Reinforced Concrete Company balance sheets and notes.
Statement of affairs, investments, assets and liabilities, 1921 - 1930 (File 1290) - Box 180
Includes: investments; real estate; chattels; liabilities.
Financial resources, 1915 - 1919 (File 1291) - Box 180
Includes war census income cards; accounts; estimate of estate; expenses; map.
Unemployment taxation account, 1930 - 1931 (File 1292) - Box 180
Includes: acts; Iona staff wages; Government gazettes; public notices.
Subseries [unnumbered]. Finance, 1887 - 1938
Charm View Estate, 1926 - 1933 (File 1296) - Box 181
Includes: notes; legal documents regarding the sale of land; marketing material; sale records; maps.
Charmview Estate: sales, 1926 - 1933 (File 1297) - Box 181
Includes: correspondence; legal documents relating to the sale of land.
Charmview Estate: forfeited contracts, 1927 - 1931 (File 1298) - Box 181
Includes contracts and correspondence.
Charmview Estate, 1905 - 1914 (File 1299) - Box 181
Includes: diagram of estate, summary of finances
Freehold land at Frankston, 1925 - 1929 (File 1300-1301) - Box 181
Includes: promotional material; contracts; cheques; correspondence; plans; material relating to the Ranelagh Club; land sale documentation.
Financing Somersby - Frankston, 1929 - 1933 (File 1302) - Box 181
Includes: conditions of sale; correspondence; accounts.
Olinda, Bertmont, notes and plans for fencing, gardening etc, 1922 (File 1303) - Box 181
Includes: plans; booklet about windmills; notes.
Australian and New Zealand Investment Ltd, 1929 - 1930 (File 1304) - Box 182
Includes: corresondence; balance sheets; letters of proxy.
N.Z. Perpetual Forest Ltd., 1925 - 1930 (File 1305) - Box 182
Includes: acceptance of application for bonds; cheques; correspondence; information booklet; notes.
S. A. Reinforced Concrete Company: shares, 1906 - 1908 (File 1306) - Box 182
Includes: memorandum and articles of association; correspondence.
Tasmanian Forests Milling Company, 1930 - 1931 (File 1307) - Box 182
Includes: correspondence; legal documents; financials; information for investors.
Victorian Golf Links Estate: shares, 1927 (File 1308) - Box 182
Includes: promotional material; cheques; price list; agreements.
Prospectus and investment, 1928 - 1930 (File 1309) - Box 182
Includes: financial documents; notes; correspondence.
Prospectus, Great Victoria Collier Company and shares in Carboona Silver-lead syndicate, 1912 - 1913 (File 1310) - Box 182
Includes: prospectus; charts; report; correspondence; notice of meetings; balance sheet.
Stock share lists, March 1938 - April 1938 (File 1311) - Box 182
Contains a copy of the March and April 1938 Melbourne Stock Exchange Official Record.
Loan to Charles Rosenthal, 1930 - 1931 (File 1312) - Box 182
Includes correspondence and a newspaper clipping regrarding Monash's loan to Charles Rosenthal.
Account book (business), 1899 - 1906 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 183
Includes balances for Bank of Australasia; Healsville Shire; Robert Guthrie.
Accounts (real estate), 1923 - 1931 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 183
Includes accounts for different types of capital.
Subseries [unnumbered]. Iona, 1894 - 1938
Subseries [unnumbered]. Science and Speeches, 1926 - 1931
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science-General council meeting: Perth, 1926 - 1928 (File 1350) - Box 190
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science-General council meeting: Hobart, 1927 - 1929 (File 1351) - Box 190
Subseries [unnumbered]. Printed material on State Electricity Commission, 1902 - 1936
Subseries [unnumbered]. War Memorial of Victoria, 1923 - 1931
Subseries [unnumbered]. Records O - Z, 1892 - 1931
Subseries [unnumbered]. Souvenir albums and oversized items, 1888 - 1922
The souvenir albums contain all manner of ephemera representing Monash's very full work and social life. Included in the albums are travel tickets, admission tickets, menus, theatre programs, dance cards, letters, invitations to dinners and events, handwritten notes, birthday memorabilia, annotated drawings, planning lists of requirements for trips, church services, and receipts.
Index cards (File Box 255)
Three groups of index cards with the following headings:
Library Index (7 packets)
Sir John's Index (6 packets)
Sir John's General Index ( 6 packets)
Note: formerly located in file drawers originally numbered 7-9. See Folio items 7-9 for empty file drawers.
Two bundles of loose pages from souvenir album[s], 1912-c.1922 (File Folio items 10a-b)
Folio 10a includes memorabilia relating to the return of Australian Troops from London in 1919, and two silk programs for performances at the Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne c1922, one of which starred Annette Kellerman.
Series 11. Manuscripts, 1879 - 1928
Notes on engineering profession and modern building construction, 24 July 1906 - 21 March 1910 (File 1466) - Box 206
Lecture notes on engineering in Europe and the United States of America, 1 September 1910 - 7 May 1911 (File 1467) - Box 206
Notes for a lecture in Prahran and the Wilderness Campaign, 6 July 1911 - December 1911 (File 1468) - Box 206
Notes and drafts for lectures and addresses, 23 August 1913 - 10 September 1914 (File 1470) - Box 206
Interviews, notes and addresses relating to warfare, 3 February 1919 - 25 April 1921 (File 1471) - Box 207
Notes, drafts of speeches, addresses, forewards and reports, 8 August 1921 - July 1922 (File 1472) - Box 207
Drafts, notes, addresses, memos, articles and reports, 15 September 1922 - 19 August 1924 (File 1473) - Box 207
Draft of article on the future policy regarding coal supply operations, 22 December 1924 (File 1474) - Box 207
Drafts, notes, addresses, memos, statements and Anzac day messages, 1 October 1924 - 25 April 1926 (File 1475) - Box 207
Drafts, notes, addresses, memos, articles, newspaper cuttings and reports, 24 July 1924 - 27 October 1928 (File 1476) - Box 207
Drafts, notes, articles, speeches, reports and newspaper cuttings, 3 January 1929 - 21 April 1931 (File 1477) - Box 207
Notes and drafts of speeches given to clubs and other organisations, 23 October 1918 - 25 December 1919 (File 1478) - Box 208
Notes and drafts of speeches given to clubs and other organisations, 9 January 1920 - 20 June 1920 (File 1479) - Box 208
Notes and drafts of speeches given to clubs and other organisations, 18 June 1920 - 14 December 1920 (File 1480) - Box 208
Notes and drafts of speeches given to clubs and other organisations, 25 January 1921 - 15 December 1921 (File 1481) - Box 208
Notes and drafts of speeches given to clubs and other organisations, 31 January 1922 - 29 August 1922 (File 1482) - Box 208
Notes and drafts of speeches given to clubs and other organisations, 18 September 1922 - 23 May 1923 (File 1483) - Box 208
Notes and drafts of speeches given to clubs and other organisations, 9 May 1923 - 12 November 1923 (File 1484) - Box 208
Notes and drafts of speeches given to clubs and other organisations, 5 March 1924 - 21 December 1924 (File 1485) - Box 208
Series 12. Scientific Matters, 1914 - 1930
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: correspondence A with index, May 1924 - October 1924 (File 1491) - Box 210
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: correspondence A, November 1924 - December 1924 (File 1492) - Box 210
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: correspondence A, January 1925 - June 1925 (File 1493) - Box 210
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: correspondence A, July 1925 - December 1925 (File 1494) - Box 210
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: correspondence A, January 1926 - May 1926 (File 1495) - Box 210
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: correspondence A, June 1926 - August 1926 (File 1496) - Box 210
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: correspondence B, May 1924 - December 1924 (File 1497) - Box 210
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: correspondence B, January 1925 - December 1925 (File 1498) - Box 210
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: correspondence B, January 1926 - September 1926 (File 1499) - Box 210
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: Adelaide meeting, August 1924 (File 1500) - Box 211
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: materials used in compiling address, 1924 (File 1501) - Box 211
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: draft of Presidential address for Adelaide meeting, 1924 (File 1502) - Box 211
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: Second draft of Presidential address for Adelaide meeting, 1924 (File 1503) - Box 211
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: final draft of Presidential address for Adelaide meeting, 1924 (File 1504-1505) - Box 211
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: Press cuttings and notes re Presidential address in Adelaide, 1924 (File 1506) - Box 211
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: Miscellaneous papers, minuets, 1926 (File 1507) - Box 211
British Association for the Advancement of Science: Melbourne meeting invitations and press cuttings, 1914 (File 1511) - Box 212
Series 13. Travels, 1907 - 1931
Continental Travels: arrangements during absence and Finance, March 1910 - August 1910 (File 1514) - Box 213
Continental Travels: clothes lists; passport, letter of introduction; index to souvenirs, January 1910 - December 1911 (File 1516) - Box 213
Continental Travels: Laundry bills (receipts); hotel bills and receipts, June 1910 - August 1910 (File 1517[a]) - Box 213
RMS Otranto: souvenirs; brochures; programmes; travel notes; tickets etc, March 1910 - June 1910 (File 1517[b]) - Box 214
Paris: souvenir programmes; brochures; tickets; travelling on the continent, May 1910 (File 1518) - Box 214
Souvenirs; brochures; programmes; maps; itinerary notes, June 1910 - August 1910 (File 1521) - Box 214
Isle of Wight and Scotland: souvenirs; brochures; programmes; tickets, February 1910 - August 1910 (File 1522) - Box 214
Switzerland and the French Alps: souvenirs; programmes; tickets; notes, July 1910 (File 1523) - Box 214
Austria and Switzerland: souvenirs, programmes, tickets, June 1910 - July 1910 (File 1525) - Box 215
India: packing lists; visiting cards; tourism pamphlets, February 1931 - March 1931 (File 1543) - Box 217
India: drawing; travel notes; press cuttings and travel pictures, February 1931 - March 1931 (File 1544) - Box 217
Large format black & white photographs, 1924-1931 (File Folio item 18) - Folio-Box 18 (MS 1884)
Photographs comprise: an unidentified cenotaph, Anzac Day, 1927; attendees at a house party at the Viceroy's House during Inauguration Week, New Delhi, February, 1931; attendees at a dinner held in Monash's honour at the Melbourne Town Hall, Anzac Day, 1924, presented to Monash by the Herald and Weekly Times.
Series 14. Press Cuttings, Pamphlets and Other Printed Items, 1866 - 1931
Commonplace book, 23rd February 1866, 17th July 1882-18th October 1890, 28th July 1895-20th February 1896, 25th July 1908-17th October 1911 (Item) - Box 220
Commonplace book, 22nd November 1889, 10th August 1898-28th October 1900, 26th October 1911-12th September 1931 (Item) - Box 220
Seventeen literary and historical pamphlets and articles (as per list) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 221
One plastic bag with magazines and articles referring to Sir John Monash, also Monash Reviewer, V. 4 no. 1. Scotch College 1911 and 1929 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 221
Military pamphlets including operation and examination reports, army staff lists and exercises with index, April 1912, 1919, July 1924-1930 (File) - Box 222
Scientific pamphlets including reports and articles on engineering, biology and medicine with index, September 1924 - 7 March 1931 (File) - Box 222
Pamphlets relating to events, business, science and clubs with index, 1895-1900, 1908-January 1914, 1920-1924 (File Box File A) - Box 223
Papers including event programmes, photo books, maps and contracts with index, 16th February 1886-14th March 1887, 29th March 1898-29th March 1899, 30th May 1914-13th June 1914 (File Box File B) - Box 223
Advisory Statement
Readers are advised that this file contains images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased.
Papers including education reports, commemorative booklets and instructional coursebooks with index, 1899 - 10 February 1909 (File Box File C) - Box 223
Papers including government reports, military training notes and meeting proceedings with index, 1904 - 1912 (File Box File D) - Box 224
Scientific papers including reports and pamphlets with indexes for Box files G, H and I, 1902 - 5 August 1911 (File Box File G) - Box 224
Archival History
Although the indexes of Box File H and I are included, the material of these box files appears to not have been part of the collection.
Papers including addresses, reports, poems and newspaper clippings with index, 21 November 1918 - October 1929 (File Box File J) - Box 224
Two volumes of newspaper cuttings, 1882-1913 (File Folio items 19-20) - Piece Folio items 19-20 (MS 1884)
Series 15. Photographs and Glass Slides, 1889 - 1937
Related Materials
Monash had a code for the organisation of his photographs. It can be found in Sir John's Index (https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2612455914/view).
Portraits of the Anderson family, Henry Ricketson, Soutcher[?], Shaw, Beynom Reid and others) (File B17d) - Box 263
Booklet of postcards: Albert avant et apres le Bombardement [Albert before and after bombardment] (File Eh) - Box 266
Photographs mostly of the Rosenhain family (includes Moss, Simonson and Monash families) (File F4d) - Box 232
Decorative Album, mostly photographs of friends and relatives of Louis and Bertha Monash (Item 1) - Box 234
Decorative Album, mostly photographs of friends and relatives of Louis and Bertha Monash (Item 2) - Box 234
Decorative Album, mostly photographs of friends and relatives of Louis and Bertha Monash (Item 3) - Box 235
Family of Berthold Monash in Germany, cousin of JM: Berthold, wife (Emmy); son (Walter) and daughter (Marianne). Also, Prof. Dr Weizmann., 23/10/1927; 20/11/1927 (File) - Box 238, Album 2
Cataract Gorge; "Lufra" Hotel and Garden; "Dunedin", St Leonard's, Tasmania, 1928-01-30 (File 90-99) - Box 238, Album 3
Photographs of Sydney Harbour Bridge from Dr. Bradfield, per favour of Mr. FR Litchfield, 1929-05-15 (File 90-99) - Box 238, Album 3
JM & LB at Haunted Gorge; in front of St Bernard Chalet, 9-11 November 1928 (File 120) - Box 238, Album 2
Norma Allen (plaits); Bertha, Gershon, David, Betty and Colin Bennett, 1929-10-27 (File 127) - Box 238, Album 2
Sea voyage to India: Crossing the Line Ceremony; Angela Thirkill and Miss Capon, 1930-11-25 (File 136) - Box 238, Album 2
Memorial in King's Park, Perth to Jewish Soldiers in WWI unveiled by JM in 1920, 1920 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 238, Album 3
Wheeler's Bridge, Creswick, Victoria, 1900 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 238, Album 3
Wheeler's Bridge is one of the earliest built by Monash and Anderson to the Monier Patents in Victoria. JM is standing behind the late Sir Alexander Peacock (sitting).
Sir John Monash in uniform (Copy from Mrs G Bennett) [negative], 1937-02-25 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 238, Album 3
14 images, unmarked: possibly Mt. Buffalo, Victoria - appears to be camping trip as pack horse visible and pitched tent - JM evident in some scenes, undated (File) - Box 238, Album 3
Cartoon: Montage of members of Victorian Naval and Military Club from Col. WH Hall, 1913-03-19 (File) - Box 238, Album 3
Envelope containing postcards labelled 'pre-war postcards of Messines and Neuve Eglise', 8 December 1921 (File) - Box 239
Photographs [miscellaneous mostly relating to engineering work], 1892; 30th March 1922-2nd November 1929 (File) - Box 239
Glass slides: [Europe] (File [240a-b]) - Negative-Box 240a-b (MS 1884)
Archival History
Glass negatives contained in boxes originally numbered 240 and 241 arranged as a single file have been rehoused into 7 archival boxes numbered 240-241 a-g and arranged into 6 files based on the content of the slides.
Annotations from the original glass negative containers include:
Negatives size 8cm x 8cm (approx.):
5 boxes 'Corps Campaign, 1918'
1 box 'Spare and duplicate slides – Yallourn Works'
1 box '[…well?] Works No. 2' (nb label damaged)Empty Boxes housed see Box 272
Glass negatives: [family] (File) - Negative-Box 241g (MS 1884)
Archival History
Glass negatives contained in boxes originally numbered 240 and 241 arranged as a single file have been rehoused into 7 archival boxes numbered 240-241 a-g and arranged into 6 files based on the content of the slides.
Annotations from the original glass negative containers include:
Negatives size 11cm x 15cm (approx.):
Four plates taken 1 Jan 1927
1 'Aunt Ulrike'
2 'Aunt Ulrike with David and John'
3-4 'Aunt Ulrike with four generations'
Two plates taken 7 Jan 1927
1 'John aged 5 yrs'
2 'John aged 5 yrs with his Daddy'
Empty boxes that originally housed Glass negatives. Glass negatives now housed in Negative boxes 240-241. (Item) - Box 272 (MS 1884)
Family photographs (File) - Folio Folio 29
Archival History
Previously labeled as Folio Items 26-27. This was a mis-numbering and as such, Folio Items 26-27 are not used in this collection.
Two albums of World War I photographs (File Folio item 30) - Piece Folio item 30 (MS 1884)
Includes photographs of Billy Hughes visiting the troops.
Portrait photographs of Monash in uniform (File Folio items 31a-c) - Folio-Box Folio items 31a-c (MS 1884)
Tinted colour photograph, 1918 (File Folio item 32) - Folio-Box Folio item 32 (MS 1884)
Australian Corps Headquarters Staff, July 1918. Includes a key to aid in identifying staff.
Photographs of Monash and other Headquarters staff (File Folio item 33) - Folio-Box Folio item 33 (MS 1884)
Portrait photographs of Monash, not in uniform (File Folio item 34) - Folio-Box Folio item 34 (MS 1884)
Glass negatives: [military] (File) - Piece Folio item 37 (MS 1884)
Archival History
The negatives in this box were numbered by Monash with negatives 46 and 49 missing.
Empty Wooden box that contained mounted prints from Series 15 (File) - Piece Folio Item 38, Box 272 (MS 1884)
Glass slides for use with stereoscopic viewer (File Folio items 39 a-d) - Piece Folio items 39a-d (MS 1884)
Four boxes containing glass slides for viewing with a stereoscope. There are six slides size 16.5cm x 8cm and approximately 75 slides size 11cm x 4cm. The accompanying stereoscopic viewer is located in box 239.
Please note: requires permission of Curator of Manuscripts to access.
Nitrate negatives removed from File 1418, Series 10 (12 negatives) (File [N] Series 10, File 1418, Item 3) - Negative-Box 268
Nitrate negatives removed from 'films D1 to D10', Series 15 (10 negatives) (File [N] Series 15, 'films D1 to D10') - Negative-Box 268
Nitrate negatives removed from 'films D11 to D20', Series 15 (7 negatives) (File [N] Series 15, 'films D11 to D20') - Negative-Box 268
Nitrate negatives removed from 'films D21 to D30', Series 15 (10 negatives) (File [N] Series 15, 'films D21 to D30') - Negative-Box 268
Nitrate negatives removed from 'films D31 to D40', Series 15 (10 negatives) (File [N] Series 15, 'films D31 to D40') - Negative-Box 268
Nitrate negatives removed from 'films D41 to D50', Series 15 (9 negatives) (File [N] Series 15, 'films D41 to D50') - Negative-Box 268
Nitrate negatives removed from 'films D51 to D56', Series 15 (6 negatives) (File [N] Series 15, 'films D51 to D56') - Negative-Box 268
Nitrate negatives removed from 'Unsucessful Swaps. February and March 1931', Series 15 (7 negatives) (File [N] Series 15, 'Unsucessful Swaps') - Negative-Box 268
Nitrate negatives removed from E 12c, Red Kodak film case (12 negatives) (File [N] E 12c) - Negative-Box 268
Nitrate negative removed from Packet 2 'Monash in uniform and military group photos', Box 237, Series 15 (1 negative) (File [N] Series 15, Box 237, Packet 2) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 114, Album 2, Box 238 (6 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 114) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 115, Album 2, Box 238 (3 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 115) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 116, Album 2, Box 238 (4 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 116) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 117, Album 2, Box 238 (4 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 117) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 118, Album 2, Box 238 (4 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 118) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 119, Album 2, Box 238 (4 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 119) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 120, Album 2, Box 238 (2 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 120) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 121, Album 2, Box 238 (3 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 121) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 122, Album 2, Box 238 (4 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 122) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 123, Album 2, Box 238 (5 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 123) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 125, Album 2, Box 238 (6 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 125) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 126, Album 2, Box 238 (6 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 126) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 127, Album 2, Box 238 (6 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 127) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 128, Album 2, Box 238 (6 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 128) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 129, Album 2, Box 238 (6 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 129) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 130, Album 2, Box 238 (6 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 130) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 131, Album 2, Box 238 (5 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 131) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 132, Album 2, Box 238 (6 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 132) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 133, Album 2, Box 238 (5 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 133) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 134, Album 2, Box 238 (6 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 134) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 135, Album 2, Box 238 (4 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 135) - Negative-Box 269
Nitrate negatives removed from Envelope 136, Album 2, Box 238 (5 negatives) (File [N] Box 238, Album 2, Envelope 136) - Negative-Box 269
Acetate negatives removed from F 8a, Series 15 (2 negatives) (File [N] Series 15, F 8a, items 2 & 11) - Negative-Box 270
Acetate negative removed from Packet 'Sir John Monash with Victoria & daughter', Box 236 (1 negative) (File [N] Box 236) - Negative-Box 270
Acetate negative removed from Packet 2 'Monash in uniform and military group photos', Box 237, Series 15 (1 negative) (File [N] Series 15, Box 237, Packet 2) - Negative-Box 270
Series 16. Death and Memorials, 1902 - 1974
Dr G. Bennett's Files on Sir John Monash
Correspondence of Dr Felix Meyer regarding his published obituary on Sir John Monash, 31 December 1930 - 13 December 1934 (File 1552) - Box 242
Papers of Dr Gershon Bennett relating to Sir John Monash, 6th October 1902-1st September 1903; 16th October 1923-13th September 1938; 4th June 1949-7th August 1952 (File 1553) - Box 242
Papers of Dr Gershon Bennett relating to Sir John Monash, 31st October 1931; 10th February 1936-November 1941; 27th August 1946-25th October 1950 (File 1554) - Box 242
Papers of Dr Gershon Bennett relating to Sir John Monash, 1919-1924; 21st January 1929-22nd February 1944 (File 1555) - Box 242
Correspondence of Mrs Bertha and Dr Gershon Bennett relating to Sir John Monash, 20th September 1921-26th September 1924; 8th August 1930-26th December 1931 (File 1556) - Box 242
Correspondence of Mrs Bertha and Dr Gershon Bennett relating to the remembrance of Sir John Monash, 14 January 1932 - 26 February 1937 (File 1557) - Box 242
Correspondence of Mrs Bertha and Dr Gershon Bennett relating to the remembrance of Sir John Monash, 8 January 1934 - 27 August 1958 (File 1558) - Box 242
Correspondence, scripts and papers relating to the remembrance of Sir John Monash, 10th March 1928; 8th October 1946-11th December 1946; 11th February 1963-8th March 1972 (File 1560) - Box 242
Personal letters of condolence A-B with index, 8 October 1931 - 3 November 1931 (File 1561) - Box 243
Personal letters of condolence H-L, 8 October 1931 - 2 December 1931 (File 1564) - Box 243
Archival History
This file was previously labelled 1567.
Personal letters of condolence M-P, 8 October 1931 - 5 November 1931 (File 1565) - Box 243
Archival History
This file was previously labelled 1566.
Personal letters of condolence P-S, 8 October 1931 - 13 November 1931 (File 1566) - Box 243
Archival History
This file was previously labelled 1564.
Personal letters of condolence S-Z, 8 October 1931 - 9 November 1931 (File 1567) - Box 243
Archival History
This file was previously labelled 1565.
Personal condolence letters, obituaries and memorial service programs, October 1931 - 15 October 1936 (File 1568) - Box 243
Letters of condolence from institutions with index, A-B, 8 October 1931 - 19 December 1931 (File 1569) - Box 244
Letters of condolence from institutions, C-L, 8 October 1931 - 20 October 1931 (File 1570) - Box 244
Letters of condolence from institutions, M-R, 8 October 1931 - 31 October 1931 (File 1571) - Box 244
Letters of condolence from institutions S-Z and military organisations, 8 October 1931 - 6 November 1931 (File 1572) - Box 244
Obituaries and memorial service programs, 8th October 1931-13th October 1931; 12th November 1950 (File 1594) - Box 247
Memorial addresses and service programs, 13th October 1931-15th October 1939; 6th October 1946 (File 1595) - Box 247
Newspaper cuttings (serialisation of War letters) in the Herald, 1934-1935 (File 1600_1603) - Box 248
One file of letters between Monash and the Rosenhain family (Previously closed, opened Feb 2002) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 251
Miscellaneous papers (File Folio item 40) - Folio-Box Folio item 40 (MS 1884)
A sheet of pen and ink cartoon sketches headed 'Sah Sah Buffalo', and annotated at the bottom 'Sketches by The Colonel, 1st Batt. Buffalo Rangers.' Also, a personal letter written on a scrap of cardboard addressed to 'Dear old Dave' from 'Your own darling [Maud?], sent from Gipp Street, East St Kilda, 1 Nov 1906.
Illuminated addresses presented to Sir John and Lady Monash, 1920-1924 (File Folio item 41) - Piece Folio item 41 (MS 1884)
Miscellanous items (File Folio item 42) - Folio-Box Folio item 42 (MS 1884)
Includes: a plaster cast; pebbles from the blowhole at Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, 1905; fragile remains of 'Bert's' [Bertha?] wedding bouquet, April 1921; a box containing a spray of artificial flowers together with a calling card annotated 'With Mr and Mrs Walter Rosenhain's compliments'; a small box containing rock samples and some twigs bound with string, the lid of which is annotated 'First trip to Feathertop' [Mt Feathertop, Vic?]; fragments and photocopy of a single page headed 'Coranderrk Creek Camp, January 2nd, 1897'.
Class [unnumbered]. Consignment added 20 January 1983, 1890 - 1983
Correspondence and agreements mostly between Gershon Bennett and W.G. Cousins of Angus and Robertson about the publication of The war letters of General Monash, 1923 - 1937 (File 1623-1624) - Box 252
Also includes the following letters:
Sir Keith Murdoch of Melbourne Herald. (1934)
F.M. Cutlack of Sydney Morning Herald (1934)
J.L. Treloar, Director of Australian War Memorial (1934)
A.H. Spencer Pty. Ltd. (1934) Hutchinson Co. Publishers, London, to Sir John (1929)
Monash to Lothian Book Publishing Co. (1923) The last two about publication of Australian victories in France, 1918
Seven theatre programs, including "Theodora", 1890, autographed by Sarah Bernhardt (File 1625) - Box 252
Class [unnumbered]. Consignment added 15 April 1986, 1930 - 1935
Printed Books (File 1627)
Bennett, David A memoir of Race Mathews Australian Fabian Society, Pamphlet No.44 (Item [a]) - Box 253
Derham, Enid The Mountain Road and other verses (with dedication poem to Sir John Monash enclosed, dated February 1923) (Item [b]) - Box 253