Guide to the Papers of Douglas McKenzie
MS 6341
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- McKenzie, Douglas G. (Douglas Gordon), 1921-
- Title
- Papers of Douglas McKenzie
- Date Range
- 1946-1983
- Collection Number
- MS 6341
- Extent
- 0.42 metres (3 boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise numbered subject files, many of which were used as the basis for sermons or articles by McKenzie. The files include newspaper cuttings, articles, notes, manuscript and typescript drafts by McKenzie, sermons, Church reports and a small quantity of correspondence. The files relate church matters, Aboriginal missions, John Flynn and to the religious implications of topics including the place of women in society, Cyclone Tracy and other natural disasters and space exploration in the 1950s and 1960s.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Douglas McKenzie, National Library of Australia, MS 6341, [file number]'.
Provenance
The papers were donated to the Library by Rev. Douglas McKenzie in 1990.
Arrangement
The files have been retained in the order in which they were numbered and listed by Rev. McKenzie.
Biographical Note
Douglas Gordon McKenzie worked as a Minister with the Blackburn Presbyterian Church (Vic.) in around 1967 and as a parish minister of the United Church in North Australia in Alice Springs (c.1969-1972) and Darwin (mid 1970s). In 1979 he was Minister of St Andrews Uniting Church, Brisbane. He was the author of several non-fiction books on religious and social topics, mostly published by the Joint Board of Christian Education.
Item Descriptions
Newspaper cuttings including columns by Sydney Harris and Douglas McKenzie, 1961-1962 (File 13) - folder 13
Satellites- newspaper cuttings, 1957-1960 (File 15) - folder 15
Includes cuttings from American and Australian newspapers.
Space exploration, 1958-1965 (File 17) - folder 17
Includes a booklet God and space by K.C. Westfold (Sydney: Anglican Truth Society, 1961).
Darwin's cyclone Tracy and other natural disasters - theological reflections, 1977-1983 (File 18) - folder 18
Includes 'A theology from disaster: an account of Cyclone Tracy and the Darwin Uniting Church Christian Community' by Doug McKenzie (1979).
Booklet (typed drafts)- Aboriginal settlement (File 19) - folder 19
The drafts relate to mission activities at Milingimbi Island, Elcho Island, Warruwi (Goulbourn Island), Mowanjum (Derby and the West Kimberley), Nungalinya College (Darwin), Somerville Homes and Minjilang (Croker Island), Indulkana, Griffiths House (Alice Springs), Maningrida, Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing, Katherine Parish and Nhulunbuy Parish (Gove).
Cyclone Tracy, 1973-1975 (File 20) - folder 20
Includes two articles by D.G. McKenzie on the reconstruction of Darwin and the effect of Cyclone Tracy on children for Outreach (Nov./Dec. 1975) and the Australian Women's Weekly (Aug. 1975).
United Church Centenary, Darwin, 1973 (File 23) - folder 23
Includes correspondence and a copy of the speech delivered by the Governor General Sir Paul Hasluck at the Centenary Church Service on 26 Aug. 1973.
Cuttings on Cyclone Tracy and the rebuilding of Darwin and a typescript article on tourism at Ayer's Rock, 1975 (File 25) - folder 25
Container List
File/s | Box |
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1-10 | 1 |
11-19 | 2 |
20-29 | 3 |