Guide to the Papers of Douglas McKenzie

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MS 6341

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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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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

Music, 1958-1960 (File 1) - folder 1

File 1 also contains McKenzie's file list for the collection.

Christian leadership - developing leaders, 1946-1959 (File 2) - folder 2

Leisure, 1958-1969 (File 3) - folder 3

Ministry of the Laity, 1958-1959 (File 4) - folder 4

Lay witness training, 1975 (File 5) - folder 5

Ecumenical relations (Jews and Islam), 1952-1959 (File 6) - folder 6

Mission theory, 1955-1960 (File 7) - folder 7

Church life week, September 1965 (File 8) - folder 8

Agenda for mission, 1967-1968 (File 9) - folder 9

Building a personality, 1958-1961 (File 10) - folder 10

Prayer, 1947-1962 (File 11) - folder 11

Christians and politics, 1954-1964 (File 12) - folder 12

Newspaper cuttings including columns by Sydney Harris and Douglas McKenzie, 1961-1962 (File 13) - folder 13

Science and religion, 1963-1965 (File 14) - folder 14

Satellites- newspaper cuttings, 1957-1960 (File 15) - folder 15

Includes cuttings from American and Australian newspapers.

Women in society, 1957-1959 (File 16) - folder 16

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).

Darwin Chinese, 1974 (File 21) - folder 21

Darwin papers - clippings, 1973-1981 (File 22) - folder 22

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.

Magazines - paper on media (File 24) - folder 24

Cuttings on Cyclone Tracy and the rebuilding of Darwin and a typescript article on tourism at Ayer's Rock, 1975 (File 25) - folder 25

Centenary of overland telegraph line, 1972 (File 26) - folder 26

Alice Springs, 1969-1972 (File 27) - folder 27

Newspaper cuttings, 1959-1962 (File 28) - folder 28

Cuttings relating to early space exploration and the McKenzie family.

John Flynn, 1972 (File 29) - folder 29

Correspondence, cuttings and other papers relating to the desecration of John Flynn's grave and comments by Sir Mark Oliphant that Flynn had made racist remarks concerning Aborigines. Correspondents include Fred McKay, Jean Flynn and Harry McAndrew.

Container List

File/s Box
1-10 1
11-19 2
20-29 3

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