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Jessie Litchfield
No full textPhotographs from Library & Archives NT - PH0110/0588, PH0110/0089 and PH0110/0091Jessie Phillips was born on 18 February 1883 at Ashfield, Sydney, second child of John Phillips, contractor, and his wife Jean Sinclair, n?e Reid. The family lived in various country towns until 1895 when they returned to Sydney. Jessie attended Neutral Bay Public School. On 21 January 1908 at Darwin Jessie married Valentine Augustus Litchfield, a miner she had met on a ship to Darwin.
Jessie was the first woman to stand for local government office in 1927, 1928 and 1929 and she also stood as an independent for the House of Representatives seat of the Northern Territory at the 1951 Federal election. She was unsuccessful in her attempts to be elected. She was a prolific writer for the Northern Territory Times and the Northern Standard. In 1930 Jessie became the first female editor of the Northern Territory Times, at the same time, publishing a book 'Far North Memories'. In 1954 Jessie helped establish the North Australian Monthly. She was also appointed the first female NT Justice of the Peace. Jessie Litchfield is regarded as the 'grand old lady of the Territory', matriarch of the Litchfield family in the Northern Territory. Litchfield National Park, established in 1946 is named after her family.HistorianWriterPolitical lobbyis
Album [Jessie Webb Scrapbook]
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/318503Volume with embossed title "Album" containing handwritten poetry, reflections and drawings by numerous contributors, and pasted in illustrations and extracts from publications. Contributors include Jessie Webb, most contributors are identified by initials. Poems include "The Old White Gate", "Song of Barcutta", "Moral Philosophy for Little Folks", "Idyll of the History Class 1899", "The Land of the Unknown Dead", 1904. Drawings include yachts at sea, botanical illustrations, landscapes. Dated entries range from 1873 to 1904, many entries are undated. 11 pages of photographs from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language 1913 are secured at end of volume. Bookplate inside front cover "Presented to the JSW Webb Memorial Library"332189
Item: [2011.0033.00003] "Album [Jessie Webb Scrapbook]
Letter: Jessie Houldershaw to Ida M. Tarbell, March 13, 1921
No full textHandwritten letter, 3 pages, Lincoln family in Englan
Letter from Jessie McCabe, Crandon, Wisconsin, to Gerald Von Seeger, Morton, Illinois, July 29, 1957
No full textOne letter written by Packard's Resort owner Jessie McCabe of Crandon, Wisconsin, to Gerald Von Seeger of Morton, Illinois, in response to his reservation request
Letter: Jessie G. Aspinwall to Ida M. Tarbell, October 22, 1935
No full textHandwritten letter, 2 page
Letter: Jessie G. Aspinwall to Ida M. Tarbell, October 11, 1929
No full textHandwritten letter, 3 page
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