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Mae Govan
No full textIn 1953 Mae arrived in Katherine with her parents and brother. The family moved to Camfield Station, but Mae and her brother Alan, returned to Katherine to attend school, only seeing their parents once a year. Because of the lack of funds for a secondary school education, she finished in grade seven and began working as a housemaid at the Stuart Guesthouse before taking on a position as a domestic at Coolibah Station where she met her husband Barry Govan. In 1964 the family moved to Mt Sanford Station, where Barry worked as a bore mechanic. When the first two children reached school age they moved closer to Katherine. Mae got a job as a potato picker in 1973, but she needed a higher income to support her family so she applied for and was successful in obtaining a position as an Aboriginal liaison officer with the Department of the Chief Minister in Katherine. She has been involved in many areas of Aboriginal affairs at the local, Territory and National levels explaining legislative changes; dealing with welfare problems; attending land claim hearings and discussing issues with station owners and managers.
Mae was appointed as a member of the inaugural Northern Territory Women's Advisory Council in 1984 and 1991 she became the director of the Kalano Association which is responsible for the staff and overall administration of the Kalano Community, which is staffed by qualified medical personnel offering health care, welfare services and children care. Mae has also held various positions as the Acting Remote Services Manager for the NT Department of Health and Community Services; a member of the State Affiliate body, AMSANT; a member of the Katherine Regional Aboriginal health and Related services and a board member of the Health Connect.Liaison OfficerGovernment AdministrationIndigenous Australia
Herrick and Swinburne' by Mae Wynne McFarland
No full textPages of handwritten draft notes by Mae Wynne McFarland on the writing styles of historic poet, Robert Herrick
Research on 'Acosta' by Mae Wynne McFarland
No full textPages of research draft notes by Mae Wynne McFarland on the life of 'Portuguese nobleman', Uriel Acosta
Manuscript Draft by Mae Wynne McFarland
No full textA handwritten draft by Mae Wynne McFarland of a speech intended for the Mayor '& Other Gentlemen of the City Council'
Yuletide Birthday Celebration' by Mae Wynne McFarland
No full textA typed draft by Mae Wynne McFarland 'for the Society of The Informer', detailing Christmas events and decoration
The Absent Bridegroom' by Mae Wynne McFarland
No full textA typed draft of a story written by Mae Wynne McFarland titled, 'The Absent Bridegroom'. The page also contains handwritten notes by Mrs. McFarland on the fate of the 'Bridegroom'
Radio Notes by Mae Wynne McFarland
No full textPages of handwritten draft notes on material for the KXYZ radio station on Mae Wynne McFarland's history and involvement in various Texas and American historical societies, focusing primarily on the Daughters of the American Revolution
Early Jamestown Draft Notes by Mae Wynne McFarland
No full textPages of handwritten draft notes by Mae Wynne McFarland on the first residents of Jamestown
Handwritten 'A Silly Story' Draft by Mae Wynne McFarland
No full textPages of a handwritten 'silly story' by Mae Wynne McFarland about attending a party
Letter from Jim R., Anniston, Alabama, to Allie Mae Edmondson, Heflin, Alabama, December 9, 1917
No full textLetter from Jim R. to Allie Mae explaining that seeing her would drive the blues away
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