A
P
ublic Memory Project
by
Chris Lee

 

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History

Places
E
ssex Evans Memorial
Essex Evans Grave
Groom Memorial
Mothers Memorial
Rudd Memorial
Rudd Selection
Toowoomba Ladies Literary Society Display

Writers

 

Places of Literary Significance

Your subtle veins of soft creeks lisp and beat Under the exile’s dream, and your ripe wheat, As golden as a fable, quivers in blades Of light in the white appraisal of the clouds. ‘For the Darling Downs,’ David Rowbotham

Toowoomba Ladies Literary Society Display

 

The Ladies Literary Society archives and artefacts are preserved in the Toowoomba City Library. A number of the artefacts are displayed on the second floor.


These include a glass case with early editions of the work of Toowoomba's writers, some literary relics including the chair used by George Essex Evans, a number of photographs, and memorial plaques to A.G.Stephens and Margaret Curran.

Framed photographs of long-term members Alice Guerin Crist and Connie Davidson are also on display along with a portrait of Bruce Dawe.


Submissions and suggestions for places not yet included can be sent to leec@usq.edu.au

 

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