Annual Sir John Quick presentationMatthews Collection - 2005 Sir John Quick Bendigo Lecture - "The Strange Case of Cornelia Rau". Presented by Professor Robert Manne 5:45 PM on Thursday 1 September 2005 in the McKay Lecture Theatre, La Trobe University, Bendigo. Invitation, agenda and lecture notes provided. Cornelia Rau is the youngest daughter of Edgar and Veronika Rau, a solid middle class German couple from the Balic city of Hamburg. Edgar first bought his family to Sydney in 1967 to establish in Australia a branch of the pharmaceutical company for which he worked. In 19779 the family returned to Germany. After two years Edgar took his wife and younger daughter, Cornelia, by now in her mid-teens, on company business to Indonesia. In 1983 Edgar left the company and settled in Syndney. Cornelia, a warm, vivacious but troubled and restless young woman. Cornelia completed a diploma in leisure and recreation and began work as a Qanta flight attendant in 1993. in 1998 she suffered a complete mental breakdown following a harrowing attack on her character while a member of the Scientology splinter sect known as Kettja. Cornelia never recovered. She was eventually diagnosed with "chronic schizophrenia. She passed from one medical crisis to another. The presentation discusses this case history. sir john quick annual lecture

Decendants of John Carpenter - Tony, Jason and Dale Carpenter sons of Mike and Una Carpenter of Lakes Entrance Victoria.Tony and Jason wearing Lakes Entrance Post Primary jumpers and Dale wearing Carpenters Central Motor Camp jumper. Second photo of same boys at a younger age.Colour photograph of three Carpenter boys of Lakes Entrance Victoria 1989. Second photo of same boysgenealogy, social history, fashion

John Holley No 1311 enlisted on 11.3.16 in D Coy 39th Batt AIF aged 24 years. Embarked for England 27.5.16. Transferred to the 8th Batt 15.9.16. Hospital with PUO 14.12.16. Hospital on 20.4.17 with sore feet. KIA France 16.4.18. PUO (Pyrexia unknown origin) Refer 2132.2P. .2) One star on a ribbon represented one son/husband lost in the War. John Holley had a younger brother Arthur who enlisted in WW11. Refer 2134..1) Medals, court mounted, set of (2) re J Holley. 1. War Medal 1914-18 2. Victory Medal 1914 - 19 .2) Mothers and Widows Ribbon, black length of ribbon with Rising Sun centre, under is "For Australia", at the top is a polished metal piece with a floral emblem, at the bottom is same metal piece with one brass 7 pronged star. Rear of the top plate is engraved with a number. .3) Small brownish coloured box that housed .2). ..1) "1311 Pte J Holley 8 BN A.I.F" .2) "32962"medals, military, history

The two little girls are Regina (Nina) and Marguerita (Rita) Black, daughters of Constantine and Toula Mavrokefalou (Black). They had three other siblings - John, Elly and Olga. Their parents were early immigrants to Australia and in the 1910s Constantine opened the Paris Residential Cafe at 54-56 Swantson Street, Melbourne. Nina was passionate about fostering Greek culture and language within the Ithacan, Greek and wider Australian community in Melbourne and was very active in a variety of Greek community activities, including the performing arts and education.Photograph of a black and white photo of two little girls. The older girls is standing next to a decorative column on which her younger sister is sitting.

This is an early photo of Anastasios Papadopoulos when his first arrived in Western Australia in 1912. The seated gentleman is unknown. Anastasios worked in Kalgoorlie and following the race riots of 1916 he left WA and came to Melbourne together with his brother John Papdopoulos.A sepia studio photograph of two men. One is sitting on a low chair while the younger manis standing beside him.

The photograph of father Stavros ( Steve) and Ioannis (John) Mavrokefalos was taken in 1927 prior to Stavros returning to Greece.Many Ithacans who migrated to Australia in the early years of the 20th century made return trips to their island home for family reunions.A non-digital black and white scanned studio photograph of an older man, who is seated and a younger man standing beside him.JOHN STAVROSstavros mavrokefalos, ioannis mavrokefalos, greece, ithaca, migration

The following information was written on the back in Greek and translated into English: Johannesburg 28 April 1940: My dear cousin Rene, hello. I am well and wish the same to you. I am pleased to send you a photo as a memento. I wish you a Happy Easter, regards to your husband, my cousin Kosta. With much love I send regards, your cousin Spyros Mavromatis. The portrait style photograph was sent to Rene (Ekaterini) Sikiotis (nee Varvarigos). Rene in Australia in 1926 at the age of 16 to join her parents Ioannis and Giannoula Varvarigos who had migrated in 1914. Rene married Kosta Sikiotis and had two children, Efthalia (Leah) and John. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries many Ithacan Greeks migrated to the British colonies of Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Canada, as well as the United States of America. A studio photograph of two men. One is seated on a chair and the younger one is standing beside him.

The two children are brother and sister, Ellie and John Black (Mavrokefalos). Their parents were Constantine and Toula Mavrokefalos. An oval sepia studio photograph of two little children. The girl is the younger of the two and she is sitting sideways on a seat, while the boy is standing behind her. The photograph has been backed onto a brown board.