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HMSS 0009 Hilda Jackson Papers


ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection

HMSS 0009 Hilda Jackson Papers

Scope and Content Notes

Call Number

HMSS 0009

Collection

Hilda Jackson Papers

Date Range

1926-1970

Quantity

0.09m (1 manuscript box)

Access Conditions

Available for reference

File Number-
Related Collections-

Miss Hilda Jackson M.V.O., M.B.E. was at Government House as an employee for forty years. For many years she resided at the Hotel Kurrajong.

Box List

Box No.Series No.File No.DescriptionDate Range
111

Retirement 1966

Invitation to dinner with The Governor-General and Lady Casey

12 Sep 1966

111

Retirement 1966

Menu from retirement dinner

 
111

Retirement 1966

Press releases and cuttings 

 
112

Hotel Kurrajong and Admiralty House

Photographs (5) Admiralty House

Approx.1955

112

Hotel Kurrajong and Admiralty House

Photograph, Senator Joe Collings

1946

1

1

2

Hotel Kurrajong and Admiralty House

Dinner menu

1927

112

Hotel Kurrajong and Admiralty House

Photograph, Senator Joe Collings, undated

 
112

Hotel Kurrajong and Admiralty House

Photographs (4) Christmas party for guest at Hotel Kurrajong, undated

 
112

Hotel Kurrajong and Admiralty House

Photograph, Robert Archie Cameron

1953
113

Royal Visit 1954

Commonwealth Programme

1954

113

Royal Visit 1954

Dance Card, State Ball, Parliament House

17 Feb 1954

113

Royal Visit 1954

Australian Capital Territory Programme

1954
113

Royal Visit 1954

Royal Visit souvenir programme 2 copies

1954
113

Royal Visit 1954

Garden party invitation

17 Feb 1954

113

Royal Visit 1954

Telephone Service directory, Government House

Feb 1954

113

Royal Visit 1954

Photograph – March Past (2)

1954
113

Royal Visit 1954

Christmas card containing picture of Queen with Governor-General’s party

1955
114

Royal Visit 1970

Anzac Day Commemoration Ceremony

1970
114

Royal Visit 1970

Inauguration of the Captain Cook Memorial

25 April 1970
114

Royal Visit 1970

Royal Military College – Ceremonial parade

27 April 1970
115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Memorial Service for the late Right Honourable Lord Gowrie 

6 May 1955

115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Portraits, Lord Gowrie (undated) oversized, 2 copies

 
115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Programme, Celebrity Concert Season

1939

115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Portrait Lady Gowrie, undated

 
115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Photograph, Lord Gowrie in group, undated, oversized

 
115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Portraits (2), John Curtin (Prime Minister), undated

 
115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Photograph, John Curtin, funeral. Hilda Jackson marked on photograph

Jul 1945

115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Photograph, Lord Gowrie with grandchildren

1949

115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Photograph, Lord Gowrie with grandchildren, undated

 
115

Yarralumla and Governors-Genera

Photographs (2), aerial Yarralumla

Approx. mid. 1950s

115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Christmas cards including photographs of the Governor-General and HRH The Duchess of Gloucester

1945 - 1946

115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Portrait, The Duchess of Gloucester with children

1947
115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Photograph, William and Richard Gloucester

1953

115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Portrait, Lord and Lady Casey

 
115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Photograph, Henry Abel Smith and May Abel Smith 

1965

115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Photograph, Lord and Lady Slim

 
115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Photograph, Senator Courtice

 
115

Yarralumla and Governors-General

Portrait, coloured, of the Queen

 
116

Other

Photographs (2), Holiday group New Zealand

1965
116

Other

Photograph, unknown woman, undated

 
116

Other

Telegram from Slim on 30th anniversary

 
116

Other

Press clippings (career) 

 
116

Other

Photograph, Investiture at Government House

20 May 1952
116

Framed Photographs

Governor-General Slim and Lady Slim

 
116

Framed Photographs

Lord Stonehaven and Lady Stonehaven

 
116

Framed Photographs

Miss Belle Southwell- Manager of Hotel Kurrajong  and Miss Bailey, housekeeper

 
116

Framed Photographs

Lord Dunrossell

 
116

Framed Photographs

Book

 
116

Framed Photographs

Canberra, Capital City of the Commonwealth of Australia

1913