Elaine Sinnamon Collection ca. 1969
Collection
Accession number
30394
Date
ca. 1969
Abstract
Collection of Torres Strait artifacts, slides and postcards acquired during Elaine Sinnamon's time in the Torres Strait. Includes 5 hand-carved wooden faces acquired on Daru; 2 fishing spears; 2 turtle shells; 1 handmade juju shaker made from juju seed pods; 1 hand-carved wooden drum with snake skin acquired on Boigu; 177 coloured slides which depict various Islands in the Torres Strait as well as Bamaga and the Cape York Peninsula. The slides mostly contain images of views and buildings, and some are of the "Coming of the Light" festival. One postcard of a traditional dance being performed on Thursday Island, a postcard showing Hospital Point, Thursday Island and a postcard showing a village scene, Boigu Island.
System of arrangement
Arranged into 3 series.
Description
3 linear metres
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items
Administrative / Biographical history
Elaine Constance Sinnamon (nee Street) was born in England in 1941. She immigrated to Australia in 1967 as one of the "Ten Pound Poms". Elaine was a registered nurse at the time she immigrated. She resided in Sydney before taking up a position at the Thursday Island Hospital in 1969. While living on Thursday Island, Elaine met her future husband, Michael Sinnamon, an employee at the local branch of the Queensland National Bank. She lived and worked on Thursday Island from 1969 until December 1970, when she returned to England to visit her family prior to her marriage.
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status
In copyright.
Conditions of use
Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Preferred citation
30394, Elaine Sinnamon Collection, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.