Mrs A. M. Wheeler Correspondence

Collection

Accession number
OM82-67
Date
ca 1914-ca 1919
Author / Creator
Wheeler, Annie Margaret, 1867-1950
Abstract
Correspondence from Mrs H.G. Wheeler.
Scope and content

65 letters written by Mrs A.M. Wheeler during World War I together with her card index of soldiers from central Queensland.

System of arrangement
Arranged into 3 series
Description
3 boxes of index cards
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items
Administrative / Biographical history

Each fortnight Mrs Wheeler sent home detailed letters which were published in the Capricornian and the Morning Bulletin. A special fund to support her work was set up at Rockhampton; early in 1918, when she experienced poor health, Nurse May MacDonald was sent to assist her. The Commonwealth government provided a free passage for Annie Wheeler's return in November 1919. Rockhampton accorded her a hero's welcome: over 5000 people met her train; cheering soldiers towed her car through the streets to a public reception; further functions followed in other towns. The Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia made her an associate member and she was appointed O.B.E. in 1920. (taken from the Australian Dictionary of Biography entry on Annie Margaret Wheeler, viewed 19 September 2014. See full entry @ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wheeler-annie-margaret-9060)

Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status

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Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
Preferred citation
OM82-67, Mrs A. M. Wheeler Correspondence, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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