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South Australian Deaf Monthly News 1909 Vol.4 No.9 – Excerpt

An article on Emanuel Solomon.

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Alfred Eaton

Deaf leader in the 1930s

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Letter from T Goss to Gibbs, 22/6/1878
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At Warrandyte, 1923 (A)

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Heritage in Our Hands 5

Deaf Community 1

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Ticket of Leave, 1843

1843 ticket of leave

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South Australian Deaf Monthly News 1909 Vol.4 No.12 – Excerpt

An article on Lily Showell.

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John Paul

Missioner with the Queensland breakaway association

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Letter from Moore Hesketh to Gibbs, 17/5/1877
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At Warrandyte, 1923 (B)

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Heritage in Our Hands 6

Deaf Community 2

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Running away, 1831

1831 John Fitzgerald ran away

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South Australian Deaf Monthly News 1909 Vol.5 No.1 – Excerpt

An article on Eugene Salas.

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Ernest Quinnell’s Card

Described by Della Bampton

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Herbert Hersee
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Picnic, 1923

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Heritage in Our Hands 7

Home and Society

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“N.S.W. Deaf Mutes”

Photo taken at a picnic.

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South Australian Deaf Monthly News 1909 Vol.5 No.2 – Excerpt

An article on Martha Overend Wilson.

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Gustave Damman, Daisy’s Brother

Daisy’s brother Gustave Damman was also deaf.

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Deaf Action Books, 1984

Deaf Action Books began in 1984 as a project of the ‘Concerned Deaf’ group in NSW, selling deaf-related books. It had an office and shop space in the Deaf Society of NSW building at Stanmore, soon moving into a space

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Group at Long Gully Adelaide, 1926

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston. Jim is at the back, fourth from the right.

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Heritage in Our Hands transcripts

Translation into English

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Visit of Helen Keller to Australia

1948 visit of Helen Keller

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South Australian Deaf Monthly News 1909 Vol.4 No.6 – extract

An article on F.J. Rose.

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Golf at Warburton

Daisy Muir, Dorothy Johnston and Nora Mansfield playing golf at Warburton in Victoria

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Deaf Action Books Logo

This was the logo of ‘Deaf Action Books’, the fore-runner of Deafness Resources Australia and The Auslan Shop. It was stamped in all the books and products they sold. Do you know who designed this logo? If so, please let

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Jim Johnston on board the Hygeia, Melbourne, 1926

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston. Jim is on the right. The Hygeia was a steamer built in the UK in 1890. It operated in Port Phillip Bay between Melbourne and Sorrento until demand for passenger trips plummeted

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Deafblind man Edward Cork reading braille book

At Blackburn, Victoria

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John Yeoman petition

Petition to the Governor for land.

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“Nimble fingers which are her fortune”

1933 Article about Ella Doran

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Daisy Damman c. 1901

1900s

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James and Eva Johnston on the roof of the Grosvenor Hotel, Adelaide, 1926

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston. Jim and Eva are sitting at the back left. The State Library of South Australia has an image of the hotel during its construction in 1919: https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+16110

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Deafblind man Edward Cork basket-making, chair-mending, bottle-covering

At Blackburn, Victoria

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James Smith Indent

James Smith Indent

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Sign Language Used At Deaf And Dumb Wedding

1934 Wedding of Phyllis Maggs and R. W. Poynter, interpreted by Mr. A. G. H. Cox

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Daisy in her Buick

1920s

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Daisy on the road from the Muir home, Warburton

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

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Deafblind man Cork and Shirra conversing on steps

At Blackburn, Victoria

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James Smith Certificate of Freedom

James Smith Certificate of Freedom

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Bowed Assent

1935 Deaf Wedding without Interpreter

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Daisy Muir and Doris Hickey at a dinner dance, mid 20th century

Daisy Muir remained active in Deaf community organisations and was frequently a guest of honour at community events. In this

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Conversing with deaf-blind men

Each conversing with a woman on the steps at Blackburn.

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Shipping Indent for the Baring (2)

John Fitzgerald Indent

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Deaf Mutes Married by Sign Language

1941 Deaf Wedding

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60th Anniversary Reunion 1961

1961

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