Papers of the von Ploennies family, 1870-1949

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Title: Papers of the von Ploennies family, 1870-1949
Subject: Europe--Emigration and immigration; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Consuls; Legal documents; Journalism; Photographs; Poetry; Brisbane (Qld.); German language--Writing; Correspondence; Internment camps
Category: 1. Settlement; 2. National boundaries
Keywords: Enemy aliens
Creator: Von Ploennies family
Current holder: National Library of Australia
Period of reference: 1870 – 1949
Link: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-243509063/findingaid; https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1089570
Series number: MS 4650
Item number: 1089570
Access rights: Request at location
Rights: Copyright Undetermined. Available for reference. Not for loan.
Country of origin: Australia; Germany
Place: Brisbane
Language: German; English
Description from source: 15 cm.

This collection incorporates (I) family correspondence, in German, and mostly postcards, dating from the 1870s-80s; (II) correspondence, photographs, and legal documents (again in German), connected with Friedrich von Ploennies' years as Imperial German Consul in Brisbane; and (III) Franz von Ploennies' papers relating to the Brisbane Goethe Bund. The last mentioned papers comprise correspondence (1927-1952), minutes, a copy of the Bund constitution, a list of members (1927), typescripts of plays by Dora Wilcox and Johaan Deutsch, and manuscripts of poems by Walter Stolting and Jean J. Laidlaw. Also includes a 250 page handwritten memoir by German journalist Walter Stolting, who was interned as an enemy alien in Australia during World War II.
Physical format: Manuscripts; Postcards; Correspondence; Photographs; Typescripts; Poetry; Diaries
Bibliographic citation: https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/6TCJZRPM/
Date accessed: September 8, 2022