| Call Number |
MN 634 |
| Physical description |
35 cm |
| Notes |
Title devised by cataloguer. |
| Access advisory |
Available for reference; not for loan. |
| Cite As |
State Library of Western Australia, MN 634, Papers of Bessie Mabel Rischbieth, ACC****A |
| Rights advisory |
For personal use only. To publish or display, contact the State Library of Western Australia |
| Acquisition source |
Donation; 196801; ACC 2552A. |
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Donation; 196801; ACC 3855A. |
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Donation; 198411; ACC 4828A. |
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Donation; 201403; ACC 9303A. |
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Donation; unknown; ACC 9304A |
| Biography/history |
Campaigner for a number of causes in W.A. including women's rights (she co-founded the Australian Federation of Women Voters in 1921), Aboriginal welfare, public and mental health, conservation and the environment. Her last battles were to prevent a swimming pool being built in Kings Park and to prevent further reclamation of the Swan River. |
| Summary |
Minutes, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other records relating to the Citizens Committee for the Preservation of King's Park and the Swan River, including discussion of the proposed aquatic centre in King's Park, Mitchell Freeway complex, Swan River reclamation, site of Perth Town Hall, preservation of the Perth Barracks; printed leaflets relating to conscription and pacificism; pamphlets relating to Aboriginal welfare, biographical notes about Bessie Rischbeith, file relating to antiques exhibition at Government House, 1932. |
| Subjects |
Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel, 1874-1967 -- Archives.
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Citizens Committee for the Preservation of King's Park and the Swan River -- Archives.
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Women political activists -- Western Australia -- Archives.
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Environmental protection -- Western Australia -- Perth -- Societies, etc. -- Archives.
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| Related names |
Citizens Committee for the Preservation of King's Park and the Swan River.
Records. 1956-1965.
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