• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH002679

Papers of Petronella Wensing, 1946-1987 [manuscript]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
  • Reference MS 1580
  • Date Range 1946 - 1987
  • Description

    Includes: I. Typescript autobiography (1924-1987) and photographs relating to Mrs Wensing’s early life in the Netherlands, her migration to Australia in 1953, and her experiences settling in Canberra. II. Reports on social and ethnic isolation, and multicultural education in the A.C.T. III. Correspondence relating to the Good Neighbour Council of the A.C.T. (1966-1967).

  • Access Available for research. Not for loan.

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  • Primary Creator
    • Wensing, Petronella (Nel) Jacoba (1924 - 2023)