• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH001538

Farewell to Frances Awcock [sound recording]

  • Repository State Library of South Australia
  • Reference OH 433
  • Date Range 29-Jul-97 - 29-Jul-97
  • Description

    45 minutes. A recording of the function in the West Wing of the Art Gallery of South Australia on 29 July 1997 to farewell Fran Awcock, the Director of the State Library of South Australia, 1991-1997. Peter Wylie, Chairman of the Libraries Board of South Australia speaks on behalf of the Board; Elizabeth Ho, Associate Director, on behalf of staff; Alan Brissenden, President of the Friends of the State Library, on behalf of the Friends; and Rosemary Craddock, Mayor of Walkerville, on behalf of the Local Government Association. After Fran Awcock’s response, the Minister for the Arts, Diana Laidlaw, proposes a toast.

  • Formats Sound recording (cassette) analogue
  • Finding Aid Order of ceremony, typescripts of the first three speeches and Ms Awcock's response available (20 pages)

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  • See also
    • Laidlaw, Diana Vivienne (1951 - )