Papers of the von Ploennies family, 1870-1949

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	<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/6TCJZRPM/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/6TCJZRPM/</a></p>
Date accessed	September 8, 2022