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LAVER FAMILY Jonas Laver, a farmer from Somerset, England arrived in Melbourne on board the ‘Maitland’ in 1846, and married Mary Ann Fry in 1854. They had seven sons, all of them helping to make up an unusually talented family in the medical, sporting and musical fields. Their third son, Charles William Laver, was born in Castlemaine, Victoria on the 26th June 1863, and moved to Western Australia in the 1880s, where he became a drover before returning to Victoria to attend the Medical School at the University of Melbourne. Marrying Edith Beatrice Attewell in 1904, he returned to Western Australia as a country doctor, where he was known as ‘Mr the Doctor’ by the Aborigines. The family lived at Laverton, Wellington Mills, Kanowna, Menzies and Midland Junction before moving to Kalgoorlie in May 1920,. Charles died in 1937, being survived by his wife and six children. Following Dr. Laver’s death, Mrs Laver and her daughters, Sheila and Elizabeth settled in East Melbourne. Sheila and Elizabeth returned to Kalgoorlie in 1979, they bought a house in Collins Street the following year, where they spent their retirement years. (see fuller notes on Sheila Laver, at 6848A/1135) Collections received 849A: March 1960 2716A: 19 April 1978 5355A: 6 July 1979 6848A: PRIVATE ARCHIVES MANUSCRIPT NOTE (MN 1782; ACC 849A, 2716A, 5355A, 6848A) SUMMARY OF CLASSES ALBUMS/SCRAPBOOKS MEMBERSHIP CARDS/CERTIFICATES ARTICLES NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES NOTES BUSINESS CARDS OBITUARIES (Included with EULOGIES, etc.) CARDS PAINTINGS CARDS, Sympathy (Included with EULOGIES, etc.) PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS Listed under Albums CERTIFICATES PHOTOGRAPHS, Loose (Pictorial BA1966/1-154) CIRCULARS POEMS EULOGIES/OBITUARIES/SYMPATHY CARDS, PROGRAMMES LETTERS & TELEGRAMS RECEIPTS/DONATIONS INFORMATION SHEETS REFERENCES INVITATIONS REPORTS LEGAL PAPERS SPEECHES LETTERS TELEGRAMS LETTERS, Sympathy (Included with EULOGIES, TELEGRAMS – Sympathy telegrams are included etc) with EULOGIES, OBITUARIES, etc.) LICENCES WILLS (Included with LEGAL PAPERS) MN 1782 Page 1 of 69 Copyright SLWA ©2010 Acc. No. DESCRIPTION ALBUMS/SCRAPBOOKS 6848A/1051 Cloth Bound “Bedford Series” No. 134 Album 10 ½” x 14 ½”. (Pictorial Ref.) Photographs on 10 leaves (19 pages) BA1966/155 Some photographs torn out or cut out of pages. Mainly family photographs. Taken at Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Perth, Warrandyte Vic., and includes the opening of new Jetty works at Esperance in the mid 1930s. ….. Where a photograph is known to already be in the Battye collection, the Battye No. has been pencilled alongside. A full listing of each page in this Album can be found at 6848A/1134. 6848A/1052 Foolscap, three post screwbinder, loose leaf mock lizard skin brown card covers, brown paper pages with photos glued in. (Pictorial Ref.) Frontispiece with note on back about Dr Laver’s dog Bronco. BA1966/156 Leaves numbered 1 to 9. Dr Laver, his wife and children at Wellington Mills c1909, Kalgoorlie, Kanowna 1914-1915, Midland Junction 1916-1918, Brighton Hotel Cottesloe, Christmas 1918, “Bonnie Doon”, 18 Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie 1920-1937. Red dots on leaf 4 indicate these pictures have been copied by the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society and shows their Ref. No. Leaves numbered 10-16. Arthur Laver, his wife Dorothy, daughter Robyn and grandchildren, at various locations in Victoria. Leaves numbered 17-28. Jack Laver, his wife Ruth, sons Michael & Peter and grandchildren, at various locations in Hobart and Victoria. Leaves numbered 29-37. Frank Laver, his wife Margaret and children Jim, Terry and Elizabeth, and grandchildren at various locations in Launceston, Tas., and France. Leaf 38. Leonard Laver. Leaf 39. Sheila and Elizabeth in their roles as kindergarten teachers. Leaf 40. Warrandyte (Vic). Family photos Where a photograph is known to already be in the Battye collection, the Battye No. has been pencilled alongside. A full listing of each page in this Album can be found at 6848A/1056. 6848A/1053 Foolscap, three post screw binder, loose leaf mock lizard skin brown card covers, brown paper pages with photos, information sheets, correspondence, newspaper (Pictorial Ref.) items, stapled or glued in. 38 leaves. BA1966/157 Covers Dr & Mrs Laver, early Laverton, Laverton aborigines, Laverton hospital and visit by Sheila and Elizabeth Laver to Laverton’s WAY ’79 celebrations. Includes studio portraits of Charles & Edith Laver and correspondence with W.A. Museum re aboriginal photographs. MN 1782 Page 2 of 69 Copyright SLWA ©2010 Acc. No. DESCRIPTION Where a photograph is known to already be in the Battye collection, the Battye No. has been pencilled alongside. A full listing of each page in this Album can be found at 6848A/1134. 6848A/1054 Foolscap, three post screw binder, loose leaf mock lizard skin brown card covers, brown paper pages with photos, postcards, invitations, letters, envelopes and (Pictorial Ref.) general memorabilia glued or stapled in. BA1966/158 This album was compiled to commemorate the visit by Sheila and Elizabeth to Kalgoorlie, Coolgardie and Kanowna in November, 1979. Frontispiece: Mackay studio portrait of Dr Charles Laver, 1935 (20 months before his death). Includes photos of Kalgoorlie Cemetery and correspondence re Lake View South and Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie. Where a photograph is known to already be in the Battye collection, the Battye No. has been pencilled alongside. A full listing of each page in this Album can be found at 6848A/1134. 6848A/1055 Foolscap, three post screw binder, loose leaf mock lizard skin brown card covers, brown paper pages with photos, postcards, invitations, letters, envelopes and (Pictorial Ref.) general memorabilia glued or stapled in. BA1966/159 Front cover has Western Australia 150, 1829-1979 sticker in top right hand corner. Covers visit to Perth in July, 1979 and the placing of Laver family items with the National Trust in Guildford, including Mrs. Laver’s Jarrah Desk and family silverware. Where a photograph is known to already be in the Battye collection, the Battye No. has been pencilled alongside. 6848A/1056 Light card covered album 25cm wide x 21 cm deep, with heavy card pages bound with twisted, tasselled cord. Ensign Album 493. This album is devoted to Rottnest, with scenes and visits between1930 and 1935, and two later postcards. A listing of some pages from this Album can be found at 6848A/1134. 6848A/1134 Detailed listing of items from each page of the Albums 6848A/1051 to 6848A/1056. 6848A/1132 Album cover and one page only. This album is inscribed inside the front cover: ‘From Ella & Faulkner of the House of Mackay, wishing Sheila and Betty all happiness in their new sphere, November 1937’. The album was created by the Mackays as Sheila & Elizabeth (Betty) were moving, with their mother, to Melbourne in November, 1937. The pages had contained Mackay postcards of Kalgoorlie scenes and photographs of friends and Repertory Club members. All but the final page were given away or handed on to those interested in them during the ‘girls’ final years at Collins Street, Kalgoorlie. Only the final page remains. One side carries the inscription ‘May memory, like the sundial, mark no hours but bright ones’ and has corners showing where two photographs had been. On the back of the final page a photograph taken as the MN 1782 Page 3 of 69 Copyright SLWA ©2010 Acc. No. DESCRIPTION Laver family was leaving Kalgoorlie has been pasted. This photograph also appears in Album 6848A/1051, p.15 (See 6848A/1134 for full description of photograph) 6848A/1134 Detailed listing of items from each page of the Albums 6848A/1051 to 6848A/1056. ARTICLES Medical articles written by Dr. CW Laver, 6848A/1 The campaign against Cancer: Some theories and suggestions regarding the genesis, the causation and pathology of cancer and also regarding its prevention and treatment. Presented to the Canberra Cancer Conference by Dr CW Laver of Laverton. 6848A/2 Silicosis-Tuberculosis – Its prevention, pathology and treatment. 6848A/3 Pneumonia. 6848A/4 Diphtheria. 6848A/5 Pneumonia, Influenza, Pneumonic Influenza, Rheumatic Fever. 6848A/6 Out of focus with nature – just a few observations. 6848A/7 A supplement to “Out of focus with nature”. 6848A/8 Public Health Problem : An appeal to the Public. 6848A/9 September 21st, 1936 Article addressed to Dr Cumpston, Director General Public Health Australia – setting out a monograph on The Pathology and Prevention of some ills of mankind. General articles written by Dr CW Laver. 6848 A/10 The Gum Tree – Australia’s national tree Original typescript signed by Dr. Laver. Part of this article published in the Kalgoorlie Miner April 9, 1932. Also at PR8425/2 6848A/11 Pioneering Days – Dr Laver’s reminiscences. (MN1782/849A/10 has ‘Reminiscences of a Pioneer by Dr. Laver.) 6848A/12 Anzac Day at Laverton. Dr Laver’s speech. Typescript (undated – but 1935 or earlier) from Kalgoorlie Miner. Makes mention of the renaming of the town from British Flag to Laverton Photocopy of PR8425/1 (p.1 & 3 only) sent to Sheila Laver by Peter Bridge. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 6848A/13 Brief notes handwritten by Elizabeth Laver about her brother, Frank Major Laver. Written both sides of a re-used card. 6848A/14 Bereavement notice and biographical notes on Jack Charles Laver together with a covering letter to the Editor of the ‘Kalgoorlie Miner’ from Sheila and Elizabeth Laver, September 16, 1985. Letter also gives details about other family members. 6848A/401 Information re Leonard Courtney Laver, prepared for the R.S.L. Kalgoorlie in 1980 6848A/1135 Brief notes on Sheila Laver, compiled by Mrs Tess Thomson, who arranged the deposit of Ms Laver’s bequest to Battye Library (Acc 6848A) BUSINESS CARDS 6848A/1073 Undated Dr. C.W. Laver, Laverton, Western Australia MN 1782 Page 4 of 69 Copyright SLWA ©2010 Acc. No. DESCRIPTION 6848A/15 May 1933 A.J.F. Laver, B.E. Small business card from Arthur John Forrest Laver, with birthday greetings to his sister Sheila written on the reverse.