Paper on emigration to Western Australia, 2010
Paper entitled `Whiteness on the frontiers of Empire: Hebridean Scots and group settlement in Western Australia 1923-1928` in the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 2010.
Letter & memorandum about naval service by Cmdr. Mike Gibson, 2011
Letter from Commander Michael Gibson to Dr John Holliday about survivors and relatives of HMS Sturdy that ran aground at Sandaig in October 1940, plus a personal account of his life of service in the Royal Navy. Cmdr Gibson organised the 70th anniversary memorial service and cairn on Tiree in Oct 2010.
Photograph of group of school girls with their teacher around 1970
Colour photograph of a group of Tiree school girls on an excursion on Tiree with their teacher, Annie MacKinnon, around 1970. Back row L-R: Rosemary Omand, Fiona Langley, Marybell MacKinnon, Christine MacLeod, Ann Munn, Flora Brown. Front row L-R: Marion MacLean, Catherine Ellen Campbell, Donna Davies, Ann MacKinnon, Kathleen MacLean, Ina Omand, Lorna Kerr.
Photograph of Cornaig School staff during the 1970s
Colour photograph of some of the staff at Cornaig School in the 1970s. L-R: Flora MacArthur, Archie MacKinnon, Mary MacArthur, Catriona MacLean (Ard Beg), Mary Brown, Jean MacFadyen, Catriona MacKinnon (Parkhouse?).
Photograph of prize-giving at the School Sports Day 1969
Colour photograph of the prize-giving at the School Sports Day in 1969.
Composition about water, transport, heating and lighting in the Cornaig School building and grounds from the 1920s to 1970s. Written by Archie MacKinnon, Cornaigmore, who was the school janitor from 1952 to 1992.
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News article and letter about the HMS Sturdy tribute on Tiree in October 2010.
Navy News (Jan. 2011) article about the `Sturdy cairn` built at Sandaig in 2010 to commemorate the sailors who died and survived, and their rescuers, when the destroyer HMS Sturdy ran aground there in Oct. 1940. Also a letter from Dawn Springett, Australia, a relative of one of those who drowned, who sent in the article.
Austalian press cuttings about RAF Tiree during WWII
Two Australian newspaper articles printed from the internet: (1) About the family of Morrie Foster`s gift of his flight logbook to An Iodhlann in 2007. Foster served in 518 Met Squadron, Tiree, during WWII. (2) About Les Lambert, Australian firefighter who was a wireless operator aboard RAF Halifaxes based on Tiree during WWII. Both articles highlight the link between RAF Tiree and the success of the D-day landings.
Photograph of tarred roof
Colour photograph illustrating the proportions of a tarred felt roof of a traditional house next to `Cruachan` in Balemartine, 2010. Original stored in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3.
Photograph of gable end of tarred roof.
Colour photograph illustrating the proportions of the gable end of a tarred felt roof of a traditional house next to `Cruachan` in Balemartine, 2010. Original stored in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3.
