Gerald Terry Collection: Box 10X

Date Description
1860s Report from Phrenologist Mr A S Hamilton Mrs Rouse (Hannah?)
14 February 1868 Invitation: Dancing (Ball), Friday 10 o’clock, at Dublin Castle from: The Lord Lieutenant, The Marchioness of Albercorn to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Buchanan
14 February 1869 Handwritten Valentines Day Verse
November 1869 Sobraon, Menu Dimanche 28 November 1869 times 2
circa 1869-1871 Envelope addressed Charles T Weaver Esq M.L.A, (possibly relative of C J Terry?), with 4 cards (2 Gentlemen’s ticket and 3 Lady’s ticket) ‘President’s Order Legislative Council Chamber)
9 April 1870 Invitation: an evening party from: Ben Eden?, Waverley to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Buchanan
16 May 1870 Card: Thoughts of the Drowning Mother; In Memory of Mary Rowsell; drowned in Moredun Creek; Two handwritten pages of poetry
14 May 1870 Invitation (x 3) for picnic at Clontarf, from: Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Buchanan
3 September 1870 postmark Invitation: Ball at The Exchange on 9 September from: the Bachelors’ Committee to: Miss Buchanan (Bessie), St John’s Terrace
27 September 1870 postmark Invitation: Ball on 14 October 1870 from: the Commander and Members (of RSYS) to: Miss Buchanan, St John’s Terrace
circa 1871-1873 Invitation: to tea tomorrow afternoon from: Mary Lamb (Larbert) to Bessie Buchanan (St John’s Terrace)
probably April 1871 Invitation: Mrs Ridley inviting Mrs and Miss Buchanan for Wednesday evening
7 July 1871 Invitation: a dance Wed 12 at 8’oclock; from Mrs George Lord
12 July 1871? postmark Invitation to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Buchanan to an evening party on “20 instant”
24 July 1871 postmark Invitation: for evening Mon 7 August at 9 o’clock, “at home”, dancing from: Mrs Joseph to: Miss Buchanan, Miss Rouse and Mr E Rouse
probably 5 September 1871 Invitation: for 11th Inst to the Clark’s Assembly rooms in Elizabeth St, Sydney from: Mrs Wingate (Percy Lodge) to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Buchanan (St John’s Terrace)
probably 24 October 1871 Invitation: Dancing on 1st November at 9 o’clock from: Mrs H C Dangar (Grantham) to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Buchanan (St John’s Terrace)
6 November 1871 Invitation: School Feast on Thursday 16th instant at Eurimbla, Botany from: Mrs George Lord, Louisville to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Buchanan
6 November 1871 Invitation: from: Mrs George Lord to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Buchanan
17 May 1872 postmark Darlinghurst Bible and Domestic Mission To Mrs Buchanan
20 June 1872 postmark Invitation: Thursday 27 June 1872 at School of Arts West Maitland from: “Maitland Winter Party”,
To: Mr and Mrs Buchanan; Miss Buchanan
24 July 1872 Invitation: At Home, dancing, 9 Aug at 9 o’clock from: Mrs Joseph, 157 Macquarie St to: Miss Buchanan
14 September 1872 Invitation: a small dance on 17 inst at 8 o’clock from: Mrs Want, Double Bay to: Miss Buchanan
12 May 1873 postmark Invitation: for their company at the Oddfellows Hall, Friday 23 May at 9 o’clock from: Mrs E K and Mrs J C Cox (73 Hunter St) to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Buchanan (St John’s Terrace)
24 May 1873 postmark Invitation: for evening of 5 June at 8 o’clock from: Mrs E R Fairfax to: Miss Buchanan
4 September 1873 Invitation: Wedding of second daughter, 18th Inst at St John’s Church from: Mr and Mrs Tucker to: Mrs and Miss Buchanan
15 September (1873) Invitation: a dance on 25 inst from: Mrs George Dibbs to: Miss Buchanan
18 June 1874 Dinner menu, 13, Redcliffe Gardens (London)
10 September 1876 (died) 1882 postmark Memorial to Rev R W Fraser (Robert), Minister of St John’s Parish Church, Edinburgh, died 10 September 1876; also mentions the names of his four children His mother was Ellen Buchanan, William Buchanan’s sister
4 April 1879 Memorial card: Susanna Eleanora Farrant, died 4 April 1879
7 April 1883 Invitation: for dance Thursday Evening 13th Septemberember, 9pm from: Mrs Henry Dangar (Grantham) to: Mr and Mrs Edwin Rouse (Lara)
6 January 1884 postmark Printed text: An Australian Christmas Carol from: rear of envelope - Old Govt House, Parramatta Park, Boarding Establishment; Mrs Robinson? to: Mrs Rouse, Rouse Hill
4 March 1885 Remembrance Cards (x4) for William Buchanan aged 87
17 October 1885 Invitation: Friday 24th to Magic lantern show for Hilda’s birthday from: Mrs Leibicus, 18 Alberts Terrace to: Nina Rouse, Rouse Hill
1887-1917 NSW Young People Scripture Union, Rouse Hill Branch Annual member cards
21 September 1887 Invitation: Dancing at the Exhibition Building at 9 o’clock from: Mrs White, Cranbrook, Rose Bay to: Mr and Mrs Rouse
5 March 1888 Mrs Rouse, Menu
30 December 1888 A Form of Thanksgiving and Prayer to Almighty God for Blessing of Rain
Xmas 1889 Handwritten Christmas card and verse From: with E Campbell’s compliments to: Miss Rouse
7 December 1889 postmark Invitation: Dance 18 December 8pm from: Miss Willis (Darling Point) to the Misses Rouse (addressed to Mrs Edwin Rouse, Lara)
10 February 1891 Confirmation card for Nina B Rouse, at Christ Church, Rouse Hill
13 February 1891 Farewell Gathering to the Rev C King; Rouse Hill schoolroom 1/-
14 November 1891 Harry Montague Terry “in memoriam”
probably 1893 Wedding invitation: Emily Buchanan and Mr R C Russell at St Matthews Church Narrabri, reception at Killarney, dancing 8.30pm from: W F Buchanan to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Rouse
1894 David Jones & Co, Fashions for Autumn and Winter 1894
28 March 1895 Invitation: Mrs Rouse and Party, Members of Cricket Teams, Aust and Union Clubs
24 April 1895 Wedding invitation: Nina Rouse and George Terry, for Wed 24 April 1895 (x2) From Mr and Mrs Edwin S. Rouse
26 August 1896 Wedding invitation: marriage of Virginia Batty and Charles Terry from: Mr and Mrs Charles E Terry, Hove
25 August 1897 Invitation: to the Midwinter Dance, Reeds Rooms, Aithsdale from: Mrs Selwyn Smith to: Miss Rouses
7 January 1901 Invitation cards: in envelope (4): from: Union Club, Sydney; date on envelope Januaryuary 7, 1901 to: Mr and Mrs Rouse
21 July 1902 Baptism Card for Edwin Terrence Terry, Christ Church, Rouse Hill
2 May 1903 Order of Service: Marriage St Anne’s Church, Ryde for: Miss Elsie Terry and Herbert Edward James Lloyd
16 May 1904 postmark Invitation to Dance in Parramatta Town Hall on June 7th 8.30pm from: The Butterfly Maiden c/o Miss Beresford Cairnes, Bank NSW Parramatta to: Miss (Kathleen) Rouse Guntawang
31 May 1904 Invitation to Dance in Paddington Town Hall on 31 May 1904, 9pm from: The Butterfly Maiden c/o Miss Beresford Cairnes, Bank NSW Parramatta to: Miss Kathleen Rouse
26 Aug 1904 Invitation to Dance in Parramatta Town Hall on August 26, 8.30pm from: Parramatta Bachelors to: Miss K Rouse
7 October 1904 Invitation 8.20pm Friday 7 October 1904; at Killarney, Narrabri from: Mr W F Buchanan and Mrs Du Moulin and Mrs Russell (his daughters) to: Mr, Mrs and Miss Rouse
20 April 1906, 29 March 1906 postmark Invitation: Union Club Sydney, 20 April 1906, dancing; To: Miss Rouse envelope and invitation
10 October 1906 postmark Wedding Invitation Vera Blaxland and Herbert C Rouse from: Mr and Mrs G G Blaxland, Kunimbla(?), Milson’s point to: Mr and Mrs and Miss Rouse
April 1907 Hove Parish Magazine P6 lists burial of Hannah Terry Rouse, aged 87 years
18 July 1907 postmark Invitation: “At Home” Willoughby Town Hall, Dancing 8pm; 13 August RSVP: Bertha Loudon, Dahinda, Pymble to: Miss Rouse (Kathleen) Rouse Hill
29 June 1908 Fancy Dress Ball; R.M.S. Omrah
probably 20 July 1908 Invitation: At Home, Mrs Batty, Holcroft Lodge Fulham to: Mrs, Nina and E S Rouse
12 March 1909 Pro forma letter re election as Member of the Women’s Club from: E L Sutherland, Hon Sec, The Women’s Club, Challis House, Martin Place to: Bessie Rouse (Rouse Hill) The Women’s Club was initially envisaged to serve women interested in public, professional, scientific and artistic work. No doubt Bessie’s interest in Art and her father William Buchanan’s interest in Science were motives for her joining this club. The Queen’s Club was not founded until 1912.
circa 1911 Sydney City Mission Collection Card (Blank) Edward Moore (General Secretary)
9 March 1911 postmark Invitation: “At Home” at Jean’s, 23rd March 1911, to say goodbye from: Marian Rouse, H Marjorie Sands, Kamilaroi, Waverley to: Mrs E. S. and Miss Rouse (Bessie and Kathleen) Rouse Hill House
21 April 1911 Dance Card: Union Club Sydney
3 November 1911 Coronation Fair; Christ Church Hall, Rouse Hill Friday and Saturday November 3 and 4, tickets 6d
9 December 1915 Weekly Journal, Vol 1 No 1; Tiny Town Times
25 June 1912 Wedding Invitation: Dudley Batty and Eugenie Vlieland at Exeter Cathedral; From: the Mayor and Mayoress of Exeter
8 April 1913 A A Dangar interment service, 8 April 1913, Singleton? John Kirkland rector
24 June 1914 Geoffrey Rouse Terry Confirmation Card
December 1915 Christmas card, from rectory Castle Hill
1916 Membership ticket: N.S.W Aust branch British Red Cross, Mrs Rouse
27 November 1917 Roderick Buchanan Terry Confirmation
between 1914-1918 Address for Private C H Wells of 4th Battalion, 5th Division on active service Died during WW1, local family
between 1915-1917 1915: Booklet in Memory of Brian Colden Antill Pockley M B, Captain Aust medical corps, who fell at Hertfordshire (New Guinea) September 11 1914. To Mrs Rouse with loving greetings for the New Year 1915, E W Harvey (Reverend Dr Radford produced a booklet in memory of Brian Pockley and any proceeds from sales were to be given to the Red Cross.) Xmas 1915: ‘God Bless Our Soldiers’, with love from EGA 4 April 1917: Private Alfred Rose Pye, AIF, killed in action in France, 25 February 1917
1918 NSW Red Cross; Mrs Rouse, Membership Card of Kellyville-Rouse Hill Branch
probably 1920 Notice (on small card) regarding change to subscription dates due from: The Women’s Club Sydney to: Mrs E and Miss Rouse (Bessie and Kathleen) Rouse Hill
9 July 1920 postmark Invitation: wedding of daughter Kathleen to Leslie Hood, 24 July 1920 at 4.30pm from: Mr and Mrs Barnier (Elizabeth Bay) to: Mr and Miss Rouse (Bessie and Kathleen) Rouse Hill
1920-1921 Kings School Old Boys union annual Report
9 November 1921 Dedication of the Memorial rood screen, Church of St Peter and St Paul in Charing (UK)
between 1912-1923 Notice regarding Annual General Meeting of the Tuesday Club April 13th from: E Sutherland (Acting Hon Secretary)
probably March 1923 Circular regarding raising funds for the new club premises from: The Women’s Club Verso: draft response from Bessie Rouse
circa March-April 1923 Circular regarding Special General Meeting on 23 March; proposed club premises acquisition from: The Women’s Club
18 June 1923 Note regarding date of instalments sub loan (?) from: The Women’s Club, E Sutherland (Secretary) to: Bessie Rouse
1 November 1923 Note expressing sorrow at Nina Terry’s resignation; enclosing receipt from: The Women’s Club, E Sutherland (Secretary) to: Bessie Rouse
1923 27 Annual Report, The Sydney Needlework Guild
7 November 1936 Riverstone Branch CWA, Country Women’s association; Spring Flower Show (vice President Mrs G Terry)
3 April 1937 The Belle of the Nineties Ball; Barrangarry, Carlingford; Host and Hostess Mr and Mrs George A Terry; two programmes – Peggy and Gerald Terry
8 August 1937 St Matthews Church, Windsor, Dedication of the Cabinet The Archbishop of Sydney and The Governor of NSW
circa 1940-1943 Christmas Card: from Noel Terry to his parents (Nina and George Terry). Noel was in the RAAF
5 December 1942 Invitation: Wedding of Margaret Sharp to Noel Terry 5 December 1942 from: Mr and Mrs Andrew Sharp 11 Marshall Ave, Wollstonecraft to: Mr and Mrs G A Terry (Nina and George) Rouse Hill House
22 October 1949 Wedding invitation: Evelyn (Bobby) Maitland & David Paton at: Christ Church and Rouse Hill House
Sympathy Cards, mostly to Nina Terry, Rouse Hill House, on death of her husband George Terry
1957 King School Prize List; John Terry, Music prize
13 July 1963 Centenary of Christ Church Rouse Hill
27 January 1936 to: Nina Terry from: CWA Members, Birthday Greetings
1968 CWA Membership Card; Mrs Terry Snr, Riverstone Branch
August 1968 Family of Nina Beatrice Terry, thank you for sympathy
MUSIC and CONCERTS
1 December 1869 Sobraon Amateur Dramatic Society x 2 Programs
1869 Sobraon Amateur Christy’s Coloured Troupe Program
20 July 1871 Wedding Hymn
25 February 1876 Program, Grand Miscellaneous Concert; Royal Albert Hall; by Command of Her Majesty, (winged woman in centre of cover picture, 2 cupids at either side)
2 January 1883 Program: Tableaux Vivants, Town Hall Mudgee
20 October 1887 Invitation: from The Governor and Lady Carrington, theatricals, Program: Government House Sydney, theatricals, ‘New Men and Old Acres’
13 December 1889 Invitation to Mr and Mrs E Rouse and family For Amateur Dramatic Performance in Masonic Hall (Parramatta)
1880s-1890s Concert programs: handwritten pages of entertainment Miss Rouse, Miss K Rouse, Mr G Terry; Miss Delohery, Mrs Garnsey, Mr King etc Duet, Anderson and Bell etc Envelope, Bring your music - list
11 July 1893 Program: handwritten – French Comedietta in One Act at Rouse Hill, cast of characters
22 June 1897 Program: Celebration of the 60th year of the reign of Queen Victoria
Friday, April 28, 1899 Ticket: (printed) Special Entertainment, Friday. Proceeds in aid of clearing debt on well, & c”, Admission 1/-; Handwritten; ‘complimentary’ diagonally across, plus 89 in top right corner; also no 76 and no 73
25 July 1900 Concert, School of Arts, Parramatta (January yet Macgillivray)
4 January 1901 Invitation from the Governor NSW: Commonwealth Inaugural Celebrations, ‘Pyrotechnical Illumination of Sydney Harbour’, 4 January1901; blank; picture of Sydney Harbour heads and floral border
31 May 1901 Invitation for State Concert in the Town Hall, Sydney in company of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York
From: The Citizen’s Royal Reception Committee, from The Mayor, James Graham To: Mr Geo Terry
2 January 1901 Program: Commonwealth of Australia Inaugural Celebrations; ‘Conversazione’, in the Sydney Town Hall, Wed 2 January 1901 (blue booklet)
4 January 1901 Invitation: Commonwealth of Australia Inaugural Celebrations at Sydney; Govt NSW requests presence (blank) at Pyrotechnic illuminations at 8pm
31 May 1901 Program: Citizens State Concert in the presence of Their Royal highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwell and York, at Town Hall Sydney
31 May 1901 Invitations (2): The Citizen’s Royal Reception Committee invites Mr and Mrs George Terrys (sic) at State Concert in the presence of Their Royal highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwell and York, at Town Hall Sydney 8.30pm
14 October 1902 Program: Melba, Australian Concert Tour, second Concert
5 November 1902 Program: Town Hall Matinee, Wed November 5 1902; Mademoiselle Antonia Dolores; in two pieces
24 September 1903 Ada Crossley Concerts, under the direction of Mr J.C Williamson; Words of Songs Ada Crossley Concerts, under the direction of Mr J.C Williamson; Program
9 February 1906 Program: Concert at Rouse Hill House (typed) – George Terry singing etc x2
8 May 1907 Program: The Literary Pageant Ball at Town Hall; in aid of Crown St Women’s Hospital
12 June 1907 Madame Teresa Carreño, Third Recital, Sydney Town Hall Australasian Tour, Wed June 12th
19 March 1908 Program: Clara Butt and Kennerley Rumford, Town Hall Sydney; Australian farewell Tour
6 May 1908 Program: Concert on R.M.S.P. Ortona, Mediterranean Sea, Wed evening
Program: Madame Melba in Faust; The Melbourne Grand Opera Season at Her Majesty’s Theatre
26 June 1913 Program (cream, red font); Clara Butt and Kennerley Rumford, Town Hall Sydney
26 June 1920 Concert ticket, in aid of improvements to Christ Church, Rouse Hill
14 April 1925 Program: Galli-Curci Concerts, Her Majesty’s Theatre (transferred from Town Hall Sydney)
15 October 1925 Program: Clara Butt and Kennerley Rumford, Town Hall Sydney; Australian Tour 1925
1 May 1926 Program: Anna Pavlova, The Magic Flute, Her Majesty’s Theatre
23 July 1928 Magazine: Her Majesty’s Theatre; J C Williamson and Dame Nellie Melba Grand Opera Season; Direction J C Williamson;
13 October 1928 Ticket: Grand concert in aid of Church Funds, Sunday School Hall, Rouse Hill K. Rouse, Hon sec; Tickets, children 6d
Tickets: Grand concert and play, the Church Hall, Rouse Hill Dance to Follow, tickets 1/- each
7 June 1941 Pamphlet for Bushman’s Carnival, Rouse Hill, 7th June
July 1954 Program, Concert and Play; Rouse Hill House (featuring family members)
November 1956, November 1957 Choral Service, Kings School Chapel 16 and 18 November 1956 and 15 and 17 November 1957
29, 30 July, 1 August 1957 The King’s School presents HMS Pinafore or The Lass that Loved a Sailor; Parramatta Town Hall; John Terry as Josephine
3 October 1957 The King’s School Music Club; Musicale, at 8.00pm (with Cedric Ashton)
12-14 August 1958 The King’s School presents Ruddigore; Parramatta Town Hall; John Terry as Mad Margaret
The King’s School Dramatic Society presents The Theban Plays of Sophocles, adapted by Eric Sowerby Drake, John Terry as Jocasta(?)
1958-1961 Kooroora Players present: 1958 Present Laughter, directed by Owen Weingott, at Anzac House Auditorium, 26, 28, 29 July, Caroline Terry as Joanna Lyppiatt; includes newspaper review
1959 Pink String and Ceiling Wax; at Anzac House Auditorium, 25, 27, 28 April; with Caroline Terry as Jessie Strachan 1959 Yes and No; at Anzac House Auditorium, 25, 27, 28 July, 8.15 pm; with Caroline Terry as Sally Jarrow 1960 DOctoberor in the House; at Anzac House Auditorium, 24, 26, 27 September, 8.15 pm; with Caroline Terry as Vera, a Lady in waiting 1961 Blithe Spirit; at Anzac House Auditorium, 31 Aug, 1, 2 September; with Caroline Terry as Elvira
1959 British Drama League, Aust; Twenty First Festival and Competition of Community Drama 1959; Kooroora Players present Playgoers by Arthur Pinero; Caroline Terry as the Useful Maid
September 1960 Kooroora Players present Dr in the House; Anzac House; (with Caroline Terry)
New Theatre presents Androcles and the Lion; Caroline Terry as Lavinia; 2 copies plus Sydney Morning Herald theatre review
March 1966 Program, Peter Scriven’s Tintookies, Adelaide. John terry Puppeteer and Assistant stage manager
3 November 1967 A Programme of Psychedelic Music led by John Terry; The International Society for Contemporary music (Sydney); Cell Block Theatre at 8.15
1968 America Hurrah, New Theatre, 1968 (with Caroline Terry) [section of play Motel banned by NSW Government], directed by John Tasker, performances also in Armidale, Hobart, and NSW Teachers’ Federation auditorium
1960s John Terry’s reflections on his 1960 influences
17 August 1971 Program: Organ Institute of Australia, series of Twilight Recitals at Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney; Radians by John Terry
1979-1990 10-12 December 1979 Program: ‘Ebenezer’ written by John Terry, at Fremont High school, SA
1980 Program for Ebenezer, an opera in five staves by John Terry. Presented by NSW school-Friends of Aust opera at Downstairs Theatre, Seymour Centre Sydney from 2-6 September 1980 Two pages with cutouts of newspaper reviews for Ebenezer – Sunday Telegraph; North Shore Times; Stereo FM radio
August 1980 Copy of article in Opera Australia Magazine, no 32, Aug 1980 Dickens Opera for School Friends. Review written by Donna Wilson
October 1980 Copy of article in Opera Australia Magazine, NSW school Friends of the Aust opera, Old Scrooge pays off in school opera. Review written by Frank Harris
1 April 1981 Copy of article sent by John Winstanley to Caroline Thornton. Article from Marietta column in the Australian (by Maria Prerauer) mentions performance of John Terry’s opera Ebenezer at the Seymour Centre
Ebenezer, presented by Dale Woodward theatres; adapted for marionettes
2, 4, 5 December 1989 The Carol, written and Directed by John Terry and performed at Prince Alfred College, Kent Town, S.A. including ticked and letter from the headmaster
November-December 1990 Program: ‘Ebenezer’ written by John Terry, Directed by Caroline Thornton, Dolphin Theatre, University of Western Australia
30 November, 2-3 December Ebenezer at Central Coast Grammar
13 September 1989 Prince Alfred College Bicentennial Arts week, Recital by Jillian Chatterton and Jeffrey Kong; incudes composition by John Terry
3-4 December 1988 Program: Bellbirds written by Dr John Terry and sponsored by the Australian Bicentennial Authority (2 copies) Gosford Orchestral and Choral Society
10 April 1996 Program: James Cook University Music Dept Lunchtime Concerts, with music by John Terry
2006 Typed production notes for John Terry’s Ebenezer on Norfolk Island on December 11-21 2006
2019 Sydney Living Museums, Insites Magazine, Winter 2019, containing: Article by Nicole Forsyth re Nina Rouse’s music lessons etc Article by Holly Schultze 1960s Psychedelia (features John Terry) Enclosed Agreement between John Terry and the Wayside Chapel
The Message of the Flag The Kings School Parramatta Carols
List of prices for oil paintings and watercolours (by Robert Fraser? – Bessie Rouse’s first cousin twice removed)
Miscellaneous pages of handwritten songs and poems, some in E S Rouse’s hand Nobody Knows; John Baptiste; Kong Kity Kong Kong Kong Miss Biddy Ma Crane; The Cork Leg Christmas Joyous Christmas The Sweet Rustic Beauty
Book The Old Folks at Home, Frederick Warne & Co, London words, music and illustrations
School of Arts Windsor, Grand Dramatic Entertainment