Agency:
Maggie Weidenhofer
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1941
End Date:
14 Sep 2001
Description:
Margaret ('Maggie') Helen Weidenhofer (later Reid) was born in Queensland in 1941 and in 1946 at the age of five moved with her parents, Joan and Reay, to Madang in Papua New Guinea. From 1952 to 1958 she lived in Port Moresby, before returning to Australia to complete her education in Brisbane. ;;An author, journalist and publisher's editor, she began her career as a reporter with the Hobart 'Mercury.' After moving to Melbourne she became a sub-editor and feature writer on 'New Idea' magazine. ;;Maggie is the author of several books on Australian history including "Maria Island: a Tasmanian Eden " (1977) and "Port Arthur: a place of misery" (1981).
Information Sources:
Mercury (TAS) 18 September 2021
Functions Performed:
Arts and culture
Related Agencies:
Jack and Nancy Weidenhofer (NG1975) | 01 Jan 1909 | 10 Sep 1982 |
Series Created By Agency:
NS6015 Book Collection | 01 Jan 1831 | 31 Dec 1954 |
NS6062 Photographs | 01 Jan 1860 | 01 Jan 1980 |
NS6016 Deposit Book | 24 Feb 1874 | 08 Sep 1876 |
NS1294 Newspaper Clippings, Photographs and Copies of Letters re Marie Bjelke- Peterson collected by Maggie Weidenhofer and Photographs of Maria Island | 01 Jan 1900 | 31 Dec 1970 |
NS6068 Correspondence | 01 Jan 1927 | 09 Aug 1996 |
NS6065 Family Papers | 01 Jan 1940 | 01 Jan 2000 |
NS6069 Realia - Ring | 01 Jan 1942 | 31 Dec 1942 |
NS6020 Scrapbooks and Photo- Journals | 10 Apr 1942 | 21 May 2005 |
NS6061 Video Recording | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1947 |
NS6060 Audio Recordings | 15 Mar 1956 | 11 Jul 1978 |
NS6017 Sketchbook | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1960 |
NS6019 Manuscript Notebook | 01 Jan 1970 | 31 Dec 1970 |
NS6066 Publishing Ephemera | 17 Jul 1978 | 04 Jul 1996 |
NS6067 Historical Articles | 01 Jan 1980 | 01 Jan 1995 |
NS6018 Typescript | 01 Jan 1996 | 31 Dec 1996 |