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Josiah Cocking Finding Aid
Josiah Cocking was born on the 11th May 1867 at Kadina in South Australia and died on the 27th July 1960 aged 93 at Mayfield, New South Wales. Mr Cocking was a miner and part of the early socialist and free-thought movement of Newcastle. He lived for a time in Wallsend and Mayfield, and wrote much verse for the local papers of the time under such pseudonyms as "Dandelion" and "Capsicum". For a greater insight on the life and character of Josiah Cocking please view his biography in typescript written by his son, Mr Arthur James Cocking (1916 - 1989). The diaries and notebook papers of Mr Josiah Cocking were deposited in the Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections Unit of the University of Newcastle in November 1999 by Mr Keith Cocking. This shelf listing was completed on the 3rd March 2000 by Gionni di Gravio.
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The notebook diaries of Josiah Cocking:
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The notebook diaries of Josiah Cocking:
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The notebook diaries of Josiah Cocking:
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The published verse of Josiah Cocking (under a number of pseudonyms such as ‘The Soshalistik Kove’, ‘Dad’, ‘Daisy’, ‘K.N. Pepper’, ‘Capsicum’, ‘Taraxacum’, ‘Dandelion’ and ‘Violet’) in a series of news clipping exercise books entitled ‘Verses’:
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Josiah Cocking scrapbooks of clippings and manuscript snippets entitled ‘Scraps’:
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A7753(i) | 11. Scraps, Aug 1907 – March 1931. |
A7753(ii) | Phrenological Descriptive Chart and Human Science Register of the Mental and Physical Conditions of Mr Cocking as given by Aston Wood, Newcastle [1910?]. |
A7753(iii) | Bound booklets and pamphlets including:
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A7753(iv) | Bound booklets and pamphlets including:
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A7753(v) | Bound booklets and pamphlets including:
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A7753(vi) | Copy of: Armageddon or Calvary: The Conscientious Objectors of New Zealand and “The Process of Their Conversion” by H.E. Holland. Wellington, 1919. |
A7753(vii) | Bound editions of The International Socialists’ Review. Dec 1909 – April 1910. |
A7753(viii) | Copy of: Album of Adelaide Views. [c. 1900] |
A7753(ix) | Copy of: Views of Western Australia. Published by P. Falk & Co., Ltd. Printed in England [c. 1900]. |
A7753(x) | Copy of: Koppers Company Inc. Instructions for the Operation and Maintenance of the Freya-Design Charging Control System and Skip Hoist. BHP Blast Furnace No 2 Newcastle Steelworks Plant. [n.d.] |
A7753(xi) | Copy of: The Primitive Methodist Sabbath School Hymn Book [c. 1878] |
A7753(xii) | [Manuscript] Hard Manual Labour: It’s Cause and Cure by Josiah Cocking. 29th July 1894. |
A7753(xiii) | [Two Typescript booklets] Christian Soldiers by Dandelion [Josiah Cocking] 15th September 1932. |
A7753(xiv) | Two notebooks containing manuscript versions of Josiah Cocking’s prose and verse works under the pseudonym of ‘Dandelion’. June 1911 – Jan 1914, Jan 1914 – April 1919. |
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