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Rags to riches: the papers of Australia’s first self-made millionaire
He might have been Australia’s first self-made millionaire, but until recently few people had ever heard of James Tyson. His papers, now proudly housed in the National Library’s collection, were recently inscribed on UNESCO’s Australian Memory of the World Register. http://www.amw.org.au/register/listings/james-tyson-papers
They join some of our other great national treasures on the register, like the papers of Edward Koiki Mabo and the Endeavour Journal. Recently, Margy Burn spoke with the Sydney Morning Herald about the Tyson papers, and how they reveal a real-life, true blue rags to riches tale.
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