Subject	Immigrants’ writings, French
	World War, 1914-1918
	Personal narratives
Category	3. World War I
Author	Various
Keywords	wool industry
	Flanders in Australia
Current Holder	State Library of New South Wales
Period Of Reference	1907/1948
Item Number	Reference Code: 153866
Access Rights	Request at location
Country Of Origin	France
	Australia
Place	Sydney
Language	French
	English
Description From Source	0.55 metres of textual material (1 box and 1 outsize box) – manuscript, printed SERIES 01 Papers concerning Jacques Playoust, 1914-1995 SERIES 02 Papers concerning Maurice Playoust, 1915-1917 SERIES 03 Papers concerning Marcel Playoust, 1916-1918 SERIES 04 Papers concerning Stephane Playoust, 1917-1920 SERIES 05 Playoust family miscellaneous papers, 1915-1948 SERIES 06 Playoust family photographs, 1907-ca. 1950 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY FROM SOURCE: “In the late 19th century wool buyers from the Flanders region of France emigrated with their families to Australia in order to buy wool for weaving in the great textile centres of northern France. Among them were the Playoust family who settled in Sydney. At the outbreak of war in 1914, members of this family returned to France to fight for their homeland.”
Physical Format	Manuscripts
	Photographs
Bibliographic Citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/P7QC8BDV/