Photograph of Beryl James of Sydney, Miss Australia 1948

P1/2387

fonds

1949

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9665660

1 photographic print - 19 x 15 cm image, on 25 x 17 cm sheet - silver gelatin copy

Beryl James trained at business college following high school, and worked for seven years as a stenographer in the Taxation Department, before giving up her business career to take up modelling, specialising in swimsuit modelling. She was also a designer and made her own clothes before being announced Miss Australia 1948 and embarking on a world tour where she met Scottish businessman Raymond Cassells. She worked as a broadcaster for a short time at the radio station 2GB before marrying Cassells and moving to Scotland.

Reference:
Library correspondence file
The Herald, Melbourne, 2 February 1950 (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244327011, accessed on Trove 24 January 2023)

Promotional press copy photograph of Miss Beryl James, shortly after being named Miss Australia 1948. Includes press statement beneath photograph: '(FX1-Feb.3) MISS AUSTRALIA-Miss Beryl James poses at the ocean's edge near Sydney, her home, after being chosen "Miss Australia of 1948" on January 27. With the title goes a complete wardrobe of clothes and a six months luxury tour of the world. She is 24 and a photographic model. Nearly 200 other girls competed. (APWIREPHOTO) (echo50800aus) 1949'.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Photographer unknown.

Wet stamp on verso: 'Received Examiner Reference Library, Feb 4 1949'