Guide to the Papers of Marcel Aurousseau, 1914-1984

Summary

Collection number:

MS 7070

Creator:

Marcel Aurousseau

Extent:

4.8 metres and (32 boxes + 3 folios)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Marcel Aurousseau, National Library of Australia, MS 7070, [box number, consignment date and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Biographical Note:

Date	Event
1891	19 April; born at Tara, Edgecliff Road, Woollahra, Sydney, N.S.W. Tara is on the N.W. corner of Rowe St.
1896	c. Public school, Peakhurst
1898	c. Do., Hurstville West
1901	Private School (Mr Dunn) Petersham
1902	Public School (Mr Middenway) Bexley
1903	Trip to Tasmania
1904	Six months at 'Westbridge', Ballina, Richmond River
1905	Trip to North Island of New Zealand. To Sydney Boys' High School
1907	Cadet, Australian Museum, Sydney (library, mineralogist)
1911	To University of Sydney (Science)
1912	Joined Royal and Linnean Societies of New South Wales
1914	(March) B.Sc. (Hons. And University medal for Geology). Appointed Lecturer in Geology, University of Western Australia
1915	Enlisted in the 1st A.I.F. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. To Egypt with the 6th/28th.
1916	To France with the 51st Infantry Battalion. Wounded near Mouquet Farm. Awarded Military Cross.
1917	Captain. To 4th Training Battalion, Codford, Wilts.
1918	Wounded at Domart (S.E. of Amiens). Awarded French Croix de Guerre.
1918	Divisional Education Officer - 1st Aust. Div. A.I.F.
1919	Returned to Australia. Lecturer in Charge, Department of Geology, University of W. A.
1920	To Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington.
1923	To the American Geographical Society of New York.
1924	Returned to Australia. Attended meeting of ANZAAS at Adelaide. Expedition to Barrington Tops, N.S.W.
1925	Went to Europe.
1926	Journey on foot from Paris to Madrid.
1927	Finished conducting parental tour of Western Europe. Wrote first pat of <em>Highway into Spain</em> at Geneva.
1928	Working on <em>Highway into Spain</em>. Prepared chapter on Artesian Water for Professor T.W.E. David's book <em>The Geology of Australia</em>.
1929	Finished <em>Highway into Spain</em> at Chelsea
1930	<em>Highway into Spain</em> published in London and accepted for publication in the U.S.
1931	Reading and translating for publishers.
1932	Translation of Rosenkrantz's <em>El Greco and Cervantes</em> published. Abdominal operation (University College Hospital)
1933	To the Royal Geographical Society. Working on an index to the supplements to the <em>Geographical Journals</em>.
1936	The <em>Index</em> published. Appointed Secretary of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (the P.C.G.N.)
1939	Initiated a program of transliteration for the War Office and Admiralty.
1942	P.C.G.N. <em>Glossary of Modern Greek</em> and <em>Gazetteer of Greece</em> published. Awarded the Cuthbert Peek Grant by the R.G.S. Married Cecily Mary Vance.
1944	P.C.G.N. <em>Gazetteer of Albania</em> published..
1946	New ed. Of the <em>Gazetteer of Albania</em> published. Awarded Research Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Joined the R.G.S.
1947	Joined the Hakluyt Society
1949	Represented H.M. Government at the 3rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (Brussels).
1952	Represented H.M.G. at the 4th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (Uppsala)
1955	Resigned from the F.C.G.N.
1956	Prepared <em>The Rendering of Geographical Names</em>. Left England for Australia.
1957	Appointed member of the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia. <em>The Rendering of Geographical Names</em> published.
1958	Joined the Royal Australian Historical Society.
1959	Attended Perth meeting of ANZAAS. Elected President, Geographical Society of N. S.W.
1960	Re-elected Pres. Geog.Soc. N.S.W.
1961	Attended Brisbane meeting of ANZAAS, to Heron Island.
1963	Attended Canberra meeting of ANZAAS.
1965	Had a heart attack.
1966	Appointed to National Committee for Geography.
1968	To New Caledonia and the New Hebrides. My translation of <em>The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt</em> published by the Hakluyt Society in 3 vols.
1969	Awarded the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society.
1972	Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (F.A.H.A.)
1973	Honorary D. Litt. (Newcastle, N.S.W.)
1975	Facs. Ed. Of <em>The Rendering of Geographical Names</em> published in the U.S.A.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The first two consignments (21.4.1967 and 9.4.1980) of the Marcel Aurousseau papers were donated by Mr Aurousseau and were accessioned in 1981 at MS 1879. On the receipt of the third (and largest) consignment on 24 May 1985 from his widow, Mrs Cecily Aurousseau, for reasons of space a new number (MS 7070) was allocated to papers.

Arrangement:

The consignments received in 1967 and 1980 are arranged in a single sequence of four series (Series 1 to Series 4). The consignment added in 1985 is arranged in a separate sequence of twenty series (Series 1 to Series 20).

Indexed terms

Names:

Marcel Aurousseau

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2278366).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Marcel Aurousseau, National Library of Australia, MS 7070, [box number, consignment date and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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