British New Guinea and Territory of Papua: Correspondence with J.H.P. Murray, 1915-17
- Component identifier:
- Series 4
- Content Summary:
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Personal and unofficial correspondence with Judge Murray, Chief Judicial Officer of British New Guinea, later Acting Administrator (1907) and Lieutenant Governor (1908) of Territory of Papua, chiefly concerned with details of administration and staff; wireless telegraphic communication with Australia; Papuan Pensions Bill; German New Guinea; land purchases from natives.
Unsigned typescript notes of scheme for defence and armament of Papua (manuscript interpolations in Murray's hand).
Comprises Items 260-366
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were donated to the Commonwealth National Library by Hunt's daughter, Miss Marion Hunt, in 1936. Some other papers of Atlee Hunt, including three diaries, were donated by Mr Bruce Hunt in 1964 and are housed at MS 1100.
- Names:
- Atlee Arthur Hunt
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- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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