Burns Philip Company Ltd:Correspondence with Col. James Burns, 1904-07, 1910-11, 1915

 
Component identifier:
Series 32
Content Summary:

Private and unofficial correspondence with Col. Burns on various matters, including: missionary attitudes to recruitment of labour for the New Hebrides; Burns Philp investment in the New Hebrides; Marshall Islands case; proposed establishment of wireless stations; criticism of Papua and New Hebrides mail services; Japanese trade and steamer services in the Pacific Islands.

Comprises Items 1562-1584

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.

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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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