Historical writings
- Component identifier:
- Series 4
- Content Summary:
- ‘The good oil' is the title of Fryer's unpublished memoirs, with the sub-title ‘A personal history of the search for oil in Papua New Guinea as seen by one member of a geological team in PNG 1920-79'. A separate volume of memoirs is entitled ‘A special war: a personal narrative history of the PNG War, 1942-46'. This series contains different versions of the manuscripts, with some variations in title.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers of surveyor and planner H.A.J. Fryer were received from Mr Fryer in 1986.
- Names:
- H. A. J. Fryer
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2081147).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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