Consignment received February 2021, 1900-1998

Component identifier:

Class 1

Extent:

(4 MS boxes + 1 folio packet)

Content Summary:

The collection comprises papers relating to Frank Exon (OBE) and his wife Margaret (nee Henderson), compiled by their son Neville and includes: personal letters and diaries written by Frank and Margaret documenting their time living in Fiji and Pakistan in the 1950's; drafts of Frank's short stories; published articles written by Frank; documents and correspondence relating to Frank's work in Fiji as a radio engineer for Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) and in Pakistan, installing Australian-built shortwave transmitters and receivers under the auspices of the Colombo Plan; Henderson family documents, including a Boer War letter; and documents relating to Frank Exon's service as a radio engineer with the Royal Australian Naval Radio Service during World War I.

Extent information:

1.05 metres,

Subjects:

Science and technology
Pacific

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