Guide to the Papers of Dudley Glastonbury, 1883-1990

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 9387
Extent:
3.36 metres and (24 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Dudley Glastonbury, National Library of Australia, MS 9387, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
Research files containing copies of primary and secondary documents compiled by Dudley Glastonbury in his research for an unpublished work on the history of the public service in Papua New Guinea. The main emphasis of the collection is on the development of the public service in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea and the establishment of educational and training bodies including the Public Service Institute and the Australian School of Pacific Administration. There are also files on more general topics including the early history of British New Guinea (Papua) and German New Guinea, local government, native affairs, political and economic development, missions, employment of non-Europeans, the origins of mandate, army occupation and war years, post-war reconstruction and public health.
Biographical Note:

Dudley I. Glastonbury was born in Glenelg, South Australia, on 11 June 1910. He was awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Science (1930) and Bachelor of Arts (1933) from Adelaide University, and Bachelor of Education (1946) from Melbourne University.

Prior to 1939 Glastonbury was a secondary school teacher with the South Australian Education Department. When war commenced he joined the RAAF and served for over six years, becoming Senior Education Officer with the rank of Squadron Leader.

In 1945 Glastonbury joined the staff of the Ministry of Post-war Reconstruction and, following a two year period with the School of Education at the University of Melbourne, he took up an appointment as Senior Research and Projects Officer in the Industrial Training Division of the Commonwealth Department of Labour and National Service.

In 1954 Glastonbury became the inaugural Principal of the Public Service Institute, which had been established in Papua and New Guinea to provide in-service training courses and conduct evening classes for the further education of Territory public servants. During his term of office to September 1957, he arranged the organisation and supervision of in-service training at all levels, the development of book and film libraries, liaison with academic institutions in Australia and overseas, and the provision of diploma courses of study at university level by arrangement with the Department of External Studies at the University o Queensland. He also played a primary role in laying the foundations for the selection and training of the first non-European entrants to the Public Service in an Auxiliary or 4th Division.

Glastonbury returned to Australia in September 1957 and, after occupying various positions including first Principal Training Officer of the Country Roads Board, Victoria, he concluded his career at Melbourne High School where he taught year 12 mathematics. Glastonbury retired from official life in 1976 but continued his academic pursuits with research on the Territory of Papua and New Guinea until his death.

Glastonbury died in Melbourne on 12 July 1991.

Compiled by Brian Essai and Jill Daly, 2001

Provenance:

The Glastonbury Papers were donated by Rosa Glastonbury, the wife of Dudley Glastonbury, under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme in 1992.

Arrangement:

The papers have been organised into two series: research files and other papers of Dudley Glastonbury. When the research files arrived in the Library, they were in labelled drop files, roughly in chronological order by the subject matter of the files, although the order seemed somewhat disturbed. The order of the research files, as far as it can be ascertained, has been retained.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn234155).
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 Dudley Glastonbury, National Library of Australia, MS 9387, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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