Guide to the Papers of Gerald Toogood, 1930-1979

Summary

Collection number:

MS 8355

Creator:

Toogood, Gerald, 1913-1991 and Toogood, Ian, Dr.

Extent:

1.2 metres and (8 ms boxes + 2 sound/av carriers)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Gerald Toogood, National Library of Australia, MS 8355, [series/file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection comprises correspondence, reports, minutes, Motu vocabularies, manuscripts, invitations, printed items, photographs and tape recordings documenting Toogood's career as a patrol officer and administrator in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. There are also papers relating to the Australian Mission to the United Nations (1961-1961) and the United Nations Trusteeship Council (1961-1966).

Biographical Note:

Gerald William Toogood was born on 13 June 1913 in London and educated at Leigh Hall College, Halstead. In 1943 he married Monica Angas. They had two sons and one daughter.

Date	Event
1937-1941	Patrol Officer, Papua Magisterial Service
1942-1945	AIF, New Guinea
1946-1950	Assistant District Officer
1951-1952	District Officer
1953-1954	District Commissioner
1954-1957	Assistant Director, District Services and Native Affairs
1957-1958	Executive Officer, Planning and Policy, Department of the Administrator
1958-1960	Taxation Commissioner
1960-1961	Special Advisor to the Australian Mission to the United Nations, New York
1962-1965	Assistant Secretary, District Administration and International Relations, Department of the Administrator
1964, 1966	Australian Special Representative to the United Nations Trusteeship Council, New York
1965-1969	Assistant Secretary (International Relations and International Affairs), Department of the Administrator
1969-1971	Consultant to the Commonwealth Government on New Guinea Affairs
1972-1982	Honorary Director, National Trust of South Australia
1991	Died, Adelaide

Bibliographic Reference(s)

• Who's who in Australia. 1980.

Patrol Officer, Territory of Papua and public servant with the Department of the Administrator, Territory of Papua and New Guinea. Toogood was a Special Advisor to the Australian Mission to the United Nations (1960-1961) and Australian Special Representative to the United Nations Trusteeship Council (1964, 1966).

Provenance:

The papers were donated to the Library by Gerald Toogood's son Ian Toogood in 1991.

Arrangement:

The collections has been arranged into series by Library staff.

Container List:

Series	File	Box
1	1	1
2	1-3	1
3	1	1
4	1-3	1
5	1	2
6	1-7	2
7	1	2
8	1	2
8	2-3	3
9	1-7	3
10	1-7	4
11	1-5	5
12	1-3	5
13	1-5	6
14	1-2	6
14	3	7
15	1-2	7
16	1-7	7
17	1-2	7
17	3-4	8

Indexed terms

Names:

Toogood, Ian, Dr.

Conditions Governing Access:

The collection is available for reference.

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 Gerald Toogood, National Library of Australia, MS 8355, [series/file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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