New Guinea, 1945-1962
- Component identifier:
- Series 8
- Content Summary:
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This series relates to Lane Poole's work as a forestry consultant to firms concerned with the timber industry in New Guinea.
The correspondence dating from 1945 to 1962 contains information on the timber industry in New Guinea after World War II, and the work of Commonwealth New Guinea Timber Ltd and Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd in the Bulolo pine forests. The correspondents include Mallison Sons Ltd, Major J. McAdam, Director of Forests, New Guinea, Commonwealth New Guinea Timbers Ltd and the Department of Forests, New Guinea.
The series also contains a typescript paper on the history of Commonwealth New Guinea Timber Ltd, notes entitled 'Plantation volume yields Bulolo Valley and their influence on annual cut' and a processed article by J.B. McAdam entitled 'The forests of Papua and New Guinea and their role in the future of the Territories'.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers of Charles Lane Poole were presented to the National Library in October 1972 by his widow, Ruth Lane Poole.
- Names:
- C. E. Lane Poole
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- 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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