The War Office records cover a wide variety of material relating to both Colonial and Australian involvements in armed conflicts. Amongst the records filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project are documents and correspondence of the Commander- in-Chief, Secretary-at-War, Secretary of State and Judge-Advocate General.
Political correspondence, including official and semi-official letters. Subjects include: emigration; colonial governorships; Fiji; establishment of Moreton Bay as a separate colony; the Congress of Berlin (1878); military action in Malaya; colonial appointments; affairs of Sir James Brooke; and Fenian prisoners.
19.48 metres(33 security binders, 83 boxes, 3 small folio boxes, 3 medium folio boxes, 2 large folio boxes, 1 medium phase box, 7 map folios)
Abstract Or Scope
The Deakin Papers form one of the finest political collections in Australia. They cover most of Deakin's life, and, above all, document the Federation movement of the 1890s and the first decade of the Commonwealth. In addition to the extensive correspondence and other papers on Australian politics and government, there are many diaries, notebooks and manuscripts in which Deakin set down his religious and philosophical reflections, extracts and commentaries on his readings, verse and other literary writings. There is a wide range of material in the papers, including correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary manuscripts, legal briefs, official documents and publications, press clippings, pamphlets, books, certificates, posters, menus, programs, receipts, photographs, briefcases and memorabilia. Most of the correspondence was written to Deakin, but there are many letters that he wrote to his family and drafts or copies of some of his other letters.
The records comprise minutes of the Standing Committee 1778-1819, 1900-1935 and the Foreign Committee 1846-1880, anniversary sermons, annual reports and journals of monthly meetings of the Society 1901-1935, missionary reports 1852-1938, letters received from Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia and Southeast Asia 1821-1936, copies of letters of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Overseas Secretary 1842-1935, missionary rolls 1846-1910, candidates' papers 1821-1857, testimonials, ledgers 1891-1936 and photograph albums, including photographs of Malaya, Singapore, Borneo and Melanesia.
The Australian Joint Copying Project filmed selectively from the papers of: Richard Philps of his experiences as a Royal Air Force Medical Officer in POW camps in Indonesia; physiologist Professor Ernest B. Verney, including manuscripts written at University of Melbourne; surgeon Alfred H. Tubby kept while serving with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; Sir Ernst Chain; physiologist Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer; Grantley Dick-Read; Professor Sir George and Lady Pickering relating to a visit to Australia; Marie C.C. Stopes; Sir Edward Mellanby; Professor Percy C.C. Garnham; Sir Leonard Rogers; Abortion Law Reform Association; Lister Institute;
Archive collection 1859-1955 comprising diaries, notes, lists of matches, cuttings, photographs, correspondence, menus and printed ephemera relating to cricket matches and tours of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and England. There are diaries of George Anderson (1863-64), Edward Grace (1864), Vernon Royle (1878-79) and Reginald Foster (1903-04).
Map collection of published maps of Asia including: 98 x 1:253,440 Survey of India topographic maps, 13 x 1:63,360 HIND/Survey of India topographic maps, 9 x 1:1,000,000 World Aeronautical Charts (WAC) or Army Air Forces Aeronautical Charts, and another 50 topographic and thematic maps of various types covering South and Southeast Asia collected by G.H. Luce.Map collection of published maps of Asia including: 98 x 1:253,440 Survey of India topographic maps, 13 x 1:63,360 HIND/Survey of India topographic maps, 9 x 1:1,000,000 World Aeronautical Charts (WAC) or Army Air Forces Aeronautical Charts, and another 50 topographic and thematic maps of various types covering South and Southeast Asia collected by G.H. Luce.