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Papers of Klaus Neumann, 1892-2017

1.68 metres (6 archives box + 1 folio)
Abstract Or Scope
The collection comprises material related to the research of social historian Klaus Neumann including correspondence; field notebooks and diaries from Papua New Guinea in the 1980s and 1990s; articles relating to and written by Neumann; drafts of books; Papers including 'A Precautionary Measure: Internment in Australia during World War II', 'Reffos, Balts and Border Crossers:Australian Responses to Refugees 1938-1973'; list of publications and 2015 research outcomes.
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Papers of Albert Speer, 1932-2012

(50 ms boxes + 1 large folio box + 1 digital carrier box + 3 map folios)
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This collection comprises instalments that contain medical patrol reports from Papua New Guinea and research papers and correspondence on the Mount Lamington eruption, Australian prisoners of war who died on board the Montevideo Maru and other topics connected with the war in the Pacific and Papua New Guinea in general. There are also research notes for Gordon Thomas's publication 'Prisoners in Rabaul: civilians in captivity', personal correspondence, and papers relating to Speer's wartime service and overseas travel.
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Papers of Ronald Newman and Heather Newman, 1962-1971

(1 ms box)
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The collection of papers accumulated while Heather and Ronald Newman lived on Ocean Island comprises of a diary kept by Heather and Ronald Newman from February to September 1962 detailing their experiences in Nauru and beyond, Correspondence and notes from their houseboy Rakenang about matters of hiring and household tasks, correspondence from a local woman asking for employment at Dr. Newman's practice, photograph album of the Newmans with local children, handwritten book 'Stories from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands,' and a a manuscript of The Japanese Occupation of Ocean Island and Nauru, Native Legends, The Diary Of D. Patrick Cook. It also includes ephemera and publications.
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Papers of Howard Timbury, 1967-1982

2 boxes, 1 medium folio box, 3 pieces
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Collection comprises material relating to The Papua New Guinea Electricity Commission (Elcom) collected by Howard Timbury. Collection includes company technical and construction reports, Elcom stickers, an Elcom published comic book and photographs of power stations, equipment, national employees, the Elcom Training College and trainees. Many photographs are labelled and several were taken by Howard Timbury.
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Papers of Neville Exon relating to Frank and Margaret Exon, 1900-1998

(4 ms boxes + 1 folio packet + 1 medium folio box)
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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; documents relating to Frank Exon's service as a radio engineer with the Royal Australian Naval Radio Service during World War I; and a restored Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) leather suitcase used to house papers of Frank Exon.
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Papers of Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey, 1769-2013 (bulk 1880-1960)

7.66 metres (25 ms boxes + 3 archives boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 3 medium folio boxes + 4 card index boxes)
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The collection comprises notes and alphabetical index cards relating to Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey's books on the Kerr Brothers, an Anglo-French distributor of goods including copra and cocoa; original papers and diaries of her father Graham Lennox Stirling Kerr; Cawsey's notebooks and diaries; correspondence; business records relating to the Kerr Brothers Ltd and the East Santo Plantations Ltd in the New Hebrides (now the nation of Vanuatu); photographs; and scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings.
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Papers of Wallace H. Smith

(2 boxes) + 1 map folio
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The collection primarily relates to gold mining operations in Fiji undertaken by Emperor Mines and to Wallace H. Smith, a Director of Emperor Mines. The collection includes Annual Reports and Statement of Accounts for Emperor Mines; publications relating to Emperor Mines and gold mining in Fiji; and three cross section maps detailing mine workings in Vatukoula, Fiji. The collection also includes photographs of mines, mining operations and mining employees in Fiji, New Guinea and Cracow, Queensland.
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