MS 3921 comprises papers relating to Philip Strong's years in New Guinea including a number of addresses to the Synod, processed letters to the missionary staff and pastoral messages. There is a typescript copy of Strong's recollections of his first three years in New Guinea written in 1942, a copy of his book Out of great tribulation (1947) and about 25 pamphlets all relating to Anglican missionary activity in New Guinea. The collection also includes about 15 pamphlets relating to the period when Strong was archbishop of Brisbane and primate of Australia.The Acc07.047 instalment comprises correspondence, photographs, diaries, publications, prayer books, sermons, notebooks and drawings.The Acc09.116 instalment comprises papers documenting Strong's childhood, education and professional life in the Anglican Church. They include correspondence, diaries, notes and notebooks, sermons and addresses, publications and reminiscences of wartime Papua New Guinea.The Acc13.109 instalment comprises 40 diaries and some correspondence relating to Sir Philip Strong's time in New Guinea.
A former patrol officer who rose to the position of Deputy Administrator in the mid-1950s, Downs was a prominent figure in Papua New Guinea in the last years of the Australian trusteeship, and possibly the only person who combined the roles of administrator, politician, planter and historian.
Includes records from the filing system that has been classified into topic areas; the filing system containing: correspondence, memoranda and reports on campaign strategy, submissions and published papers on agro-biotechnology, health impacts of genetically engineered foodproducts, the case for labelling, environmental contamination, patenting, animal welfare, biodiversity and biosafety. Records of the Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee are also included in the collection. Includes 13 day books containing messages and meeting notes.
The collection comprises correspondence, drafts and typescripts relating to Ellison's journalistic and writing career, press clippings, ephemera and photographs.
The collection contains papers assembled by Alex Brown during his expeditions to Macquarie Island (1956), Mawson (1958) and Davis (1961) in Antarctica. The papers include personal messages sent to his family, official monthly newsletters, a catalogue of lichens and algae collected on Macquarie Island, a diary of a four month seismic traverse south of Mawson, nest records and logs for research into snow petrels (1958-1962), Davis and Platcha weather station radio logs, newspaper cuttings and photographs, and colour slides of Macquarie Island and Antarctica including expeditioners, wildlife and landscapes.
The papers include correspondence, drafts of published, unpublished and juvenile writings, speeches and talks, scrapbooks, photographs, papers relating to Fox's academic career, cuttings, printed material and family papers.