The collection consists of Dr Johnson's personal research papers, photographs and slides relating to scientific and historical studies of the active volcanoes of Papua New Guinea from 1969 to 2016. The papers consist of letters, notes, reports, and maps, together with colour and black-and white prints, negatives, colour transparencies (both 35 mm and 60 mm), 35 mm lecture slides and some CDs (which comprise copies of some items from the collection). The collection also documents the work of other volcanologists including Dr N.H. Fisher, G.A.M. Taylor, M.A. Reynolds, R.J.S. Cooke and Dr Takashi Kizawa.
The collection includes correspondence; papers relating to meetings; administrative and financial records; newsletters; press releases; cuttings; papers relating to study tours; papers relating to conferences; journals and journal articles; and ephemera.
This collection comrpises correspondence, photographs, draft constitutions for the Society, membership lists and meeting minutes. The photographs relate to the formation of the Society in 1960 and meetings into the mid-1970s. Correspondents include Nobel prize winner Sir John Eccles and Professor Peter Bishop, former director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University (ANU).
(3 archive boxes + 6 ms box + 1 medium folio box + 1 shared binder)
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Papers relate to Rofe's work in upper-atmosphere research and in the application of space techniques to meterology and earth service. They consist of unclassified correspondence, telegrams and memoranda from within the Department of Supply and with outside research organisations. There are also photographs taken at his retirement from Salisbury, papers relating to his work with COSPAR and ICUMA and files and reports on his various overseas trips. A second installment of papers relate to Rofe's services in the R.A.A.F. during World War II and his work at W.R.E. Salisbury and the Australian Antarctic Division, Melbourne. They include an Allied Geography of the South West Pacific area 1943; correspondence, typescript and published articles by Rofe and others, and notebooks relating to upper atmosphere research; newspaper clippings and photographs of the launching of WRESAT I and photographs of his retirement in 1970. The papers relating to the Antarctic Division include roneoed newsletters, a typescript article entitled 'Nine days alone on the Gotley Glacier,' newspaper clippings and photographs and slides of a trip to the Antarctic in 1970. Collection also contains letters of condolence including letters from Sir Kenneth Anderson, P. M. Twiss, J. H. Dolphin, and P. Duff; photographs taken at overseas conferences, of Carnarvon, W.A., family photographs, an M.B.E. medal and other miscellaneous items. Many of the photographs in this second consignment were annotated by Mrs. Rofe. Additionally there are approximately 2000 letters written by Bryan Rofe and his wife Patricia (nee Whitford) during World War II, that describe the events taking place in their daily lives. Bryan Rofe served in the RAAF Meteorological Service and was posted to Timor as a RAAF Flying Officer. In 1942, Rofe was placed in command of a group of 29 Australian servicemen who, for 58 days, evaded the Japanese invasion of Timor before being picked up from a beach at night by the submarine USS Searaven. Rofe's grandson Tom Trumble, wrote the book 'Rescue at 2100 Hours: the untold story of the most daring escape of the Pacific war' based on information found in these letters along with diaries of Rofe and other servicemen and wartime records. The collection also includes a photo of the US submarine USS Searaven signed by the officers and crew of the submarine; a 1943 portrait photograph of Bryan Rofe as a Squadron Leader in the RAAF; telegrams, poems, photographs and drawings.
MS Acc11.034 comprises papers collected by Mason during the writing of a book on Australian oologists, 1835-2009. They consist largely of an alphabetical sequence of files containing information on approximately 250 egg collectors, including personal details, photographs, correspondence, family histories and lists of egg clutches they collected.MS Acc22.028 comprises reference material that Ian J. Mason collated and created for use in: "Passions in Ornithology: A Century of Australian Egg Collectors. And Passions in Ornithology: A Century of Australian Egg Collectors (Supplementary Edition)". It includes: biographical accounts of egg collectors; photographs, negatives and prints relating to birds and egg collecting including an album of bird photographs from Norman Chaffer and J. Ramsay; correspondence, notes, articles and egg data cards and among others.
This collection comprises correspondence, diaries and papers documenting Densey Clyne's personal and professional life including: published and unpublished articles, poetry, fiction and nonfiction writings; diaries; drafts of talks and presentations; screenplays for film and television documentaries; original drawings for publications; photographs; and correspondence with family and friends including Jim Frazier, Dr. Barbara York Main, Martyn Robinson, Alastair Fothergill, Mike Gunton and Sir David Attenborough. Included is also: correspondence between Peter and Densey Clyne; Peter Clyne birth, marriage and divorce certificates, passports and educational certificates; articles by and about Peter Clyne; and Densey Clyne's diary entries pertaining to Peter Clyne.
MS 9673 includes correspondence, drafts, printed and research material, interview transcripts and other papers, relating to Ann Moyal's writings and research interests (3 boxes).
The collection comprises records of the Association for Computer Aided Design (ACADS), an independent co-operative organisation based in Melbourne that supported the early adoption of computing in engineering design in Australia and includes publications, conference papers, seminar papers, newsletters and reports.
8.00 metres(3 Archive Boxes + 2 MS Boxes + 22 Phase boxes + 1 large folio box + one small case)
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MS 10114 comprises the collection of medals, plaques, awards and degrees awarded to Clark, largely celebrating his pioneering work in the development of the cochlear implant (bionic ear).
The collection comprises predominately field notes from Australian geologist and geochemist Professor Ian McDougall's research in Australia, New Zealand, Ethiopia, Brazil, Kenya, USA, Canada, Mauritius, Thailand, China, and Europe. The collection also includes personal correspondence to family members detailing his journeys and field work and also some transparencies from his field work in Lord Howe Island, Iceland, China and Kenya.