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The Life and Times of Kenneth Frederick Wong / Wong Gar Kin by Jackson Wong, 1906 - 1948

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One bound family history of Kenneth Frederick Wong / Wong Gar Kin, an Australian born Chinese man, written by his son Jackson Wong.
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The Wally Johnson Collection relating to Papua New Guinea Volcanology

2.57 metres (26 security binders + 5 ms boxes)
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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.
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The Whittakers papers, 1796-1963

(28 ms boxes)
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This collection features correspondence, financial records, ledgers, station diaries, family history research, printed material and ephemera dating from 1796 to the early 1960s. This material provides a record of the pioneering Whittakers family and farming life on various stations in New South Wales and Victoria. The papers also include Clyde Whittakers' correspondence and notes relating to his research, most of which contributed to his work The Whittakers Story, which was first published in 2021.
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The Whittakers papers, 1796-1963 (28 ms boxes)

 

Transcription of Frank Hurley's "In the grip of polar ice" tour diary, 2021

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The collection comprises a bound transcription of Frank Hurley's handwritten "In the grip of polar ice" tour diary from 1919-1920. The diary is typed exactly as written; retaining misspellings, crossings-out, superscript corrections, contractions, punctuation and original pagination.
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Voyage de Liverpool a Melbourne, 1863

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'Voyage de Liverpool a Melbourne', an anonymous journal written in French, was kept on board the ship Great Britain on a voyage to Melbourne in 1863. The journal was found among the papers of the Malet de Rougemont family. Pages 1-56 describe the voyage around Africa, while pages 57-86 describe Melbourne, the surrounding countryside, Ballarat and gold-mining.
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Voyage to Australia 1853-1854 on board the Palmyra, 1853-1854, 1853-1854

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Handwritten diary, kept by Theo West, containing daily entries describing the voyage from Plymouth to Sydney. Journal begins 19 October 1853, concludes February 1854. Photocopy of diary included.
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