3.15 metres(6 ms boxes, 1 medium folio box, 20 negative boxes)
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This collection comprises a large group of correspondence, both to and from Northcote Deck, mostly relating to his time with the South Seas Evangelical Mission (SSEM). His letters out contain detailed descriptions of his day-to-day life and issues arising in the Solomon Islands at that time. There is also a large group of Northcote Deck's writings including published and typescript versions of many of his articles, mostly intended for publication in Not in Vain, the SSEM journal, copies of his published books and drafts of a book on the Solomon Islands. Other material includes Queensland Kanaka Mission annual reports; issues of Not in Vain; and notebooks and loose pages of notes, most of a religious nature. The subject of the photographic material in the collection is mainly life and people in the Solomon Islands and is in the form of black and white photographs; black and white glass negatives, including family photographs taken by Harold Cazneaux; and coloured glass slides, used by Northcote Deck for presentations in Australia, England and Canada.
(96 photographs : black and white ; 10 x 15.5 cm or smaller)
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This collection of photographs taken in New Guinea in the late 1930s includes images of an experimental amphibian Sikorsky aircraft nicknamed 'Tuppy'; the pilots and support crews at work; aerial views of the New Guinean landscape including the Fly and Sepik Rivers; and the local people and villages. Captioned by the photographer Roy Savage, these photographs highlight the challenging logistics of landing, housing and servicing aircraft in New Guinea during this time.
16.53 metres(1 ms box + 59 archives boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 6 small folio boxes + 1 small phase box + 2 medium phase boxes + 1 large phase box + 12 map folios + 1 volume + 2 folio packets)
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Comprises correspondence, 1880-1963, relating to Thomas Griffith Taylor's travels and publications and some personal correspondence; manuscripts, published and unpublished, in typescript, handwritten and proof form; annotated printed material, including serials, books, pamphlets and reprints covering a wide range of subjects; and, miscellaneous material including press clippings, maps, medals, scrapbooks. Throughout his life Taylor kept copies of his letters and these form a journal-like account of his life and career on which he based his autobiography, Journeyman Taylor. The collection includes papers on Taylor's early years, 1880-1910; Antarctica, 1910-1912; Canberra and surrounding district, 1910, 1912-1928; Chicago University, 1929-1935; Toronto University, 1935-1951; Australian Institute of Geographers; Australian Academy of Science; and A.N.Z.A.A.S.
A collection of diaries and log books providing a daily account of life on Macquarie Island, during Sir Douglas Mawson's expedition to Antarctica, 1911-1914. They include Leslie Russell Blake's handwritten official diary, January 1912-October 1913; four of Harold Hamilton's biological log books, 1 January 1912 to 30 May 1913, with daily entries; a four-page typed manuscript by Arthur John Sawyer (Macquarie Island senior wireless operator 1912) concerning disturbance to radio communications between Macquarie Island, Adelie Island and other stations; a four-page typed and annotated report by Mawson in 1915 on soils on Macquarie Island and extracts from the diary of Charles T. Harrisson (Western Base Team Biologist) of an overland journey on December 14th and 15th, 1911, from the North end to the South end of Macquarie Island. This collection also includes logs kept on board The Discovery, during the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 2 November 1930 - 2 March 1931, comprising the engineer's daily reports and the 2nd Officer's log.