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Records of the Hydrographic Department (as filmed by the AJCP), 1787-1956

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Records relating to surveys carried out by Royal Navy warships and surveying vessels in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, including surveys of the coasts and adjoining islands and reefs of Australia and New Zealand. The bulk of the records filmed date from 1828 to 1855, when Sir Francis Beaufort was Hydrographer, but many later letters, reports and sailing directions have also been copied. Among the records filmed are extracts from journals and logs, remark books, sailing directions, reports, letters and survey data books and also selected items from the minute-books 1825-1856 and letter-books 1815-1855 of the Hydrographic Department.

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Papers of L. M. Mowle, 1942-1985

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This collection comprises Mowle's research material, correspondence, photocopies and cuttings relating to the fifth edition of the Pioneer families of Australia. The earlier editions of the book were edited by Mowle's father, P.C. Mowle.

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Paynesville, Victoria : geographic ephemera collected by the National Library of Australia, N.D.

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Material in the Geography and Travel ephemera collection covers significant information about the geography, history, and tourist activities of places in Australia, its Antarctic and island territories. This includes geographical features, national parks and reserves, regions, cities, towns, buildings and other man-made structures. The collection includes advertising material, pamphlets, price lists, tokens, area and accommodation guides, brochures, postcards, stickers, labels and tickets.

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Papers of A. W. G. Whittle, 1920-1994

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Papers including personal and family papers, records of A.W.G. Whittle and Associates (consulting mineralogists), correspondence, work diaries, geological photographs and transparencies, lecture notes and published material.

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Records of Baring Brothers & Company Ltd (as filmed by the AJCP), 1827-1880

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Letters of Paine, Stricker Co concerning coffee and sugar production in Java.

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Papers of Denis Freney, 1961-1995

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The collection comprises correspondence, notebooks, brochures, flyers, journal articles, memorabilia, newscuttings, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, reports and research material. They document Freney's career and activities as a teacher, political activist, journalist and writer. The papers particularly relate to Freney's involvement in the Campaign for an Independent East Timor as well as independence campaigns in New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Other topics include the Nugan Hand Bank and crime and corruption in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s.

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New South Wales Australia 1:25 000 topographic series, 1968-

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Creator: Central Mapping Authority Department.

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Topographic & orthophoto map 1:50 000 : [New South Wales], 2000-

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Topographic and orthophoto map series of New South Wales. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Each sheet has an orthophoto map on verso. Shows built up areas, roads and tracks, railway, landmark features, vegetation, water features, buildings, cadastral deposited plans and lot numbers, and boundries for state forests, mine subsidence districts, national parks, nature reserves or state conservation areas, local governments, cadastres, and states. Map sheets also contain a panel title. Each map sheet has individual title and number.

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Papers of A. Norman Jeffares, c. 1937-1973

Abercrombie Caves, New South Wales : geographic ephemera collected by the National Library of Australia, N.D.

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Material in the Geography and Travel ephemera collection covers significant information about the geography, history, and tourist activities of places in Australia, its Antarctic and island territories. This includes geographical features, national parks and reserves, regions, cities, towns, buildings and other man-made structures. The collection includes advertising material, pamphlets, price lists, tokens, area and accommodation guides, brochures, postcards, stickers, labels and tickets.

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