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Papers of May V. Courtney, 1908-1970

Papers of Daniel Pryke, 1900-1924

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Presented by Dan Pryke. MS1826.Collection held in trust for Papua New Guinea archives.Collection includes two revolvers, native artefacts, and rock specimens.A4000192X-A40001970.

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Papers of Sir Arthur Hodgson (as filmed by AJCP), 1838-1889

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The material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes: Shipboard journals, noting details of navigation, weather, daily routine of passengers. The journals were kept during the following voyages: London-Sydney on the Royal George 1838; Sydney-West Indies aboard the Walmer Castle 1848; England-Australia on the Thomas Arbuthnot 1849-50; Account books 1853-73; records of financial transactions 1839-47; tallies kept on Queensland properties 1842-47 of killing, shearing and bales of wool produced, and provisions distributed to station workers; Addresses and articles describing various voyages; drafts for addresses on the mutiny on the Bounty, the 1878 Paris Exhibition and forests and historic trees of Great Britain; printed item Australia Revisited 1874-1889 (28 p.) with manuscript amendments and additions, giving Hodgson's impressions of the colony and its agricultural and economic prospects; Newspaper cuttings, mainly on agriculture; biographical notes on Hodgson by Mrs Spurway; map of holdings in the Eton Vale area, Queensland; four pages from a letter-journal of Rev. Edward Hodgson 1840, with several references to members of the Macarthur Family.

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Account by Clements Markham of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 (Terra Nova), 1910s

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This collection comprises a nine-page handwritten account by Sir Clements R. Markham (20 July 1830 – 30 January 1916) of the 1910-1913 British Antarctic expedition (Terra Nova), led by Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 - 29 March 1912). The document includes a signed preamble by Markham, the names of members of the expedition, a glossary of terms, an inventory of cargo aboard The Terra Nova, and details of supplies and equipment, as well as descriptions of notable incidents and conditions endured. The document also includes an annotated hand-drawn map of part of the expedition route, and ends with an account of Scott's final hours, mentioning in detail letters he wrote before his death in 1912.

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Papers of the Hearnshaw Family (as filmed by the AJCP), 1939-1986

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Includes: Letters 1939-47 of Leslie and Gwenneth Hearnshaw to his parents in England; Letters, written from Perth, 1947-48 of Gwenneth Hearnshaw and her mother, Mrs Dickens, to Leslie Hearnshaw; 'An Englishman in War-time New Zealand', an account by Leslie Hearnshaw while living in New Zealand 1938-47, and on subsequent visits 1964-1986; Diaries 30 January-11 February 1940, kept by Leslie and Gwenneth Hearnshaw during a holiday at Mt Egmont, New Zealand.

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Papers of Mme Robert Helois, 1696-1825

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The collection includes journals of Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin (1796-1864) and Francois Alesnl de St. Allouarn kept on board Le Geographe and Le Naturaliste, papers concerning Nicolas Baudin's voyages (1800-1804), papers of Yves Joseph de Kerguelen - Tremarec and Francois de St Allouran's voyages (1771-1774) and letters of Philip Gidley King and Matthew Flinders' detention on Ile de France (1803-1810).

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Historical documents collected by Kraft Foods Limited, 1758-1896

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The collection comprises a certificate of Discharge for William Bray, Boatswain on HMS Pembroke, 18 December 1758, signed by James Cook (Master); an account by William Bligh of embarkation of 11th Regiment troops at Yarmouth on 7 April 1790, [c.1800s]; a letter of Sir Thomas Brisbane, 21 October 1810; Printed sheet with lyrics for ballads 'The female transport' and 'Long parted have we been', [c.1820s?]; Notes by Charles Kingsley for a lecture on Australia, [c.1850s]; The News-Letter of Australasia, No. 5, November 1856; Miner's Right, Colony of Victoria, issued to H. Richards of Eurobin, 15 March 1896.

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Records of Treasury (as filmed by the AJCP), 1783-1956

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Select items were copied by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) from several Record Groups and Series including: Records of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Office; Private and official Papers; Records of Economic Planning Division; Records of Finance Division; Treasury Minutes, Entry Books and Correspondence.

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Papers of Burke and Wills Expedition, 1837-1924

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Papers relating to Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Wills and John King, including diaries, journals, notebooks, account books, letters, notes and a press sheet.

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Prospectus, notices, town-lots, land purchases and other documents, 1794-1961

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MS 7746 comprises early Australian and New Zealand documents. Included are monetary documents, ca. 1840-1897, such as promissory notes, bills of exchange and a proof of the first pound note from the Union Bank of Australia; military commissions; documents relating to land such as grants and a surveyor's report relating to the District of Lancefield in Victoria; theatre programs, song lyrics and poetry; appointments to various government positions; passenger tickets for a family travelling on the "Westminster" in 1857; legal documents such as wills, law lists, summonses, warrants and protection orders; handbills advertising a variety of events; playbills for theatrical productions including one dating from 1794 titled "Shipley's satirical auction"; a sketch of Kororareka, published in 1860; church documents such as appeals, appointments and addresses; mining documents such as surveys and leases; philatelic items such as first day covers, mainly relating to Antarctica and dating from the 1950s, postage stamps, and postcards from the late 1800s; and, a eulogy to Captain James Cook, May 1794.

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