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Papers of William C.A. Vanneck Huntingfield, 5th Baron Huntingfield (as filmed by the AJCP), 1915-1941

18 items
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Correspondence, speeches, photograph albums, albums of press cuttings and other papers relating to Huntingfield's time in Australia.

Papers of Lawrence Hargrave, 1908-1915

(4 archive boxes + 1 folio packet)
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The papers include correspondence, 1908-1913, sketches and photographs of rock carvings from the Sydney area, maps, parliamentary reports, magazine articles and a box of lantern slides.There are a number of drafts of the book, manuscript, typescript, proofs etc. There are also pamphlets of papers presented before the Royal Society of New South Wales on the same subject, 1909-1911.This collection consists chiefly of materials collected for a book on Lope de Vega, the Spanish navigator who was separated in the Santa Isabel from the remains of Alvaro de Mendana's ill-starred colonizing expedition to the Solomon Islands in 1595. Hargrave's theory is that de Vega entered Port Jackson and claimed Australia as a Spanish possession, before being wrecked in Torres Strait.

Papers of Gus O'Donnell, 1937-1989

5.32 metres (38 boxes)
Abstract Or Scope
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, drafts, typescripts, notes, reports, minutes, cuttings and printed material.
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Sir Douglas Mawson collection of Antarctic photographs, [1908-1937], 1908-1937

475 photographs : gelatin silver ; 45.6 x 55.8 cm or smaller and 2 drawings : black and white ; 16.5 x 12.9 cm or smaller.
Abstract Or Scope
Collection relates mostly to the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909) led by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) led by Sir Douglas Mawson. Many were published in accounts of the expeditions. The photographers were members of the expedition, including Mawson himself, Charles Laseron, and the official photographer, Frank Hurley.

Collections held by the Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft Branch (as filmed by the AJCP), 1853-1958

33 items
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Correspondence 1956-1958 of Gordon Auchterlonie describing an umukai (feast) and life in Aitutaki, New Zealand.
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Records of the Australian Script Centre, 1965-2009

(64 ms boxes)
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Approximately 820 unpublished play scripts that were formerly part of the Australian Script Centre's catalogue. Significant playwrights represented include John Romeril and Andrew Bovell. Most of the scripts are contained in a titled manila folder with a borrowing record. Some also contain a synopsis or other related documentation.
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Papers of Tim Conigrave, 1968-2015

(11 archive boxes + 1 large map folio + 1 medium folio box)
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This collection comprises the papers of actor, playwright and activist Tim Conigrave. It includes correspondence, notes and notebooks, draft manuscripts including 'Holding The Man', diaries, photographs, interview transcripts, ephemera and related papers, as well as media clippings collected by Timothy and Nicholas Conigrave's mother relating to the reception of his works.

Papers of Sir Hudson Fysh, 1937-1967

0.06 metres (4 folders)
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The collection comprises articles and speeches by Sir Hudson Fysh, most of which relate to the development and future of air transport and in particular to Qantas Airways Limited, of which he was Managing Director.