Guide to the Papers of B. W. Bramell
MS 2808
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- B. W. Bramell
- Title
- Papers of B. W. Bramell
- Date Range
- 1910-1930
- Collection Number
- MS 2808
- Extent
- 0.75 metres (5 boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1852493).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of B. W. Bramell, National Library of Australia, MS 2808, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Minute paper - British New Guinea development Company Limited, 26/3/20, plus addendum, 26/3/20, 1920 (File 1) - Box 1
Regulations - Under the' Papuan Antiquities Ordinance, 1913', no. 2 [1914]; Native Labour Regulations 1916 (Mission teachers and students); British Administration, German New Guinea - Regulations governing the recruiting and employment of native labour, Rabaul, 1915, 1914-1916 (File 1) - Box 1
1915 item cover loose, item foxed.
Legislation - Papua: A bill for an Ordinance to amend the 'Native Labour Ordinance, 1911-1918'; Papua: A bill for an ordinance to amend the 'Native Labour Ordinance, 1911-1931', [1933]; Papua: a Bill for an Ordinance to provide for the representationof natives in legal proceedings, [1933]; 'Territory of Papua, Standing Orders of the Legislative Council of Papua',, 1920-1933 (File 1) - Box 1
British New Guinea Development Company Ltd. - Directors' Report and accounts 1919-1920 (for the 10th ordinary general meeting, 19/10/20), plus copy of Financial Times report of the meeting, 1920 (File 1) - Box 1
Papuan Industries Ltd - Report of a luncheon... London, 1913 'under the auspicies of The Anti-slavery Aborigines Protection Society'; 'The appeal of the backward races to the business man' (incl. 2nd prospectus and related materials), 1912; Opening ceremony of Papua Plantations Ltd. by the Liuetenant-Governor, 1913, 1912-1913 (File 1) - Box 1
Papua Para Rubber Co., Ltd - Prospectus, 1900s (File 1) - Box 1
Fragile, with some brown spots and insect damage
Publication - Simpson, W.J. 'The maintenance of health in the tropics', London, Bale and Danielson, 1905 (File 1) - Box 1
Publication - 'Ahegani herevadia', Port Moresby, James Wood, Government Printer, British New Guinea (2 copies), 1905 (File 1) - Box 1
Possibly in tribal language Motu, adopted as the language of communication with the native population.
Publication - 'Romano Katoliko Katekismo', Port-Leon (Yule-Island), Roman Catholic Mission, 1898 (File 1) - Box 1
Annotated in pencil on front cover - "(Waima) mawa[?] language".
Publication - Wright, W. H. 'Pests and diseases of the coconut palm', Papua, Department of Agriculture, 1916 (File 1) - Box 1
Publication - Strong, W.M. 'Hints and treatment of natives and others in Papua when medical advice is not obtainable', Port Moresby, Government Secretary, 1909 (File 1) - Box 1
Publication - 'The anti-slavery reporter and Aborigines' friend', v.5, no.1, 1915; vol.11, no. 4, 1922; vol. 16, no. 4, 1927, 1915-1927 (File 1) - Box 1
Publication - 'Acts relating to mining in Queensland ...', Brisbane, Govt. Printer, 1894, 1894 (File 1) - Box 1
Publication - 'The wide world: the magazine for men", Feb., 1917, 1917 (File 1) - Box 1
Includes article 'After outlaws in unknown New Guinea' by Thos. J. McMahon, plus loose press cutting "Lost world; Papuan patrol; Hides's story; Taste in the mouth", 16/6/1936
Publication - Medeleelingen van het ... Encyclopaedisch Bureau. 'Britsch Nieuw-Guinee (Papua)', Weltevreden, G. Kolff Co., 1918, 1918 (File 1) - Box 1
The Papuan village, v.1, no.1 (15 Feb., 1929) - v.9., no. 4, (April, 1937), 1929-1937 (File) - Box 1
Lacks only 4 issues; format changes at v.7, no. 1 (Jan., 1935)
Envelope titled 'Reports and translations of A. Giulianetti'; pamphlet (with separate English translation) reporting to the President of the Society Geografica Italiana from Giulianetti, titled “Nella Nuovo Guinea Britannica”, 1898; off-print (with separate English translation) from the Society’s “Bolletino”, fasc.V, 1897 titled "Esplorazion nella Nuova Guinea”, also by Giuleanetti., 1897-1898 (File) - Box 1
Not listed in Trove
"Staniforth Smith" - folder containing press cuttings (1911-1933) re. Staniforth Smith, Administrator of PNG, 2 copies of article about him from Truth, 26/3/1911, and item dated 20/9/1905, 1905-1933 (File 1) - Box 2
"Staniforth Smith" - folder containing press cuttings re. Staniforth Smith, Administrator of PNG , and other items about PNG at the time, 1911-1921 (File 2) - Box 2
Articles about PNG - re business, administration, education, medical matters, 1916-1920 (File 5) - Box 2
Papers - Native education: system adopted by the Dutch in Netherlands-India; Preliminary report of ankylostomiasis in Papua; Native names of landsnear Port moresby and general informationr re ...AHUIA-OUA ..., 1914, 1914-1915 (File 5) - Box 2
Court cases - Transcripts from Court of Petty Sessions, 1918; reports of other cases (File 5) - Box 2
Regulations - Regulations governing the recruiting and employment of native labourers, 1915 (File 5) - Box 2
Some charring on papers
Two "rough sketches" annotated and signed by Bramell, showing pieces of land named Gubatana and Gebitana, 1908 (File 5) - Box 2
Press clippings, most mounted, plus other items, including extract from Commonwealth Hansard (1910), 1897-1911 (File 6) - Box 2
Map - British New Guinea (Western part), Sheets 1-8, 100x68 cm, 1899 (File 1-8) - Box 5
Exposed edges worn, very fragile, some tearing.
Map - Untitled, showing Kikori, Purari, Era River, Urama and Turama districts. Traced, hand-coloured, typed list of 110 villages; copied on to the backs of 2 manila folders joined together; housed with old Minute Paper with handwritten memo headed "Abortion" (File 9) - Box 5
Map - [Map of Queensland and British New Guinea] - supplement to Willmett's North Queensland Almanac, 50x63 cm., col., 1897 (File 11) - Box 5
One corner torn away, other tears.
Map - Map of British New Guinea, 78x45 cm., plus fragment of same map, viz. the bottom half, 1892 (File 12) - Box 5
Very poor condition, badly torn, foxed.
Map - Hand-drawn sketch-map showing Henty Range, Kemp Welch River, Margaret River, 26x20 cm (File 15) - Box 5
Torn.
Map - fragment showing Port Chalmers, C. Possession, and a table of latitudes and longitudes (File 17) - Box 5
Map - New Guinea - fragment showing N.G., as well as portions of German New Guinea and Dutch New Guinea, 78x22 cm (File 18) - Box 5
Torn, foxing, fragile
Map - British New Guinea Northeast coast Plan of Porlock Bay and Porlock Harbour, 41x55 cm, 1896 (File 19) - Box 5
Separated Into 3 parts, fragile
Map - Map of Papua, 90x67 cm, 1900 (File 21) - Box 5
"Note - Route taken by Royal Commission shown in red".
Map - Sketchmap ... Gulf of [P]apua, British New Guinea, 57x44 cm, 1894 (File 22) - Box 5
Poor condition, torn, charred edges, fragile.
Map - Map of part of Central Africa shewing the routes and discoveries of Henley M. Stanley ..., 52x43 cm, [1872?] (File 23) - Box 5
Bad tears, foxing.
Map of portion of South-east New Guinea, compiled from the surveys of Henry O. Forbes..., 58x55 cm (File 24) - Box 5
"Mr. Forbes' route shown, villages marked"; torn, some holes, foxing.
Map - [Hand-drawn surveyor's map of of part of] Hanly Range, 21x33 cm, 1906 (File 25) - Box 5
Annotated in pencil - "This is Schleneker's land on Hanly Range".