Guide to the Papers of Walter George Woolnough

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MS 4667

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Collection Summary

Creator
W. G. Woolnough
Title
Papers of Walter George Woolnough
Date Range
1894-1958
Collection Number
MS 4667
Extent
0.3 metres (2 archives boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2631732) for the access conditions.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Walter George Woolnough, National Library of Australia, MS 4667, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Letters

Newington College report, 1894 (Item)

M.I.W. letters to her brother re W.G.W. illness. University letters, Fiji from Professor David and from W.G.W. to M.I.W., 1901 (Item)

Professor David's testimonial and other letters, 1902 (Item)

Re Government Grant, 1903 (Item)

Correspondence re Doctorate and lectureship Sydney from Adelaide, Fiji, 1904-1905 (Item)

Application for university appointment, 1906 (Item)

Letters from Debenham, 1910-1911 (Item)

Eclipse of Sun at Cordillo Downs, Central Aust, 1922 (Item)

Central Australia, 1923-1924 (Item)

Lecture tour in north N.S.W., 1925 (Item)

South Australia, 1927 (Item)

Canberra, W.A., Queensland, Tasmania, 1928 (Item)

Queensland, 1929 (Item)

Darwin, 1931 (Item)

Round Australia with RAAF, 1932 (Item)

Adelaide, Central Australia, N.T., Dr. Fenton, 1934 (Item)

NSW, Northern Territory, 1935 (Item)

Western Australia, 1936 (Item)

Rabaul, New Guinea, 1937 (Item)

Queensland, 1938 (Item)

Tasmania, 1939 (Item)

Series 2. Diaries

Cordillo Downs, Central Australia, 1922-1923 (Item)

New Guinea, 1927 (Item)

Central Australia, 1934 (Item)

Northern Territory, 1910-1911 (Item)

Series 3. Short Stories

Series 4. Some Translations

Series 5. List of Publications

Series 6. Newspaper articles by W.G.W

Series 7. Newspaper cuttings about W.G.W

Series 8. Miscellaneous letters and publications

Australian Mining (a mention); Tear sheets of SEC publication; Notice of extension lecture; People; Re Woolnough Reserve N.T; Direction Finding; Geological Survey of W.A; Geology of Flinders Range; copies of cables, 1930

Series 9. Later letters and obituaries

Re Royal Society medal; From Hull A.A.P.G.; From J.W.Handley acknowledging a translation; From C.S.I.R. re translation; from Mrs. G. Gipps an appreciation from E.Perkins an appreciation; from Slirock of Massachusetts Institute acknowledging paper; from F. Morgan, Ampol, re death; American Association of Petroleum Geologists obituary; a thumbnail sketch by daughter

Series 10. An application for employment

Series 11. Articles and comments unpublished

Series 12. Certificates

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Item)

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (Item)

Series 13. Diaries of Mrs. M.I. Woolnough, Papua-New Guinea, North-West Australia

Series 14. Miscellaneous Material

Professor David's Testimonial, 29 May 1906 (Item)

Photograph from Town Country, 1 January 1913 (Item)

W.R. Browne Memorials in Journal of Geological Society of Australia and Proceeding of Geological Society of London (Item)

Testimonial of Chancellor of Adelaide University (Item)


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