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Series Mm 6.48. William Gooch Papers, 17 November 1791 - 20 July 1792
Letters, memoranda and 'journal' of William Gooch, astronomer on the transport Daedalus, 1786 - 1792. Much of the material relates to Gooch's earlier life, preparation for the voyage and administration of his estate after his death...
Relating to part of the voyage, Falkland Islands/Marquesas Islands/Sandwich Islands, c. [1792]-04-26 (File ff.161-194)
Including detailed observations on natives and customs and some faint pencil sketches. (60p.)...
Note by Gooch on inhabitants of newly discovered islands (File f.195)
(Copy in hand of William Gooch, Senior) (1p.)
Headed 'no. 1'. Abstract of letter from William Gooch to Astronomer Royal, Rio de Janeiro, 17 November 1791 (File f.196)
Mentioning the Pitt with transports for Botany Bay. (Copy in hand writing of Sir Joseph Banks). (1p.)
Headed 'no. 2'. Abstract of log/journal. December 1791 - June 1794 (omitting May 1792) dated Nootka Sound, 20 July 1792. Thomas Dobson (File f.197)
(Copy in hand writing of Sir Joseph Banks). (2p.)
Headed 'no. 3'. Statement giving details of Gooch's murder, written by Thomas Dobson (3p.) (File f.198)
Series Add. 4217. Military sketches and plans in India and Arabia by J.J. O'Donnoghue etc., 1817
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'An outline map of the settlements in N.S.W.', 1817 (File f.75)
MS. Scale 6 miles = 1 inch approx. (1p.)
Series Add. 4373. Answers to examination questions by Fijian students at the Mission Training Institution, Navuloa, Fiji, 1872 - 1882
Fair copies of the exam papers in Fijian made by the examinees, 1872 - 1882 (File)
With English translation of questions (in scripture, geography and arithmetic) presumably made by Lorimer Fison who wrote an explanatory note at the beginning. (142p.)...
Series Add. 4618. Logbook, Thistleworth, 5 July 1719 - 19 July 1719
Voyage from Deptford to East Indies and back to Stokes Bay [Gosport], 25 October 1718-24 August 1720...
Bearings taken from the coast of New Holland. (8p.), 5 July 1719 - 19 July 1719 (File ff.40 v - 44 r)
Series Add. 4621. Logbook, Lyell, 1721-10-03 - 1721-06-04 [sic]
Voyage from Deptford to Canton and return to England, 3 October 1721 - 4 June 1721. [sic]...
Voyage from Deptford to Canton and return to England, 1721-10-03 - 1721-06-04 [sic] (File)
Includes:Entry titled 'Some remarks on a voyage to China by Captain Edward Harrison to Captain Cook', n.d.. Advise keeping well easterly, making the coast of New Holland or one of the islands of St. Paul or Amsterdam, on the approach to Java. (ff.100.r & v)...
Series Add. 5354. Sir Richard Owen Correspondence, 1856-02-09; 1887-03-02
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Letters to Sir Richard Owen, 1856-02-09; 1887-03-02 (File Add 5354/75 & Add 5354/186)
Includes:William Smith (Bath), 9 February 1856, re his investigations into the method of carrying young in a tame wallaby, made on his property near New Norfolk, Tasmania. Including pen sketch. (7p.)...
Series Add. 6157. John Ward Correspondence, 24 August 1839 - 9 February 1848
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Letters to John Ward, 24 August 1839 - 9 February 1848 (File no. 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, 43)
Correspondents include: Francis Baring (Brandon), Earl of Durham (Lambton Castle), T. Arnold, S. Sieveking, Charles Buller and William Hutt (London)...
Series Add. 6596. Diary, 22 September 1796
Notes and reflections of [unknown] Gray, on sermons and religious subjects...
List of missionaries on board the Duff, 22 September 1796 (File ff.132.v - 133.r)
With later notes of their ages, occupations and eventual destinations. (2p.)
Series Add. 7026. Sir Edmund Gosse, 18 May 1928
Letters to Gosse Volume 8...
From P.H. Gosse, (Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand) to Lady Gosse 'my dear cousin', 18 May 1928 (File 82)
On Sir Edmund's death. (1p.)
Series Add. 7032. Sir Edmund Gosse, 12 December 1927 - 22 January 1928
Collected letters for 'Life and Letters of Sir Edmund Gosse', Hon. Sir Evan Charteris, London 1931.
Volume 6, 12 December 1927 - 22 January 1928 (File)
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From J. Gibson Smith (Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand), 12 December 1927 (Item 17)
Re help for Gosse's cousin, Miss Helen Margaret Gosse, ill and poor in New Zealand. (2p.)
From Edmund Gosse to J. Gibson Smith, 22 January 1928 (Item 21)
In reply to letter concerning Miss Helen Margaret Gosse, no. 17. (4p.)
Series Add. 7041. Philip Henry Gosse FRS, 16 November 1931 - 1932
Letters to his son William. With genealogical notes and family photographs...
Photograph of original miniature of David Grant, n.d. (File 79)
Painted by John Gosse. Sent to P.H. Gosse by James Hay Gosse of Adelaide, South Australia. (1p)
Photograph of children of James Hay Gosse of Adelaide, South Australia. (1p.), 1932 (File 82)
Part of letter from [James Hay Gosse], (St. Margaret's, Parkside, [Adelaide?]), 16 November 1931 (File 83)
Re family 'all the above was told to me by the old Aunt Mary Melville when we travelled out to Australia with her in 1914'. (1p.)
Series Add. 7223. Journal [of Captain Alexander], May 1823 - 26 September 1823
Logs of two voyages between Ceylon, India and the Persian Gulf, Captain Thomas Alexander, H.M.S. Alligator. At back of book are descriptions of various places, including Penang, two records of weather there May - July 1823, and Captain Alexander's notes on snakes seen in Penang, May 1823. Unpaginated...
Section beginning 'Penang (Betelnut Island)', May 1823 - 26 September 1823 (File)
The section ends with 'A statement of the thermometer and weather kept in Mr Balketchel's house, Penang, in the months of May, June and July'. (14p.)
Series Add. 7342. Kelvin Papers, 1826 - c.1903-06-29
Subseries. General correspondence, 20 October 1884 - 14 March 1893
Letters are to Kelvin unless otherwise stated. Filmed selectively.
From Thomas Jenkyn (Swansea College, Kiama, New South Wales), 20 October 1884 (File J38)
Re papers for the Royal Society of New South Wales on Mount Morgan, Queensland...
From Patrick Weir (Port Adelaide, South Australia), 14 March 1893 (File W75)
Re his 'aerial navigation' invention: 'If you do not think my scheme practicable, I hope you will not consider it too much trouble to write me two words saying so, shove my paper on the fire and not mention the idea to anyone,' endorsed by K. 'Done so January 20/94'. (4p.)
Subseries DS. Correspondence re attempts to have decimal system of weights and measures adopted in Britain, n.d. [1902]
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Decimal Association (London) to Colonial Premiers, n.d. [1902] (File DS/15(a))
Referring to Report of Select Committee on Coinage of Australian Parliament [1902]. (Draft, 2p.)
Subseries Jb. Jubilee congratulations to K. on jubilee of his professorship in Glasgow, 15 June 1896
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Telegrams of congratulations, 15 June 1896 (File Jb2; Jb138; Jb165; Jb207)
Correspondents include: Adelaide University, J.K. Logan, New Zealand University and the Governor of South Australia. (Telegrams)
Subseries Pr. Peerage congratulations to K. when made Baron Kelvin, 1892
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From Australian Association, Physics Section (Telegram, 1p.), 9 January 1892 (File Pr19)
Subseries LB. Letterbooks containing drafts of letters written by K, c.1903-06-29
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To Secretary of Royal Society of New South Wales, c. 1903-06-29 (File LB18/no.22)
Thanks for election as Hon. Member of the Society. (1p.)
Subseries PA. Papers, 1826 - 1875
Tides, 1826 - 1875 (File PA189-PA214)
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Tide records, 1838 - 1874 (Item PA197)
Toulon (1847, 1848, 1853), Marseilles (1850-1851), Malta (1871-1872), Mauritius (1838-1839) and Fremantle (1873-1874). (7p.)
Papers re tides, 1826 - 1875 (Item PA201)
St. Helena (1826-1829), Cape of Good Hope (1832-1848), Mauritius (1838-1839) and Swan River (1873-1875). (4p.)
Series Add. 7349. Stephen Papers, 11 November 1848 - August 1855
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Letter from Sir George Stephen on board the Oliver Lang to his brother James Stephen, 3 July 1855 - August 1855 (File Add 7349/5)
Describing the voyage and including a comment on fellow passenger, [unknown] Roberts, Solicitor General for Van Diemen's Land; bad state of the ship on arrival in Melbourne (31 July); descriptions of Melbourne, the neighbourhood (the house rented for him was in St. Kilda) and the surrounding bush; rent and prices ('It amounts to this - that £1,500 per ann. here is equal to about £300 per ann. in England') (20p.)
Letters from Various Correspondents to J. Stephen, 11 November 1848 (File Add. 7349/15)
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Lord Grey, 11 November 1848 (Item Add 7349/15/77)
Re the abilities of Mr Gregory, formerly of Van Diemen's Land, and his claims on the Colonial Office. (4p.)
Series Add. 7351. Memoirs [of Admiral Dicken], [c. 1869-1928]
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From page beginning 'on the 19th June 1869 the Flying Squadron with the 'Bristol' in company left Plymouth for a voyage round the world' to page ending 'after 56 days at sea arrived at Yokohama in Japan', [c. 1869-1870] (File)
References to Melbourne, Ballarat, Sydney, Hobart, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Also includes photographs, including photograph of the squadron in Hobson's Bay, and newspaper report and illustration of the Mayor of Melbourne's picnic at Fern Tree Gully for the Officers of the Squadron, December 1869.
From page beginning, 'On the 4th November 1897 I commissioned H.M.S. Royal Arthur at Portsmouth' to page headed 'Family of Cornish continued' and ending 'The Trustees for my two sons Vernon and Edward of their mother's estate in Australia in 1909…', [c. 1894-05-29 - 1928] (File)
Includes comments on trouble in Samoa, April 1899; Australian reaction to the Boer War; photographs of the Royal Arthur at anchor in Picton Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, n.d. and Farm Cove, Sydney Harbour [n.d.]; a record of the trip conveying Lord Hopetoun from Fremantle to Sydney to inaugurate Commonwealth of Australia, and photographs of events held in Sydney for Commonwealth celebrations, 1901. Also includes letter from Rev. C.R. Dicken [no address] to Mrs Guillemard, 18 September 1863 re death of his cousin and her husband, Rev. T. Campbell and family, drowned while landing at Dunedin, New Zealand. (c 55p.)
Series Add. 7450. Ludlow Papers, 1837 - 1849
Family papers of John Malcolm Ludlow.
Letters, 1838-09-14 - [1840-02-17] (File 39/1-12)
From Cesar des Graz, mostly to his brother Edouard, merchant in Smyrna (In French)...
Nine letters, 1838-09-14 - [1840-02-17] (Item 39/4-12)
Places from which letters written include Tahiti, Amboine, Batavia, Singapore, Java and Hobart...
Series Add. 7511. Stephen Papers, January 1846 - September 1846
James Stephen's Diary, January 1846 - September 1846 (File)
Passing references to James Stephen's work in the Colonial Office relating to Australia and New Zealand are interspersed with family events, notes on reading, and reflections on his own feelings. (162p.)...
Series Add. 7651. Wyon Family Papers, 28 February 1878 - 1881
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Thomas Wyon. Letters and papers, 28 February 1878 - 1881 (File 7/2/1-22)
Correspondence, with his brother, Alfred B. Wyon. Thomas' letters (8) from Surry Hills are mainly about his debts, his health and insuring his life, but include mention of the receipt of Exhibition Dies at Sydney Royal Mint in 1880, and comments on church life in Sydney diocese...
Series Add. 7652. Sedgwick Papers, 1827 - 15 July 1872
All of the letters in this series were filmed selectively.
Subseries Section I. Letters to Adam Sedgwick before 1850, C. 1827-1852
Letters to Sedgwick, c.1827-1842 (File I/A-D)
Correspondents include: L. Oliver, J.H. Scott, Reverend R. Taylor, Reverend W.B. Clarke and J.B. Jukes...
Letters to Sedgwick, 5 December 1844 - 25 October 1846 (File I/E)
Includes:...
Letters to Sedgwick, 9 September 1839 - 28 July 1852 (File I/F-H)
Correspondents include: Reverend W.B. Clarke, Reverend R. Taylor, J.B. Jukes (H.M.S. Fly), W.J. MacLeay, P.P. King and James Nichol...
Subseries Section II - A-Z. Letters to Adam Sedgwick from 1850, 6 February 1850 - 14 October 1865
Letters to Sedgwick, Geology, 16 July 1855 - 14 April 1864 (File II/A-H)
Correspondents include: J.W. Salter, S. Salter, wife of J.W. Salter, Reverend W.B. Clarke, R. Brough Smyth, J. Fenhumeister, Charles Ladd, F. McCoy and G.B. Airy...
Letters to Sedgwick, Geology, 4 February 1856 - 24 October 1857 (File II/I-J)
Correspondents include: William Braine (Richardson Bros., London), Macmillan & Co., J.W. Salter, Reverend W.B. Clarke, Osmond Fisher, F. McCoy, Edwin Story, R. Brough Smyth and T.R. Jones...
Letters to Sedgwick, Geology, 28 June 1854 - 4 June 1855 (File II/L)
Correspondents include: R. Brough Smyth, Reverend W.B. Clarke, W.J. Hamilton, P.B. Brodie, F. McCoy and J.G. Lawkins...
Letters to Sedgwick, Geology, 13 September 1853 - 18 November 1853 (File II/M)
Includes:...
Letters to Sedgwick, Geology, 6 February 1850 - 14 October 1865 (File II/Q-Y)
Correpondents include: Reverend W.B. Clarke, Georgiana Barnes and Harry Seeley...
Subseries Section II - AA-NN. Letters to Adam Sedgwick from 1850, 20 April 1855 - 15 July 1872
Letters to Sedgwick, Geology, 20 April 1855 - 15 July 1872 (File II/CC-NN)
Correspondents include: F. McCoy, Reverend W.B. Clarke, F. Huyvelt and R. Brough Smyth...
Subseries Section III. Material collected for [Sedgwick] biography, 12 October 1846 - 6 June 1856
All the letters in this series were filmed selectively.
Letters to and from Sedgwick, used by T. Mck. Hughes for his biography, 6 June 1856 (File III/B)
From Sedgwick to Osmund Fisher, 6 June 1856 (Item III/B/98)
Re Clarke's D.D. Degree. (3p.)
Transcripts of letters from R. Murchison to Sedgwick, 30 May 1854 - 30 May 1855 (File III/D)
R. Murchison to Sedgwick (Lichfield House, Richmond), 1 August 1854 (Item III/D/68)
Re McCoy's appointment as Professor of Natural Science at Melbourne, and McCoy's hope of combining it with a place in the Geological Survey of Melbourne. (2p.)
R. Murchison to Sedgwick (Litchfield [sic] House, Richmond), 4 August 1854 (Item III/D/69)
Mentioning he has spoken to De la Beche about McCoy. (2p.)
R. Murchison to Sedgwick (Belgrave Square, London), 1854-05-30 [sic] (Item III/D/70)
Including invitation to dinner to meet Sir George Grey who has just returned from New Zealand. (2p.)
R. Murchison to Sedgwick (n.p.), 30 April 1855 (Item III/D/71)
Re W.B. Clarke's Australian fossils 'for the said Clark has for years been my correspondent and made me talk of Silurian fossils, I wish to know if he misled me or not?'. (3p.)
R. Murchison to Sedgwick (Belgrave Square, London), 30 May 1855 (Item III/D/73)
Re Clarke's specimens which have arrived. (4p.)
Transcripts of letters from Sedgwick to J.B. Jukes, 12 October 1846 (File III/E)
Sedgwick to J.B. Jukes (Cambridge), 12 October 1846 (Item III/E/2)
Re Jukes looking over Clarke's collection, and his vain hope that Jukes should help arrange his rock specimens and fossils. (5p.)
Series Add. 7654. J.J. Thomson Papers, 1904-08-10; 1919-12-24
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Subseries. General Correspondence, 1904-08-10; 1919-12-24
All letters are to J.J. Thomson unless otherwise stated...
Series Add. 7656. Stokes Papers, 1 October 1860 - 2 June 1899
All letters are to Stokes unless otherwise stated.
Subseries. General scientific correspondence, 1 October 1860 - 6 September 1898
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Correspondence: A-C, 5 January 1886 - 6 September 1898 (File B333-C753)
Correspondents include: Graham Berry, Agent General for Victoria (London) and Reverend John Blacket (Wesleyan Parsonage, Melrose, Mount Remarkable, South Australia)...
Correspondence: D, 11 June 1885 (File D503)
From Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Co. Ltd. (London) to Colonel J.F. Donnelly. Re 24 hour timing system in their messages. (Printed copy) (1p.)
Correspondence: G-K, 1 October 1860 - 3 June 1887 (File G2-K405)
Correspondents include: I.A. Gabell (St. Leonards, Tasmania), John Cashel Hoey, Agent General for Victoria, and Hugh Kennedy, Registrar (University of Sydney)...
Correspondence: L-N, 11 February 1873 - 24 May 1889 (File L428-N126)
Correspondents include: John Leith (Auckland, New Zealand), Professor Miller, R. von Lendenfeld, Professor Cayley, A. Le Sueur, F. McCoy, John Matson (Christchurch, New Zealand) and [unknown] Nicholson...
Correspondence: S-Z, 27 February 1870 - 22 January 1887 (File S387-Z6)
Correspondents include: H.A. Severn, Union Bank of Australia , J.L. Sinclair, T. Wakelin and Reverend John Hermann Leopold Zillman...
Subseries RS. Royal Society of London Correspondence, 8 October 1860 - 14 October 1875
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Correspondence, 8 October 1860 - 14 October 1875 (File RS201-RS2375)
Correspondents include: I.A. Gabell, W.L. Bowen, E. Sabine, A. Le Sueur, F. McCoy and J.L. Sinclair...
Subseries TR. Thomas Romney Robinson Correspondence, 25 August 1869
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From Robinson (Torquay) to A. Le Sueur, 25 August 1869 (File TR/87 (a))
In reply to letter from Le Sueur, re his recent scientific work in Melbourne. (Draft) (6p.)
Subseries Jb. Jubilee Congratulations, 2 June 1899
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From Sydney Royal Society [sic], 2 June 1899 (File Jb/58-58 (a))
On S.'s Jubilee as Lucasian Professor. (Telegram, and copy) (2p.)
Subseries NB. Notebooks, 24 June 1866
Letterbook containing press copies of letters from S., 24 June 1866 (File NB21)
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From S. (Cambridge) to A. Le Sueuer, 24 June 1866 (Item 19)
Re position at Melbourne observatory. (5p.)
Subseries PA. Papers, [n.d.]
List of apparatus belonging to Sydney University, [n.d.] (File PA1302)
Includes 2 telescopes and a stereoscope. (3p.)
Series Add. 7888. Stephen Papers, 8 February 1845 - 29 August 1853
Subseries Add. 7888/II/1-53. Letters from Lord Grey to James Stephen, 8 February 1845 - 13 March 1850
Subjects include: Introduction of the New Zealand Bill in the Commons, transportation of convicts, Auckland Islands, New South Wales Constitution, Van Diemen's Land papers, constitution for Australian colonies...
Subseries Add. 7888/II/104-115a. Various letters to and from James Stephen, 17 May 1847
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W.E. Gladstone to J.S, 17 May 1847 (File Add 7888/II/104)
Re information about Van Diemen's Land from Dongan and Archdeacon Marriott. (4p.)
Subseries Add. 7888/II/118. Unbound transcripts and letters to and from various correspondents, 8 February 1845 - 29 August 1853
The transcripts were made by Caroline Emelia Stephen (J.S.'s unmarried daughter) for The First Sir James Stephen. Letters with biographical notes, Gloucester, 1906...
J.S. to Lord Grey, 8 February 1845 (File pp. 337-341)
Re his relationship with New Zealand company. (5p.) [See also Add 7888/II/53]
Lord Grey to J.S, 4 February 1850 (File p. 367)
(Extract, 1p.). [For original see Add 7888/II/43]
J.S. to Earl of Harrowby, 27 July 1853 (File p. 579-584)
Re Colonial Church Regulation Bill, quoting legislature of Van Diemen's Land as opposed to it. (6p.)
J.S. to Duke of Newcastle, 29 August 1853 (File p. 598-602)
Re Colonial Church Regulation Bill.
Subseries Add 7888/II/119. Transcript of James Stephen's Diary, January 1846 - September 1846
Made by Caroline Emelia Stephen. (141p.) [For original see Add 7511]
Series Add. 7983-4. Conrad Martens Sketchbooks, January 1835 - February 1835
Two volumes of pencil sketches, with a few watercolours, by Conrad Martens (1801-1878), while draughtsman on the Beagle, and on his way to Australia...
Twenty-six pencil sketches of Tahiti and Moorea views and plants, January 1835 - February 1835 (File Add 7984)
Series Add. 8119. Acton Papers, 30 July 1895
Subseries I. General Correspondence, 30 July 1895
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From W.H. Archer (Grace Park, Melbourne), 30 July 1895 (File I/A76)
Enclosing leader from Argus on A.'s lecture in Cambridge and re his own work as a Commissioner of Education in Melbourne, and the Statistical System which he devised for Australia. (6p. Inc. envelope)
Series Add. 8171. Salaman Papers, January 1950 - September 1955
The papers include those of his first wife, Nina (nee Davis) d.1925.
Subseries A. Papers of R.N. Salaman, January 1950 - September 1955
Correspondence with William Alexander Osborne, January 1950 - September 1955 (File A/2 (a))
Subjects include: Science, anthropology, politics, religion and literature. (c.220p.)...
Series Add. 8198. Driver Papers, 4 October 1857 - 28 June 1860
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Correspondence, 4 October 1857 - 28 June 1860 (File Add. 8198/16/7-11)
Includes:Letter from Edgar (Melbourne) to his mother, 4 October 1857, re his easy life in Melbourne...
Series Add. 8250. Weis-Fogh Papers, April 1971 - December 1971
Subseries F. Conferences, Visits etc., April 1971 - December 1971
Correspondence and papers, April 1971 - December 1971 (File F45)
Concerning Weis-Fogh's attendance at symposium, The Biophysics and Biochemistry of Insect Flight, part of 14th International Congress of Entomology in Canberra, August 1972. Weis-Fogh finally declined invitation because not fully recovered from serious car accident. Papers include final circular [prospectus] for the Congress. (Printed, 44p.)
Series Add. 8287. Bernal Papers, 1959 - 1966
Subseries E. Peace, 1959 - 1966
Papers and correspondence of World Peace Council dealing with various countries, 1959 - 1966 (File E1)
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Australia, 1959 - 1966 (Item E1/4)
Topics include: Australia and New Zealand Peace Congress, November 1959; Victorian Churches' Peace Statement to Governments with diplomatic relations with Australia, 9 November 1959; Aldermaston solidarity march and rally, Melbourne and Sydney, 1962; biographical information, and tribute to Alfred M. Dickie (a founder of Australian Peace Movement) on his 60th birthday, 1963; Victorian Peace Council Information Bulletins on Laos and Congo, undated. (c.158p.)
New Zealand, 1962 - 1963 (Item E1/47)
Mostly letters from Willis Airey (Auckland), representative at World Peace Council meetings. (8p.)
Subseries L. Meetings and Visits, November 1963 - November 1964
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Papers re John Desmond Bernal's proposed visit to Australia in August 1965, November 1963 - November 1964 (File L80)
Abandoned because of ill health. (29p.)
Series Add. 8386. Manley Papers, July 1926 - 11 December 1974
Early work, July 1926 (File Box 1)
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Notebook of original observations, Nauru (56p.), July 1926 (Item 1/1)
Foreign, 21 March 1947 (File Box 22)
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Ms. Paper Recent Antarctic discoveries and some speculations thereupon (18p.), 21 March 1947 (Item 22/10)
Ms. Paper, with typescript, Climatic fluctuation: a problem in geophysics, with worldwide references (Item 22/11)
Includes references to fall in mean summer temperature in South East Australia. (35p.)
Miscellaneous, 25 March 1947 - 11 December 1974 (File Box 24)
Letter from Brooks (Meteoroligical Office, Harrow) to Manley, 25 March 1947 (Item)
Re Manley's paper on the Antarctic (see Box 22 Foreign 22/10). (1p.)
Letter from A.G.E. Jones (Tonbridge) to Manley, 11 December 1974 (Item)
Re Frank Wild's sledge journals on Polar journeys, King Edward VIII Plateau (with Shackleton) and Queen Mary Land. (3p.)
Series Add. 8634. Bateson Papers, April 1914 - 3 February 1915
Subseries G7j/1-16. Correspondence re meeting of British Association in Australia, April 1914 - 3 February 1915
All letters are to William Bateson. Filmed selectively.
The Northern Territory Problem - A Solution, by William Lowe M.B., Coburg, Victoria, April 1914 (File G7j/1)
Attacking White Australia Policy, (typescript).
From D.F. Laurie (Glenelg, South Australia), [1914] (File G7j/2)
Re his inability to farewell William Bateson., and the publication of his own work in the Journal of Genetics.
From E.W. Hawker (Clare, South Australia), 30 April 1914 (File G7j/3)
Re his sheep studs, and politics.
From W.J. Sefton (Victoria), 18 August 1914 (File G7j/5)
Giving his observations, as a farmer and stockbreeder, on William Bateson.'s lecture.
From A.C.D. Rivett (Brisbane), 31 August 1914 (File G7j/6)
Re William Bateson's cabin on the Montoro [to Sydney?] and thanks for his visit.
From Registrar (University of Sydney), 5 September 1914 (File G7j/7)
Re William Bateson.'s M.A. from the University.
From J.H.M. [Nickle?] (Botanic Gardens, Sydney), 9 November 1914 (File G7j/10)
Re gift to William Bateson. of published parts of Illustrated Flowering Plants of New South Wales, and thanks for his visit.
From A.C.D. Rivett (University of Melbourne), 18 November 1914 (File G7j/12)
Re his application for post of Director of Indian Institute at Bangalore, and thanks for William Bateson.'s visit.
From O.J.R. Howarth (London), 3 February 1915 (File G7j/14)
Re editing of discussion on Antarctica in Sydney, and a tombstone to Oliver Lodge (d.1863) in Fremantle.
Series Add. 8680. G.P. Bidder Papers, 1927 - 1930
Subseries. Papers, 1927 - 1930
The papers include committee minutes and agenda, original correspondence from members of the committee (e.g. F.A. Potts, Professor J. Stanley Gardiner, Sir Matthew Nathan, Sir S.F. Harmer, and E. Heron Allen), and letters, reports and statements of accounts mostly from Dr Yonge in Australia. (c.375p.)...
Series Add. 8812. Miscellaneous Accessions, 17 March 1835
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Letter from Phillip [sic] P. King (Dunheved, New South Wales) to E.F. Bennett, Secretary (Zoological Society of London), 17 March 1835 (File 55)
Re notes for description of rodents and their habitats in South America, part of the collection he presented to the Society; King refers to specimens collected by Charles Darwin on the Beagle being sent to Cambridge, and the letter concludes 'And now my Dr Sir with many thanks for your kindness in looking over my novelties before the Beagle's return places them altogether on the Shelf of useless lumber…'...
Series. Cholmondeley (Houghton) Papers, [c. 1715]
Papers and correspondence of Sir Robert Walpole.
Subseries 27-83. Domestic Papers: Group of Treasury
Proposals and Schemes for Raising Revenue etc., n.d. (File 51)
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Proposal for voyage of discovery in the Pacific, n.d. [early 18th century] (Item 51/73)
'Reasons for entering upon this Design at this Juncture'. The expedition to search the northern part of the Pacific, the countries between California and Japan'and the Great Tract of Land which lyes to the Southward of the line'.
Subseries 84-89. Trading and Colonial Papers, [c. 1715]
Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Trade and Manufactures, [c. 1715] (File 89)
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Reasons for granting a charter for trade with Australia, offered by Captain John Welbe (8p.), [c. 1715] (Item 89/25)
[See B.M. Sloane Ms. 4044]
Series. Church Army Records, 1930 - 9 February 1981
Subseries 196. New Zealand, 23 June 1933 - 15 July 1977
Newspaper cuttings and photographs collected by Captain Stanley Banyard, only some of which relate to New Zealand...
Cutting, New Zealand Herald, n.d. (File)
Re Captain Banyard's 50 years of service to Church Army.
Church Army Gazette (formerly Battleaxe), [n.y.]-04-22 (File)
Re Miss Hamilton, an editor, who married T.R. Seddon in New Zealand and remained there...
Miscellaneous postcards, photographs and music scores, August 1933 - 1936 (File)
Includes:...
Cutting, East Anglian Daily Times, 15 July 1977 (File)
Suffolk in New Zealand by the Very Reverend. John Waddington, Provost Emeritus of St. Edmundsbury, re a number of Suffolk emigrants to New Zealand. (13p.)
Subseries 197. New Zealand, March 1938 - July 1974
Miscellaneous papers.
Journal of a journey round the world by Harold Schofield, Part II, New Zealand, March 1938 - May 1938 (File)
With comments on places of interest visited, the people and the way of life. (The journal continued with a description of Wesley College, Paerata, Auckland where Schofield taught, but this latter section is missing).
Newsletters from Captain. and Mrs. John Dewdney, Auckland, March 1969 - July 1974 (File)
Re their life and Church Army work in New Zealand (incomplete).
Staff notes, Church Army in New Zealand, 30 November 1965 - 8 February 1967 (File)
Correspondence with Church Army staff in New Zealand including Captains Gregg, Gwilt and Oxley, and Sister D. Wright, 1957 - 1969 (File)
Subjects include the gift of money from Church Army in Australia to help an Officer who suffered losses in bushfire, 1968, and references to Church Army work, eg. girls' camps, seaside missions and Maori work. (c.25 letters)
Subseries 207. Australia, 1950 - 9 February 1981
Miscellaneous papers. (c.465p.)
Mine eyes have seen the Glory, story of Church Army's early years in Australia [by Captain. J.S. Cowland] Printed, Undated [c.1950] (File)
Soldiers of the Cross, the Story of the Church Army in Australia, by A.W. Batley Printed, 1959 (File)
A Mobile Army of Evangelists, the story of the Church Army in Australia [no author] Printed brochure, Undated [c. 1975] (File)
Miscellaneous pamphlets (File)
Includes information pamphlets, posters, recruitment material and monetary donation forms.
Programmes and reports of staff conferences at Church Army Training College, Stockton, New South Wales, January 1953 - September 1959 (File)
Includes:Programme of staff conference at Church Army Training College, January 1953...
Staff notes, Church Army in Australia (incomplete), 1963 - 1986 (File)
Correspondence with Church Army staff in Australia including Captain. Batley, Federal Secretary in Australia, Captain. Gwilt in New South Wales and Elspeth Lamb in South Australia, 1953 - 1986 (File)
There are references to the new headquarters and training college in Sydney, an aboriginal Church Army Captain and his wife in Brewarrine, New South Wales, working with the Bush Brotherhood, and the appointment of a Church Army officer as Superintendent of the Yarrabah Aboriginal Mission in North Queensland. (c.70 letters)...
Sermon preached by Rt. Rev. A.J. Dain in Sydney Cathedral at commissioning of Capt. Page as Federal Director, 9 February 1979 (File)
Pamphlet, Our Aborigines, printed in connection with celebration of National Aborigines' Day in Australia, 12 July 1957 (File)
Subseries 313. Photographs. Australia, 1930 - 1970
Photographs of individuals and groups. Most endorsed, some undated...
Subseries 314. Photographs. New Zealand, 1940 - 1980
Photographs, of places, individuals and groups. Some endorsed, most undated...
Series. Crewe Papers, 7 January 1907 - 18 February 1927
Papers of Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe (1858-1945). All letters are to/from Crewe unless otherwise stated.
Subseries C [Boxes C1 - C61]. Correspondence, 12 February 1908 - 18 February 1927
7th Earl of Aberdeen, 28 August 1909 - 31 August 1909 (File C/1)
Letters from and to Aberdeen (Dublin), 28-31 August 1909, re appointment of Sir William MacGregor as Governor of Queensland...
Sir John Anderson, 17 March 1910 (File C/1)
From Anderson (Singapore), 17 March 1910 (Item)
Re extension of his Governorship of Singapore. (3p.)
Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford, 13 July 1908 - 23 November 1908 (File C/2)
Includes:...
Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford. Telegrams to or from, 17 February 1909 - 23 September 1909 (File C/2)
Includes:...
Admiral Andrew Kennedy Bickford, 9 March 1909 (File C/3)
From Bickford (Uckfield, Sussex) to Lionel Earle, 9 March 1909 (Item)
Applying for Governorship of Tasmania. (2p)
Ernest Woodford Birch, 5 November 1910 - 13 December 1910 (File C/3)
From Birch (Perak), 16 November 1910, re resignation as Governor of Perak. Encloses:...
Admiral Sir Day Hart Bosanquet, November 1908 (File C/3)
Includes:To Bosanquet, 26 November 1908, offering him Governorship of South Australia...
Admiral Sir Day Hart Bosanquet, 8 April 1909 - 29 June 1909 (File C/3)
Includes:...
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, 19 August 1909 (File C/3)
From Brassey (Dornoch), 19 August 1909 (Item)
Re cruisers to be laid up in Sydney and Melbourne. (2p.)
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, 25 September 1917 (File C/3)
From Brassey (Battle), 25 September 1917 (File)
Mentioning his daughter's support for three years in Australia 'she won their hearts'. (4p.)
Bridger (Lowther), 29 March 1909 (File C/3)
From Bridger (Walton on Thames), 29 March 1909 (Item)
Re unification of the Empire, quoting from a speech by an unnamed Australian Premier. (2p.)
Thomas David Gibson Carmichael (14th Bt), 17 April 1911 (File C/6)
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From Carmichael (Melbourne), 17 April 1911 (Item)
Re return home of Premier Murray. (2p.)
Frederick John Napier Thesigor Chelmsford, 3rd Baron, 28 July 1908 - 5 September 1908 (File C/7)
Includes:To Chelmsford, 28 July 1908, re Mr Kidston and gossip in Brisbane...
Frederick John Napier Thesigor Chelmsford, 3rd Baron, 27 January 1909 - 21 February 1909 (File C/7)
From Chelmsford, 27 January 1909; 21 February 1909, re Governorship of New South Wales.
Chelmsford, 19 October 1926 - 1 January 1927 (File C/7)
Includes:...
Hon. Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia, 14 April 1908 - 23 May 1908 (File C/13)
Includes:From Deakin, 14 April 1908, congratulating Crewe on his new office...
Hon. Alfred Deakin, 27 September 1909 - 15 December 1909 (File C/13)
Includes:From Deakin, 27 September 1909, re Munroe doctrine and Pacific...
William Humble Ward Dudley, 2nd Earl OF Dudley, 10 September 1910 - 16 November 1910 (File C/13)
Includes:From Dudley (Sydney), 7 October 1910, offering his resignation as Governor General of Australia. Encloses a newspaper cutting from The Daily Telegraph, 10 September [1910], 'Lord Dudley and the Federal Ministry' and quotations from a letter by a prominent resident in Melbourne...
Rt. Hon. Lewis Harcourt, 9 May 1908 - 18 June 1908 (File C/17)
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Rt. Hon. Lewis Harcourt, 31 May 1909 - 3 June 1909 (File C/17)
Includes:...
Rt. Hon. Lewis Harcourt, 1 January 1911 - 24 January 1911 (File C/18)
Correspondents include: Harcourt, Frank Lewis, Frank Lucas, Lionel Earle, Carmichael...
John Henniker Heaton, 21 October 1908 - 5 December 1908 (File C/26)
Includes:From Heaton (London), 21 October 1908, re cheapness of telegraphic communications in Australia...
Heaton (John Henniker) (7p.), 4 June 1909 - 18 June 1909 (File C/26)
Includes:Correspondence with Heaton, 4-18 June 1909, suggesting Hon. Thomas Hughes, late Mayor of Sydney for birthday honours. (3 letters)...
Balthazar Walter Foster Ilkeston, 1st Baron [Foster, Sir Walter], 12 November 1908 (File C/28)
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From Foster (London), 12 November 1908 (Item)
Re an enclosed letter [not found] about Solomon Islands, by unnamed writer. (2p.)
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder Islington, 1st Baron, 30 September 1910 - 31 December 1910 (File C/28)
Correspondence between Lord Crewe and Islington...
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder Islington, 1st Baron, 3 August 1911 (File C/28)
From Islington (Wellington), 3 August 1911 (Item)
Suggesting himself as a member of the proposed Commission on Imperial Trade. (7p.)
John Thomas Lang, Premier of New South Wales, 18 February 1927 (File C/30)
From Lang (Sydney), 18 February 1927 (Item)
Thanks for Tasman map presented to the Mitchell Library. (1p.)
Sir William MacGregor, 9 March 1909 - 31 March 1909 (File C/32)
Includes:From MacGregor (Governor of Newfoundland), 9 March 1909, re possible move to Western Australia. (Telegram)...
St John Broderick Midleton (1st Earl of Midleton), 29 March 1909 (File C/34)
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From Midleton, 29 March 1909 (Item)
Re Victoria Agent General's building in London. 'The Commonwealth Government and New Zealand are both nibbling for neighbouring sites'. (4p)
New Zealand Press Agency, 29 June 1909 (File C/38)
From J.P. Whitelaw, London correspondent, New Zealand Press Agency, 29 June 1909 (Item)
Re Imperial Press Conference. (1p.)
Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron and Private Secretary H.H. Share (15p.), 27 April 1908 - 14 July 1908 (File C/38)
Correspondents include: Sir Henry Northcote, Share (Sydney), Bernard H. Holland, James Bryce (Washington) and Sir Edward Grey...
Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron, 29 June 1909 (File C/38)
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From Northcote (London), 29 June 1909 (Item)
Re honour for Kyffin Thomas. (3p.)
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1908-12-16; 1908-12-12 (File C/40)
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From Asquith, 1908-12-16; 1908-12-12 (Item)
Re enclosed letter from Godfrey R. Benson (London) to Asquith, 12 December 1908, re his interest in Governorships of South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia.
Herbert Henry Asquith, 7 May 1909 - 10 May 1909 (File C/40)
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Paraphrase of telegram from Lord Plunket, Governor of New Zealand, sent by Crewe to Asquith, 7 May 1909 (Item)
Re New Zealand representation by Prime Minister at Conference entailing early session of Dominion Parliament.
From Asquith, in reply to letter of 7 May 1909 regarding New Zealand representation, 10 May 1909 (Item)
Rt. Hon. George Houstoun Reid, 7 May 1910 - 4 November 1910 (File C/43)
Correspondents include: Reid (Australian High Commission, London), Lord Crewe and C.T. Clay (Colonial Office)...
George Frederick Samuel Robinson Ripon, 1st Marquis, 12 February 1908 (File C/43)
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From Ripon (London), 12 February 1908 (Item)
Enclosing list of nominations for Governor General of Australia, with comments. (13p.)
Royal Colonial Institute. James Boose, Secretary, 16 November 1909 (File C/43)
From Boose, 16 November 1909 (Item)
Re paper to be read by Mr John Ferguson H.G. on The Malay States, Ceylon, and Java compared as Plantation Colonies. (2p.)
Rt. Hon. Herbert Louis Samuel, 23 August 1909 - 25 August 1909 (File C/44)
From Samuel, 23 August 1909 (Item)
Re mace for New Zealand Parliament. Encloses newspaper cutting from The Times, 23 August 1909.
To Samuel, 25 August 1909 (Item)
In reply to letter dated 23 August 1909 regarding mace for New Zealand Parliament.
Thomas Henry Sanderson, 1st Baron, 27 March 1912 (File C/44)
From Sanderson (London) to Sir James [Digges La Touche] (Member of Committee on Indian Emigration to the Crown Colonies), 27 March 1912 (Item)
Enclosing letter from Sanderson to Crewe, 27 March 1912. Re indentured labour in the Colonies. (9p.)
Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl, 1st Viscount Althorp, 5 November 1909 (File C/46)
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From Althorp (London), 5 November 1909 (Item)
Re Hugh Monckton in Fiji. With sheet of Colonial Office memos on the case. (4p.)
Arthur Hamilton Gordon Stanmore, 1st Baron, 7 July 1908 - 16 July 1908 (File C/46)
Includes:...
Sir Gerald Strickland, 3 May 1908 (File C/46)
From Strickland (London) to Lionel Earle, 3 May 1908 (Item)
Re effects of Federation in Australia. (6p.)
Sir Francis Hopwood, Southborough, 1st Baron, 31 January 1910 - 28 May 1910 (File C/47)
Includes:...
Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount, 11 June 1909 - 2 March 1910 (File C/58)
Correspondents include: Francis Knollys (Buckingham Palace), H.H. Asquith, Lord Crewe...
Arthur John Bigge Stamfordham, 1st Baron, 2 March 1909 - 8 March 1909 (File C/58)
Includes:Correspondence between Bigge (London), Herbert Samuel and Lord Crewe regarding the memorial to Captain Cook.
Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby Sysonby, 1st Baron, 25 April 1909 (File C/59)
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From Ponsonby to Lionel Earle, 25 April 1909 (Item)
Re enclosed telegram on defence [missing]. The King 'hopes every encouragement will be given to the Australians'. (1p.)
Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson, 22 March 1909 - 1 April 1909 (File C/60)
Includes:...
Subseries M [Boxes M1 - M21]. Miscellaneous, 7 January 1907 - 17 May 1916
Imperial College of Science and Technology Correspondence, 12 May 1916 - 17 May 1916 (File M/7/7)
Includes:...
Imperial Defence Conference, 22 July 1909 - 18 August 1909 (File M/8/1)
Includes: Paraphrase of telegram from Governor General of Australia, 22 July 1909, re doubts in Australia about expenditure on a Dreadnought...
Appellate Jurisdiction, 7 January 1907 - March 1907 (File M/9/1)
Papers and correspondence, mostly printed, January - March 1907 concerning proposed establishment of an Imperial Court of Appeal...
Colonial Office and Tantalum, 24 March 1909 - 5 July 1909 (File M/9/2)
Correspondence, 24 March 1909 - 5 July 1909 (Item)
Re Colonial Office reaction to German attempts to secure control of tantalite mines in Western Australia and to buy stock of tantalum then in London. With translation of scientific article on tantalum by Dr Paul Nicolardot in Revue Scientifique, 27 July 1907 (60p.)
Subseries S [Boxes S1 - S3]. Speeches, 4 May 1908 - May 1913
Royal Colonial Institute Dinner, 4 May 1908 (File S/1/2)
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Draft of Crewe's speech at dinner, 4 May 1908 (Item)
Very general but refers to Australian measures for self defence. (7p.)
Notes for Interviews with Agent Generals, December 1908 (File S/1/8)
Includes:...
Queensland Dinner, 23 June 1909 (File S/1/18)
Notes for Crewe's speech at dinner, compiled by Arthur Berriedale Keith (2p.), 23 June 1909 (File)
New Zealand banquets, 22 June 1908 - 19 June 1909 (File S/1/20)
Notes for Crewe's speech at dinner, compiled by Sir Charles Lucas, 22 June 1908 (Item)
Notes for Crewe's speech at dinner, compiled by Arthur Berriedale Keith, 18 June 1909 (Item)
With added note 19 June 1909.
Account of 12th Annual Dinner 'Lord Crewe in New Zealand', The Times, 24 June 1908 (Item)
New Zealand and the Quebec battlefields', The Spectator, 19 June 1909 (Item)
British North Borneo Dinner, 1909 - 1910 (File S/2/2)
Includes:...
Sir George Reid: Note for Speech, 15 March 1910 (File)
Notes for Crewe's speech on appointment of Reid as [High Commissioner in London] (by Sir George Lucas), [1910] (Item)
Notes on the Australian defence scheme, unsigned, n.d. (Item)
Colonial Institute. Correspondence and notes for speech, May 1913 (File S/2/9)
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T.S. notes on various subjects (Item)
Subjects include Imperial defence, immigration, female suffrage, social legislation, education.
Series Dr. Darwin Archive, September 1874 - 16 April 1883
The collection comprises Charles Darwin's own correspondence, part of his draft autobiography, his working geological and zoological notebooks on the Beagle, and many other papers and drawings. It also includes the papers and correspondence of his wife Emma (nee Wedgwood) and of other members of the family.
Subseries DAR 219. Darwin Family Correspondence, September 1874 - 16 April 1883
Includes Leonard Darwin, 4th son of Charles and Emma (1850-1943). Major in the Royal Engineers, M.P. for Litchfield, and a prominent member of the Eugenics Society.
Letters from Leonard Darwin to his Mother, September 1874 - 16 April 1883 (File LD. I)
Letters, [1874-09] - 1875-06-03 (Item 1/2/1-15)
During his voyage to New Zealand, his stay there to observe the Transit of Venus, and his return via America. The observatory was set up at Burnham, near Christchurch, and several letters are written from there. (15 letters, c.156p.))...
Letters, 31 August 1882 - 16 April 1883 (Item 1/6/1-16)
During his voyage to Australia, his stay there to observe the Transit of Venus, and his return via Batavia, Singapore and Ceylon. Several letters are written from the Observatory established at Jimbour, Queensland; there is also a newspaper cutting, undated, re the Observatory and plans for recording the transit (16 letters, c.210p)...
Series. Ely Cathedral Manuscripts, 30 October 1869
Subseries Ms. 48. Letters to Dean Harvey Goodwin, 30 October 1869
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Letter from Lady Jane Franklin (London) to Mrs Goodwin, 30 October 1869 (File Ms. 48/82)
Referring to a visit to Ely by a Royal Hawaian guest. (3p.)
Series. Hardinge Papers, 1910 - 17 October 1918
Papers of Charles Hardinge. All letters are to/from Hardinge unless otherwise stated.
Subseries Vol. 22. Private Papers, Volume I, 26 June 1916
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From General Sir William Birdwood, 1st Anzac Corps (France), 26 June 1916 (File ff.25-34)
Re Australian divisions and formation of Australian/New Zealand Army. (9p.)
Subseries Vol. 23. Private Papers, Volume II, 1 July 1916 - 8 July 1916
Filmed selectively.
From Birdwood, 1st Anzac Corps (France), 8 July 1916 (File ff.20-24)
That Lord Kitchener went to Australia and New Zealand when he left India, to report on their military organisations, but Colonial Office not interested in his proposals. (4p.)
To Birdwood, 1 July 1916 (File ff.228-233)
Re reward for Birdwood's services, Kitchener's death et al. (5p.)
Subseries Vol. 24. Private Papers, Volume III, 1 August 1916
Filmed selectively.
From Munro Ferguson, Governor General of Australia, 1 August 1916 (File ff.48-49)
Re Australian Catholic Church, and relations with Dutch East Indies and Philippines. (4p.)
Subseries Vol. 27. Private Papers, Volume VI, 28 November 1916
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From E.G. Mears, Secretary to Dardanelles Commission (London), 28 November 1916 (File ff.238-239)
Mentioning that the Commission is 'going along very well'. (2p.)
Subseries Vol. 28. Private Papers, Volume VII, 7 December 1916
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From E.G. Mears (London), 7 December 1916 (File ff.132-133)
Re his Secretaryship of Dardanelles Commission. (2p.)
Subseries Vol. 30. Private Papers, Volume II, 19 March 1917
Filmed selectively.
From Birdwood, 1st Anzac Corps (France), 19 March 1917 (File ff.126-128)
Re recruitment in Australia and New Zealand and the taking of Bapaume by his Corps. (3p.)
Subseries Vol. 31. Private Papers, Volume III, 17 April 1917
Filmed selectively.
From Birdwood, 1st Anzac Corps (France), 17 April 1917 (File ff.192-196)
Re successful manoeuvres of his Corps. (5p.)
Subseries Vol. 33. Private Papers, Volume V, 4 July 1917 - 20 July 1917
Filmed selectively.
From Birdwood, 1st Anzac Corps [France], 1917-07-04; 1917-07-06; 1917-07-20 (File ff.234, 235, 236 - 238)
Re Mesopotamia Committee et al. (Three letters, 5p.)
To Birdwood in reply to letter regarding Mesopotamia Committee (2p.), 16 July 1917 (File ff.371-372)
Subseries Vol. 34. Private Papers, Volume VI, 30 September 1917
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From Birdwood, 1st Anzac Corps (France), 30 September 1917 (File ff.161-165)
Re death of Frank Maxwell, action by his troops, Mesopotamia and Dardanelles Commissions. (5p.)
Subseries Vol. 36. Private Papers, Volume I, 3 February 1918
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From Birdwood, Australian Corps, B.E.F. France, 3 February 1918 (File ff.156-160)
Re his troops' good fortune in the two really big counter-attacks made on them, May 1915 and April 1916. (5p.)
Subseries Vol. 37. Private Papers, Volume II, 18 May 1918 - 31 May 1918
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From Birdwood, Australian Corps, B.E.F. France, 1918-05-18; 1918-05-31 (File ff.20-26)
Re his initial reluctance to accept appointment as Commander of the Fifth Army; wishing to remain with his Australian men. (2 letters) (12p.)
To Birdwood, 24 May 1918 (File ff.171-174)
'I am glad to think that you will not be entirely separated from the Australians with whom you have been associated so long and who have done so splendidly under your command'. (4p.)
Subseries Vol. 39. Private Papers, Volume IV, 17 October 1918
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From Birdwood, HQ Fifth Army B.E.F. (France), 17 October 1918 (File ff.11-12)
Mentioning that Australian Corps has not been integrated in his army as had been intended. (2p.)
Subseries Vol. 66. Originals. India, Volume X Part I, 26 August 1915
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From Munro Ferguson to Lord Pentland, 26 August 1915 (File f.425)
Re departure of Raja of Pudukota from Sydney. (Telegram, 1p.)
Subseries Vol. 69. Originals. England, Volume I Part I, 1910 - 1913
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From Lady Helen Munro Ferguson (London), n.d. (File ff.319-320)
Mentioning that Carmichaels were a tremendous success in Australia. [First page crossed, volume very tightly bound] (4p.)
Subseries Vol. 71. Originals. England, Volume II, 31 December 1914 - 4 February 1915
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From Birdwood, HQ Australia and New Zealand Army Corps, 31 December 1914 (File ff.828-829)
H.M.S. Minerva, 4 February 1915 (File ff.886-888)
Re his officers and troops and future plans. (2 letters, 10p.) [Last letter in pencil and very faint]
Subseries Vol. 72. Originals. England, Volume III, 4 May 1915 - 9 March 1916
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From Birdwood (HQ Anzac Cove), 4 May 1915 (File ff.14-19)
Re terrible experience of landing in Gallipoli. (7p.)
From Munro Ferguson, 1 July 1915 (File ff.215-216)
Re Australian troops, 'Birdwood is a great success'. (3p.)
From Birdwood, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 4 July 1915 (File ff.219-225)
Re action in Dardanelles. (7p.)
From Munro Ferguson, 5 August 1915 (File f.321)
Re internment of German troops in Australia. (1p.)
From Munro Ferguson, 12 August 1915 (File ff.326-327)
Re marriage of Raja of Pudukota to the daughter of a Melbourne barrister. (4p.)
From Birdwood, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 31 August 1915 (File ff.430-453)
Giving details of operations in the Dardanelles. With two carbon copies of reports on manœuvres, 10 and 19 August 1915. (23p. in toto)
From Munro Ferguson (Admiralty House, Sydney), 4 October 1915 (File ff.565-566)
Re launch of a new cruiser Brisbane and visits of Ian Hamilton and Lord Kitchener to Australia. (3p.)
From Munro Ferguson (Sydney), 22 October 1915 - 23 October 1915 (File ff.631-634)
Re inter al indentured Indian labour in Fiji. Enclosing letter from C.F. Andrews to Hardinge, Sydney, 23 October 1915, on same. (4p.)
From Birdwood, Australia and New Zealand Army Corps, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 2 November 1915 (File ff.675-680)
Re his movements and current events. (6p.)
From Munro Ferguson (Admiralty House, Sydney), 8 November 1915 (File f.703)
Re Corporal E.H. Jones. (1p.)
From Munro Ferguson (Government House), 23 December 1915 (File ff.798-799)
Re the war and trade. (2p.)
From Munro Ferguson (Melbourne), 28 December 1915 (File ff.800-801)
Re Mr Andrews, The Colonial Sugar Company of Sydney, and indentured labour. (2p.)
From Birdwood, H.M.S. Chatham, 18 January 1916 (File ff.862-868)
Re ending of operations in Gallipoli. (7p.)
From Munro Ferguson (Government House), 9 February 1916 (File f.900)
Re various matters and Lord Chelmsford. (2p.)
From Birdwood (Ismailia), 29 February 1916 (File ff.923-930)
Re raising of two new divisions from Commonwealth reinforcements in Egypt. (8p.)
From Birdwood (Ismailia), 9 March 1916 (File ff.952-955)
Re withdrawal from Helles, and current situation.
Subseries Vol. 92. Printed Letters and Telegrams. England, Volume I, 3 August 1912 - 26 December 1912
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From Sir John Fuller, Governor of Victoria, 26 December 1912 (File Part I No 353)
Conveying sympathy on ill health. (Telegram, 1p.)
To Munro Ferguson, 3 August 1912 (File Part II No 193)
Requesting copy or photograph of town plan of Canberra. (Telegram, 1p.)
To Sir John Fuller, 26 December 1912 (File Part II No 248)
In reply to sympathy for ill health. See Part I No 353. (Telegram, 1p.)
Subseries Vol. 93. Printed Letters and Telegrams. England, Volume II, 15 August 1914 - 29 March 1915
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From Munro Ferguson, 15 August 1914 (File Part I No. 253)
Re repatriation of Indian crews of German ships detained in Australian ports. (Telegram, 1p.)
To Birdwood, commanding Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (Cairo), 29 March 1915 (File Part II No. 311b)
Re operations in the Dardanelles. (3p.)
Subseries Vol. 94. Printed Letters and Telegrams. England, Volume III, 4 May 1915 - 16 March 1916
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From Birdwood (HQ Anzac Cove), 4 May 1915 (File Part I No 2)
From Munro Ferguson (Melbourne), 29 June 1915 (File Part I No 51)
Offering employment to his son or aide-de-camp when Hardinge leaves India. (Telegram) (1p.)
From Birdwood (Dardanelles), 4 July 1915 - 9 March 1916 (File Part I Nos 54, 98, 159a, 211 233, 239.)
(6 letters, 35p)
To Birdwood in the Dardanelles, 9 June 1915 (File Part II No. 24)
Re the war. (3p.)
To Munro Ferguson, 30 June 1915 (File Part II No. 38)
In reply to offer of employment for son. See Part I No. 51. (Telegram, 1p.)
To Birdwood in the Dardanelles, 6 August 1915 (File Part II No 61)
Re the Governor General of Australia 'who is an old friend of mine'. (4p.)
To Munro Ferguson, 28 August 1915 (File Part II No 75)
Re use of Indian troops to escort German prisoners to Australia, and Carmichael's Governorship. (2p.)
To Munro Ferguson, 17 September 1915 (File Part II No 91)
Re marriage of Raja of Pudukota to an Australian lady. (2p.)
To Birdwood, 29 September 1915 (File Part II No 97)
Re the war. (2p.)
To Munro Ferguson, 29 October 1915 (File Part II No 126)
Re Indian immigration to Australia and the fiasco of the Dardanelles '…it is such a pity that Birdwood was not in supreme command as was originally intended. He inspires everybody with confidence and is a born leader of men'. (2p.)
To Munro Ferguson, 29 November 1915 (File Part II No 144)
Re marriage of Raja of Pudukota, and re Andrews [who went to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji to enquire into question of indentured labour]. (2p.)
To Munro Ferguson, 16 December 1915 (File Part II No. 150a)
Re Corporal Jones. (1p.)
To Birdwood, 21 December 1915 (File Part II No. 153)
Re the war and India. (3p.)
To Munro Ferguson, 12 January 1916 (File Part II No. 166)
Re Corporal Jones. (2p.)
To Munro Ferguson, 14 January 1916 (File Part II No. 168)
Re Raja of Pudukota. (2p.)
To Birdwood, 12 February 1916 (File Part II No. 183)
Re the war and India. (2p.)
To Munro Ferguson, 15 March 1916 (File Part II No. 198)
Re his return home. (1p.)
To Birdwood, 16 March 1916 (File Part II No. 200)
'It is to my mind a monstrous shame that you have not been made a commander of an Australian and New Zealand Army but that I presume was due to influences at home.' (3p.)
Subseries Vol. 116. Printed Memorandum, 27 September 1915
Memorandum by Hardinge on questions likely to arise in India at the end of the War, October 1915...
Abolition of indentured labour. (5p.) (File ff.26-30)
Present position of indentured emigration, 27 September 1915 (File Appendix A)
Including letter from C.F. Andrews to Hardinge, (Colombo), re indentured labour to Fiji. (19p.)
Series. Kennet Papers, April 1914 - 11 January 1949
Papers of Rt. Hon. Edward Hilton Young.
Subseries Part I. Papers of Edward Hilton Young, 28 May 1921 - 11 January 1949
Correspondence, 28 May 1921 - 11 January 1949 (File)
Letter from Viscount (later Earl) Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet (Auckland), 28 May 1921 (Item 38/1)
Congratulating Edward Hilton Young.H.Y. on promotion in the Government. (4p.)
Letter from Rt. Hon. Sir John G. Latham, Chief Justice of Australia (Melbourne), 11 January 1949 (Item 42/1)
Re death of the writer's son on active service. (3p.)
Subseries Part III. Supplementary List, [1914]-04
Material retained by Lord Kennet, [1914]-04 (File Section B)
Letter from Rupert Brooke (Arizona), [1914]-04 (Item 181/1)
Re his visit to the South Seas, encouraging Edward Hilton Young.H.Y. to visit Samoa, Fiji, and Tahiti. (7p.)
Series. Scott Collection, 1894
Poster offering large reward ($50,000) for discovery of diamonds and other jewels stolen from Baron de Horn (Singapore), 1894 (File LL9/70)
In English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil. Printed. (1p.) 70 × 55cm.
Series. Templewood Papers, 13 February 1929 - 6 March 1952
All letters written are to/from Templewood unless otherwise stated.
Subseries I-XXIII. General Political and Literary Papers, 13 February 1929 - 6 March 1952
Secretary of State for Air: Letters, reports, notes etc. on current topics, 13 February 1929 (File V.4)
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Letter from Lord Stonehaven (Canberra), 13 February 1929 (Item)
Re Eric Geddes' stay in Australia and development of Imperial airways. (3p.)
Secretary of State for India: National Government and India, 17 March 1932 (File VII.1)
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Letter from Lord Bledisloe (Wellington), 17 March 1932 (Item)
Re Chinese population in New Zealand, political and social conditions in New Zealand and Templewood's brother-in-law, Beauchamp, currently in Rotorua. (2p.)
Penal Reform, 12 January 1952 - 6 March 1952 (File XVI.2)
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Correspondence, with Barry O'Jones (Caulfield, Victoria), a law student at Melbourne University, 12 January 1952 - 6 March 1952 (Item)
Re MacDermott case in Australia. (9 letters and memo [February 1952] compiled by Frank Dawtry for the Howard League for Penal Reform). (20p.)
Drafts, Occasional Reviews and Correspondence re Hoare's Published Works, 23 October 1944 (File XVIII.5)
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Letter from S.M. Bruce, War Cabinet (London), 23 October 1944 (Item)
Re Templewood's book The Hopes and Fears of Europe. (1p, [on Commonwealth of Australia notepaper])
Committee of Imperial Defence Papers, 2 December 1935 (File C.VII/9)
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Committee of Imperial Defence Paper, No. 415-c. January 1936. Defence of Australia. Statement of Government Policy. Speech delivered at Mosman, New South Wales by Hon. Archdale Parkhill, M.P., Minister of Defence, 2 December 1935. (Printed) (31p.) (Item)
