Guide to the Papers of W. G. R. Gilfillan
MS 854
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- W. G. R. Gilfillan
- Title
- Papers of W. G. R. Gilfillan
- Date Range
- 1893-1981
- Collection Number
- MS 854
- Extent
- 1.6 metres (12 boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The papers consist mainly of secondary source material. They include university lecture notes, handwritten notes, lecture notes for real estate courses, various reports and papers prepared by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, technical documents and journal articles on explosives and notes on public speaking.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2920551).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 W. G. R. Gilfillan, National Library of Australia, MS 854, [series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
The papers were donated to the Library by Gilfillan's wife in 1991, after his death in 1990.
Related Materials
The W. G. R. Gilfillan Collection of maps is held in the Library's Map Collection. See also MS 861 for other papers on the development of the Snowy Mountains region which were also donated by Gilfillan.
Arrangement
The lecture notes, mostly from Melbourne University have been arranged in folders and neatly labelled by Gilfillan. They have been supplemented by journal articles and hand written notes. The original folders and the arrangement of material within the folders have been maintained by the Library. The items in folders 54, 58, 62, 68 and 69 had been donated to the Library in previous years (1963, 1974, 1989 and 1991). They have been amalgamated into this consignment and re-numbered.
Item Descriptions
Series [unnumbered]. Melbourne University, Engineering School, Lecture Notes
These papers consist mainly of prepared lecture notes and handwritten notes. They have been arranged in folders and neatly labelled according to the subject or unit being studied at the time by Gilfillan (1925-29). They have been supplemented by journal articles, government reports, pamphlets and product catalogues which relate to the subject. The original folders and the arrangement of material within the folders has been maintained by the Library.
Series [unnumbered]. Real Estate Courses; lecture notes
Gilfillan undertook a number of courses in real estate by correspondence between 1956 and 1960. At this time he lived in Cooma and worked for the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority. The courses were run by the Sydney University Extension Board in conjunction with the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales. Correspondence students were sent folders of lecture notes covering the whole course. Some of the folders contain correspondence between Gilfillan and the Real Estate Institute relating to enrolment details, exams and future courses.
Series [unnumbered]. Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority
This material consists of reports and lecture notes which were produced by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority or by outside companies in relation to tender contracts.
'Snowy-Murray development: final report of committee on supply routes for works on western side of mountains', June 1956 (File 30) - Box 5
'Developments in reinforced concrete and their relationship to modern concrete codes', notes for post graduate course, 1959 (File 32) - Box 5
'Applied nuclear physics', notes for a lecture course conducted by the Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University, for the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, 1960 (File 33) - Box 5
'Proposals for diverting the Snowy River to the Murray for the generation of electricity', compiled by W.G. R. Gilfillan, Cooma, 1963 (File 34) - Box 6
Series [unnumbered]. Explosives
The majority of this material consists of notes, papers and reports prepared by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority on explosives and commercially prepared notes by private companies such as ICI. Gilfillan was Safety Officer for the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority for 15 years prior to his retirement in 1971.
'Instructions for the care and use of explosives', Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, September 1950 (2 copies) (File 37) - Box 6
Nobel Notes (Vol 1 No 1-Vol 20 No 1), 1953-72. These information circulars contain technical updates on explosives and blasting (2 sets) (File 38-39) - Box 6-7
'Handling and use of explosives', notes for a course, 13-14 May 1955, Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, 1955 (File 40) - Box 7
Handling and Use of Explosives Course, 13-14 May 1955: course notes, internal memorandum and minutes relating to the course and a list of successful candidates on completion of examinations held in October 1955 (File 41) - Box 7
Lecture notes for training courses for inspectors at Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, 1955 (File 42) - Box 7
Various issues of Explosives Bulletin and Better Blasting and miscellaneous journal articles on blasting and explosives, 1953-56 (File 44) - Box 7
Series [unnumbered]. Other material
These miscellaneous papers relate to Gilfillan's employment with the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, his interest in public speaking, and material collected while living in Cooma and later on his retirement in Canberra, where he was a voluntary guide for Questacon. The items in files 54, 58, 62, 68 and 69 had been donated to the Library in previous years (1963, 1974, 1989 and 1991). They have been amalgamated into this consignment and renumbered.
Duplicate copy of an agreement for the purchase of a brewery business by George Robert Gilfillan in 1894 (File 48) - Box 8
New South Wales Public Works Department Professional Officers' Association data sheets (various, 1913-1926) (File 49) - Box 8
Three letters (1929, 1971, 1972) relating to requests for product information and copies of technical notes (File 50) - Box 8
Pamphlet Water and Power from the Snowy Mountains Scheme (File 53) - Box 9
Attached to this pamphlet are six letters of acceptance to attend the official opening of the Guthega Hydro-Electric Project on 23 April 1955. They include letters from the Prime Minister and Dame Patty Menzies, Mr and Mrs John McEwen and Sir William and Lady McKell. Four letters expressing an inability to attend are also attached