Guide to the Papers of Roger cross

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MS Acc08.059

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: July 2024

Collection Summary

Creator
Cross, Roger, Dr
Title
Papers of Roger Cross
Date Range
1980 - 2005
Collection Number
MS Acc08.059
Extent
0.6 metres (4 ms boxes, 7 digital carriers, 9 audiovisual carriers)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file contains names, descriptions and images of deceased people and other content that may be distressing and/or culturally sensitive, specifically content relating to the nuclear weapons testing at Maralinga and Emu Field between 1952 and 1963, including personal statements of Aboriginal people living in these communities.

This collection comprises papers relating to the book about nuclear weapons testing at Maralinga, Montebello Islands and Emu fields, collated for the book Beyond Belief: The British Bomb Tests - Australian Veterans speak out (2005), by Roger Cross and Avon Hudson. The collection includes correspondence with veterans and official bodies; transcripts of veterans' personal histories; audio cassette tapes of interviews with veterans; and some published material about testing and radiation.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4364592).

Conditions Governing Use

Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4364592).

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Roger Cross, National Library of Australia, MS Acc08.059, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

Please note: This finding aid contains descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.

Reading Room Access Note

For preservation reasons, we are unable to deliver digital and audiovisual carriers to the Special Collections Reading Room. Please contact (Ask a Librarian) to enquire about access.

Item Descriptions

Class 1. Original consignment, 1980 - 2005

Veteran statements, 2002 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains handwritten notes, correspondence and statements from Doug Brooks and John Brodley.

Letters to Patricia Donnelly, 2002 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains letters from Pat Finch, Edwin Bailey, Joseph Baker and Mara Marchioro (daughter of a veteran).

Veteran statements, 2002 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS Acc08.059)

Includes statements from Pat Finch and Norman Bruce.

Veteran statement - Douglas Brooks, 2003 - 2005 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains correspondence, a photograph of unnamed ship, handwritten notes and copy of report.

Correspondence, 2001 - 2003 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains veteran statements from Norman Geschke, Dick Sundstrom, correspondence with statements from Andrea Solo, Alan Parkinson, Diana Sautelle and John Quinn and copies of articles.

Veteran statement - Peter Webb, 2002 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains revised statement, correspondence, articles and handwritten notes.

Research notes - Statements, correspondence and handwritten notes, 2002 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS Acc08.059)

Personal statements, 2002 (File 8) - Box 1 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains statements from George Stirna, Brian Potter, Robert Schmidt, Mike Robinson, Gary Ryan, and Graeme Newgreen.

Veteran statement - Sam McGee, 2002 - 2003 (File 9) - Box 1 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains correspondence, statements and revised statements.

Research notes - Statements, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and articles, 1984 - 2003 (File 10) - Box 1 (MS Acc08.059)

Research notes - Effects of low-level doses of ionizing radiation, 1984 - 1990 (File 11) - Box 2 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains articles, reports and correspondence.

Research notes - Correspondence, articles, reports and printouts of webpages, 2001 (File 12) - Box 2 (MS Acc08.059)

Research notes - Newspaper articles and journal articles, 1980 - 1995 (File 13) - Box 2 (MS Acc08.059)

Research notes - Journal articles, newspaper articles, photographs, correspondence and statements, 1988 - 2003 (File 14) - Box 2 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains photographs of planes and nature. Correspondants include Michael Morton, Peter Harvey, Edward Bell, Ron Andrews, Doug Rickard and Norman Geschke.

Correspondence - Paul Langley, 2002 - 2003 (File 15) - Box 2 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains correspondence, articles and other writings.

Research notes - Photographs, letters to Patricia Donnelly, booklets, correspondence and articles, 2002 (File 16) - Box 2 (MS Acc08.059)

Research notes - Michele Maddigan, collected stories of Aboriginal people living in the area of Maralinga and Emu Field, 1992 - 2003 (File 17) - Box 2 (MS Acc08.059)

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file contains names, descriptions and images of deceased people and other content that may be distressing and/or culturally sensitive. This file includes personal statements of Aboriginal people living in the Maralinga and Emu Field area during testing.

Research notes - French and New Zealand nuclear veterans, 2002 (File 18) - Box 3 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains correspondence with Bruno Barrillot and David Noonan.

Research notes - Newspaper articles, 1989 (File 19) - Box 3 (MS Acc08.059)

Permission forms to use personal statements within publication, 2002 - 2003 (File 20) - Box 3 (MS Acc08.059)

Personal statement - Nick Richardson, 2002 (File 21) - Box 3 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains personal statement, report and correspondence.

Research notes - Press cuttings, 1980 - 2002 (File 22) - Box 3 (MS Acc08.059)

Research notes - Correspondence to Patricia Donnelly, 2001 - 2002 (File 23) - Box 3 (MS Acc08.059)

Research notes - Articles, letters to Patricia Donnelly and song lyrics, 2002 (File 24a) - Box 3 (MS Acc08.059)

Medical records, 1980 - 1999 (File 24b) - Box 3 (MS Acc08.059)

Research notes - Personal statements and song lyrics, n.d. (File 25) - Box 3 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains statements from Arthur Edward Wood, Brian Potter, Raymond Moses, Jack Powell, Mike Robinson, Thomas Roberts, John Quinn, Gary Ryan, Robert Schmidt, Robert Smith, George Stirna, [unknown] Summers, Walter Thorton, [unknown] Turner, Robert Withers, K. W. Willcocks, J. Maas, John Farr, Albert Finney, Bill Fitzgerald, Jack Fitzgerald, Tony Fitzgerald, Frederick Forbes, Len Gunner and Harold Frigot.

Personal statements, 2002 (File 26) - Box 3 (MS Acc08.059)

Contains statements from Otto Hauck, Gunter Hauck, Josip Batalin, Hector McDonald, Drago Anicic, Patricia Donnelly, unused possible foreward, Ray Acaster, Joseph Baker, Edwin Harold Bailey, Alec Cron, William Gordon Marles, Patrick O'Connell, Dr Ronald F. Price, William George Memory and Patricia Moore.

Reviews and letters, 2002 - 2005 (File 27) - Box 4 (MS Acc08.059)

Typescript draft of Beyond Belief - Second draft, n.d. (File 28a) - Box 4 (MS Acc08.059)

Typescript draft of Beyond Belief - Second draft, n.d. (File 28b) - Box 4 (MS Acc08.059)

Research notes - Annotated notes and articles, 2001 (File 29) - Box 4 (MS Acc08.059)

Record of interview Peter Webb, n.d. (Item NLA.MS-DM001367) - Digital-Carriers-Box 30

1 item, Verbatim IBM format, 3.5 inch floppy disk

Peter Webb, B&W photo, Colour Photo, n.d. (Item NLA.MS-DM001368) - Digital-Carriers-Box 30

1 item, Verbatim IBM format, 3.5 inch floppy disk

Newspaper cutting, n.d. (Item NLA.MS-DM001369) - Digital-Carriers-Box 30

1 item, Verbatim IBM format, 3.5 inch floppy disk

Avon J. Hudson, n.d. (Item NLA.MS-DM001370) - Digital-Carriers-Box 30

1 item, Sony MFD-2HD, 3.5 inch floppy disk

Beyond Belief Revised (Cross & Hudson), May 2004 (Item NLA.MS-DM001371) - Digital-Carriers-Box 30

1 item, Sony MFD-2HD, 3.5 inch floppy disk

Maralinga for Dr R.Cross, Patricia, n.d. (Item NLA.MS-DM001372) - Digital-Carriers-Box 30

1 item, Verbatim MAC format, 3.5 inch floppy disk

Maralinga file list, compiled by Avon Hudson (assisted by Sam McGee), May 2001 (Item NLA.MS-DM001373) - Digital-Carriers-Box 30

1 item, TDK CD-R74, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Bob Dennis - Navy nuclear veteran, 9 April 2002 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007921) - Cassette-Box 379

1 item, TDK B90, Compact cassette tape

Unit 11, 99 Bentons Road, Mornington, Vic 3931 Ph 59751077

Avon Hudson Tape 1, Nuclear veteran of the British Atomic Bomb Test - Maralinga, August - September 2002 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007922) - Cassette-Box 379

1 item, Sony HF 90, Compact cassette tape

At Maralinga 1960-61, 1962 to Present day - Struggle for recognition

Avon Hudson Tape 2, Conclusion, August - September 2002 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007923) - Cassette-Box 379

1 item, TEAC cdx I, Compact cassette tape

Avon Hudson - poor quality - part of Avon's talk is missing, 2 April 2002 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007924) - Cassette-Box 379

1 item, Philips CD 60, Compact cassette tape

Maralinga tape they had spoken about, 30 April 2003 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007925) - Cassette-Box 379

1 item, TDK D90, Compact cassette tape

Letter enclosed to Jenny from Janice

Bevan Taske "Radioactive account", account of his experience of a radioactive cloud which passed over Bundaberg (29 October) (Item NLA.MS-SAV007926) - Cassette-Box 379

1 item, TDK D60, Compact cassette tape

letter enclosed to Roger From Biddy Walker, Mackay

Peter Webb, n.d. (Item NLA.MS-SAV007927) - Cassette-Box 379

1 item, Fuji DR 90, Compact cassette tape

Fallout at Maralinga, n.d. (Item NLA.MS-SAV007928) - Cassette-Box 379

1 item, TDK SA90, Compact cassette tape

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