Guide to the Records of the Institute of Geological Sciences (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1186 - M1189
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Institute of Geological Sciences
- Title
- Records held by the Institute of Geological Sciences (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1845 - 1972
- Collection Number
- M1186 - M1189
- Extent
- 90 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Correspondence 1845-1910 of Geological Survey Office referring to: appointment of geologists in colonies; analysis of minerals found in colonies; supply of maps and publications; and mineral discoveries in Australia. Correspondents include Sir Henry de la Beche, Sir Roderick Murchison, J.B. Jukes, Sir William Denison, Sir Saul Samuel and Sir Redmond Barry.
Correspondence 1845-1902 of Geological Museum concerning supply of specimens and publications from colonies. Correspondents include P.E. Strzelecki and F.W. Rudler.
Papers 1910-24 of Sir John Flett concerning appointments and purchase of microscope for New South Wales Geological Survey.
Correspondence 1892-98 of Professor James Geikie referring to glacial deposits in Victoria and mineral discoveries in New Caledonia.
Letters 1932-33 of Sir Edgeworth David referring to the discovery of Cambrian fossils at Teatree Gully, South Australia.
Correspondence 1966-72 of F.G. Percival referring to visit to Western Australia and developments at Hamersley.
Papers 1906-36 of Sir Edmund Teale including field notebooks when a student at Melbourne University, and letters from Africa to his parents in Australia.
Extracts from minute-books 1920-33 of Mineral Resources Department of Imperial Institute.
Registered files 1876-1946 referring to appointments, requests for information from colonies, assistance to Colonial Geological Surveys and other matters.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Material selectively filmed, at the library of the Institute of Geological Sciences, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1981 (AJCP Reels: M1186 - M1189). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
British Geological Survey Archives, National Geological Records Centre, Nottingham.
For more information see British Geological Survey Archives (https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/NGDC/records/archive.html).
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2250194] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-aid Note
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Files represented in this finding aid were filmed selectively by the Australian Joint Copying Project in 1981. Control numbers recorded for files were those used by the Institute of Geological Sciences at that time. New numbers have since been applied and the original numbers are now recorded in the "Alt Ref No" of their catalogue. Where possible the most recent Series names have been recorded. Where is has not been possible to locate the files in the catalogue the original series, file and item names have been retained.
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Subjects
Institute of Geological Sciences, London
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 249, p93.
Biographical / Historical
In 1835 the Ordnance Geological Survey was established with Henry De la Beche as its first director-general. He obtained funding from the Board of Works for a museum and the Museum of Economic Geology opened in 1841. The collections were arranged in two main sections, one displaying rocks, minerals and other natural materials found in Britain and the other displaying industrial products made from them. The Museum was originally located in Craig's Court, Whitehall, before moving to Jermyn Street in 1851, when its name was changed to the Museum of Practical Geology. In 1935 it finally moved to Exhibition Road, South Kensington, close to the Royal School of Mines and the Science Museum. In 1965 the Geological Survey and the Museum combined with the Overseas Geological Surveys to form the Institute of Geological Sciences. In 1984 its name was changed to the British Geological Survey. The museum was taken over by the Natural History Museum in 1986.
Directors-General and Directors of the Geological Survey1835-55 Sir Henry De la Beche1855-72 Sir Roderick Murchison1872-81 Sir Andrew Ramsay1882-1901 Sir Archibald Geikie1901-14 Sir Jethro Teall (the title was changed to Director in 1901)1914-20 Sir Aubrey Strahan1920-35 Sir John Flett
Item Descriptions
Fonds GSM. Geological Survey and Museum
GSM 1/1-10 comprise entry books of both in- and out-letters. Letters in these volumes have been filmed only if the original letters have not been found in GSM 1/12-20.
Filmed selectively.
Series DC/A/C. Directorate Records. Administration. Correspondence, 1845 - 1905
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M1186-M1187.
Subjects
Australia: fossils; Australia: geology; Barry, Sir Redmond; Borneo; De La Beche, Sir Henry; Denison, Sir William T.; Geology: surveys; Jukes, J.B.; Minerals; Murchison, Sir Roderick, 1st Baronet; Museum of Economic Geology, London; Museums; South Australia: geology; Strzelecki, Sir Paul E. de. Count; Victoria: geology; Young, Sir Henry
Museum of Economic Geology. Entry book of correspondence, July 1845 - November 1849 (File GSM1/2)
Correspondents include: Sir Henry De La Beche, P.E. Strzelecki, L. Playfair and B. Hawes (Colonial Office).
Subjects include: Borneo weapons for United Service Museum; sale of Australian geological and mineral specimens; analysis of specimens from Australia, Borneo and Labuan; discovery of gold in Adelaide hills.
Geological Survey Office. Entrybook of correspondence, May 1845 - November 1847 (File GSM1/4)
8 items
Lord Stanley to Lord Lincoln, 30 May 1845 (Item ff.70-71)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-806590833.
Discovery of valuable minerals in Australia; seeks advice on royalties paid on metallic ores found on Crown lands granted or leased in Britain.
W.W. Smyth to De La Beche, 20 February 1846 (Item ff.138-39)
Analysis of auriferous sands from Borneo.
Geological Survey Office. Entrybook of correspondence, 1849 (File GSM1/5)
7 items
B. Hawes (Colonial Office) to De La Beche, 13 July 1849 (Item f.181)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-806591010.
Request by Governor for survey of mineral resources of N.S.W.
Sir Charles Fitzroy (Sydney) to Lord Grey, 1 March 1849 (Item ff.181-84)
Copper, lead, iron, gold discoveries in N.S.W.; requests geologist be sent to carry out survey.
De La Beche to B. Hawes, 4 August 1849 (Item ff.188-91)
Need for cooperation between British and N.S.W. Surveys and for Australian minerals to be sent to London for exhibition and analysis.
Geological Survey Office. Entrybook of correspondence, 1850 - 1854 (File GSM1/6)
20 items
B. Hawes (Colonial Office) to De La Beche, 14 August 1850 (Item ff.18-19)
Report on mineral indicators at Strathalbyn, South Australia.
B. Hawes to De La Beche, 5 July 1851 (Item ff.98-99)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-806591234.
Appointment of Geological Surveyor for South Australia.
Sir Henry Young to Lord Grey, 13 January 1851 (Item ff.99-103)
Mineral wealth of South Australia; appointment of Government Geologist; duties and salary.
De La Beche to B. Hawes, 16 July 1851 (Item ff.104-6)
Difficulty of finding geologist for South Australia.
S. Walcott (Colonial Land and Emigration Office) to De La Beche, 5 October 1852 (Item ff.164-72)
Inquiry into dangers of Patent Fuel as cargo on emigrant ships.
S. Walcott to De La Beche, 16 April 1853 (Item ff.228-32)
Danger of carrying Wylam's patent fuel on emigrant ships.
T.F. Elliot (Colonial Office) to De La Beche, 6 September 1853 (Item ff.277-78)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-806591415.
Ore found in auriferous soil in Victoria.
J.W. Hamilton (Admiralty) to De La Beche, 7 November 1853 (Item ff.295-96)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-806591453.
Specimens of coal found in Marquesas Islands.
S. Walcott to De La Beche, 1 September 1854 (Item ff.379-81)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-806591514.
Analysis of Wylam's Patent Fuel as cargo on emigrant ships.
Geological Survey Office. Entrybook of correspondence, 1854 - 1859 (File GSM1/7)
23 items
F. Peel (Colonial Office) to De La Beche, 4 March 1854 (Item f.125)
Work of Victorian Mineral Surveyor, A.R.C. Selwyn.
H. Merivale (Colonial Office) to De La Beche, 3 May 1854 (Item ff.129-30)
Reports of W.B. Clarke and S. Stuchbury on geology of N.S.W.
S. Walcott (Colonial Land and Emigration Office) to Sir Roderick Murchison, 18 May 1855 (Item ff.189-90)
Dangers of National Patent Steam Fuel Co. fuel as cargo on emigrant ships.
Murchison to L. Playfair, December 1855 (Item ff.254-55)
Purchase of electro-dynamical instruments for University of Melbourne.
Murchison to M. Merivale, 7 January 1856 (Item ff.266-68)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-806591696.
Tasmanian coal deposits; recommends all colonial governments employ geologists.
H. Merivale to Murchison, 6 November 1856 (Item ff.354-55)
Appointment of Geological Surveyor for Tasmania.
Murchison to H. Merivale, 30 July 1857 (Item ff.433-34)
Supply of books and maps to Royal Society of Tasmania.
Murchison to Sir Henry Young, 17 October 1857 (Item ff.445-46)
Supply of books and maps to Royal Society of Tasmania.
Murchison to Lord Carnarvon, 4 October 1858 (Item ff.551-52)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The first page of the document described can be found at the ending of nla.obj-806591836.
Despatch of books to Victoria.
W. FitzGerald (Foreign Office) to Murchison, 16 August 1858 (Item ff.573-74)
Specimens of volcano of Vilanea shipped from Hawaii.
H. Merivale to Murchsion, 19 February 1859 (Item ff.592-93)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-806591971.
Request by Victorian Governor for copies of mining regulations.
Geological Survey Office. Entrybooks of correspondence, 1859 - 1866 (File GSM1/8)
15 items
T.F. Elliot (Colonial Office) to Murchison, 7 May 1859 (Item f.4)
Request by Sydney Museum for publications.
Murchison to G.A. Hamilton, 27 November 1860 (Item ff.139-41)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The first page of the document described can be found at the ending of nla.obj-806592137.
Publications of Geological Survey for colonial parliaments.
Murchison to J.E. Featherston, 25 February 1862 (Item ff.204-5)
Appointment of Geological Surveyor for Province of Wellington.
F. Rogers (Colonial Office) to Murchison, 7 October 1863 (Item f.271)
Sends maps of Victorian Government Geologist.
Murchison to Sir Charles Darling, 23 October 1863 (Item ff.275-76)
Requests extended leave for A.C.R. Selwyn, Victorian Geologist.
Murchison to G.S. Walters and F. Rogers to Murchison, 1864-04-20, 1864-04-05 (Item f.297)
Murchison to G.S. Walters: Request by South Australian Institute for specimens, 20 May 1964.
F. Rogers to Murchison: Victorian goldfield statistics, , 4 May 1864.
Geological Survey Office. Entrybook of correspondence, 1867 - 1880 (File GSM1/9)
8 items
E. Hammond (Foreign Office) to Murchison, 23 December 1867 (Item f.12)
Sends papers on coal production in British colonies.
Murchison to E. Hammond, 26 December 1867 (Item ff.12-14)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The first page of the document described can be found at the ending of nla.obj-806592399.
Comments on papers, including value of Tasmanian coal.
Murchison to C.B. Adderley, 20 June 1868 (Item ff.54-55)
Suggests terms of employment for Straits Settlements Geologist.
F.R. Sandford (Colonial Office) to Murchison, 17 November 1869 (Item ff.148-49)
Sends papers on New Zealand Geological Survey.
Original letters to the Director-General, 1845 - 1846 (File GSM1/12)
10 items
H. Williams (Singapore) to Sir Henry De La Beche, 9 April 1845 (Item f.73)
Specimens of coal brought from Labuan.
J.B. Jukes to De La Beche, 14 August 1846 (Item f.176)
Seeks appointment to Geological Survey; was naturalist on H.M.S. Fly.
F.H. Robe (Adelaide) to W.E. Gladstone, 21 May 1846 (Item f.182)
Discovery of gold and other minerals in South Australia.
Original letters to the Director-General, 1847 - 1850 (File GSM1/13)
6 itemsOriginal Letters to the Director-General, 1849 - 1850 (File GSM1/14)
19 items
De La Beche to B. Hawes, 14 July 1849 (Item f.5)
Suitability of J.B. Jukes for appointment to N.S.W.; need for cooperation between Geological Survey and colonial surveys.
H. Merivale (Colonial Office) to De La Beche, 4 September 1849 (Item f.17)
Offer of post of N.S.W. Mineralogical Surveyor to J.B. Jukes.
B. Hawes (Colonial Office) to De La Beche, 23 October 1849 (Item f.22)
Appointment of H.W. Bristow to N.S.W.; expenses.
Sir William Denison (Hobart) to De La Beche, 1 March 1849 (Item f.34)
Geological and mineral discoveries in Tasmania.
Original letters to the Director-General, 1856 - 1864 (File GSM1/15)
20 items
H. Merivale (Colonial Office) to Sir Roderick Murchison, 27 February 1857 (Item f.43)
Sends despatch from N.S.W. Governor.
Sir William Denison (Sydney) to H. Labouchere, 24 October 1856 (Item f.44)
Requests copies of maps and memoirs of Geological Survey.
H. Merivale to I. Booth, 13 March 1857 (Item f.52)
Request by South Australian Government for geological specimens.
J.E. Featherston (Wellington) to Murchison, 6 December 1861 (Item ff.172-76)
Appointment of geological surveyor to Province of Wellington.
Sir Charles Darling (Melbourne) to Murchison, 24 December 1863 (Item f.212)
Leave granted to A.C.R. Selwyn, Victorian Geologist.
Original letters to the Director-General, 1868 - 1870 (File GSM1/17)
8 items
C. Adderley (Colonial Office) to Murchison, 13 June 1868 (Item f.45)
Appointment of Straits Settlements Geologist.
Sir Harry Ord (Singapore) to Duke of Buckingham, 28 April 1868 (Item f.46)
Advantage of geological survey of Straits Settlements.
Murchison to Sir Redmond Barry, 15 March 1870 (Item f.164)
Curriculum for proposed Mining School at Ballarat. (draft)
The original letter from Barry is in the Murchison Papers in the British Library. Add. MS. 46125, ff. 117-20.
G. Verdon to Murchison, 18 March 1870 (Item f.165)
Seeks advice on establishment of School of Mines in Victoria.
Original letters to the Director-General, 1873 - 1875 (File GSM1/18)
6 itemsOriginal letters to the Director-General, 1876 - 1878 (File GSM1/19)
5 items
T.V. Lister (Foreign Office) to T. Reeks, 15 July 1876 (Item f.3)
Sends report on geology and mineralogy of Philippines.
Sir Julian Pauncefote (Foreign Office) to T. Reeks, 26 July 1877 (Item f.57)
Sends volume on mining statistics of Dutch East Indies.
Original letters to the Director-General, 1880 - 1886 (File GSM1/20)
8 items
H.B. Sandford to A. Ramsay, 15 July 1881 (Item f.147)
Sends maps presented by Victorian Minister of Mines.
Correspondence about donation by Ballarat School of Mines of rocks and minerals of western Victoria, February 1886 - March 1886 (Item f.316)
Original letters to the Director-General, 1887 - 1890 (File GSM1/21)
7 items
Sir Frederick Broome (Perth) to Sir Henry Holland, 12 July 1887 (Item f.20)
Application by widow of E.T. Hardman for grant. (copy)
J. Bramston (Colonial Office) to A. Geikie, 25 August 1887 (Item f.22)
Sends despatch of Governor of Western Australia.
M.H. Close (Dublin) to J. Donnelly, 4 December 1887 (Item ff.50-52)
Encloses memorial seeking assistance for widow of E.T. Hardman.
Sir Frederick Broome to Lord Knutsford, 4 June 1888 (Item f.109)
Rewards for discovery of Kimberley goldfield. (copy)
J. Bramston to A. Geikie, 18 July 1888 (Item f.115)
Grant by Western Australian Government to Mrs. E.T. Hardman.
Original letters to the Director-General, 1895 - 1896 (File GSM1/22)
2 itemsOriginal letters to the Director-General, 1897 - 1901 (File GSM1/23)
5 itemsLetters to the Director-General, 1882 - 1883 (File GSM1/26)
4 items
T.G. Bonney (Geological Society) to J. Bramston, 20 December 1882 (Item f.230)
Appointment of geologist to survey Kimberley district, Western Australia.
Letters to the Director-General, 1883 - 1886 (File GSM1/27)
18 items
E. Hull to Geikie, 22 February 1883 (Item ff.15-16)
Departure of E.T. Hardman for Western Australia.
F.W. O'Manney (Colonial Office) to Geikie, 25 May 1883 (Item f.61)
Payment by Western Australian Government for services of E.T. Hardman.
J. Bramston (Colonial Office) to Geikie, 24 November 1883 (Item ff.141-43)
Request by Western Australian Government for extension of E.T. Hardman's term.
J. Bramston to Geikie, 23 December 1884 (Item ff.204-5)
Further extension of term for E.T. Hardman requested.
E. Wingfield (Colonial Office) to Geikie, 12 September 1885 (Item ff.262-64)
Despatch from Western Australian Governor praising Hardman's work.
R.H. Meade (Colonial Office) to E. Hull, 31 March 1886 (Item ff.283-87)
Request by Western Australian Government for help by E.T. Hardman in arranging geological display at Colonial Exhibition.
Sir Saul Samuel to Geikie, 29 April 1886 (Item ff.294-97)
Appointment of Geological Surveyor by N.S.W. Mines Department.
Letters to the Director-General, 1886 - 1891 (File GSM1/28)
8 itemsOut-letters of the Director-General, 1886 - 1894 (File GSM1/31)
7 itemsOut-letters of the Director-General, 1882 - 1885 (File GSM1/32)
13 itemsSeries GL. Geologists Papers, 1876 - 1895
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.
Subjects
Geology: surveys; Samuel, Sir Saul; Victoria: geology
Series MC/A/C. Museum of Practical Geology. Administration. Correspondence, 1887 - 1911
General
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.
Subjects
Australia: fossils; Australia: geology; Geological Survey Office, London; Minerals; Museums; New Zealand; New Zealand: geology; Rudler, F.W.; Western Australia; Western Australia: geology
Museum Out-letters, 1887 - 1891 (File GSM1/41)
7 itemsMuseum Out-letters, 1891 - 1892 (File GSM1/42)
4 itemsMuseum Out-letters, 1894 - 1895 (File GSM1/44)
6 items
Rudler to Prof. A. Liversidge, 18 April 1894 (Item ff.15-16)
Paper read at meeting of Mineralogical Society; news of staff of Geological Survey.
Rudler to J. Parkinson, 19 April 1894 (Item ff.19-21)
Critical reception to papers read at Geological Society; disposal of specimens.
Museum Out-letters, 1895 - 1896 (File GSM1/45)
6 items
Rudler to Mrs. Gordon, 5 December 1895 (Item ff.5-7)
Prospects for geologists in Australia; H.P. Woodward.
Rudler to B.B. Woodward, 23 September 1896 (Item ff.297-98)
R. Brough Smyth, late Secretary of Mines in Victoria.
Museum Out-letters, 1897 - 1898 (File GSM1/46)
5 itemsMuseum Out-letters, 1898 - 1900 (File GSM1/47)
13 items
Rudler to M. Schreck, 28 February 1899 (Item ff.96-97)
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The first page of the document described can be found at the end of nla.obj-806597180.
Qualifications needed by mining engineer in Australia.
Rudler to A.G. Berry, 9 January 1900 (Item ff.410-11)
Cases received from Victorian Court of Greater Britain Exhibition.
Museum Out-letters, 1900 - 1901 (File GSM /48)
10 itemsMuseum Out-letters, 1888 - 1894 (File GSM1/51)
8 items
Rudler to N.S.W. Board of Technical Education, 3 August 1888 (Item ff.61-62)
Commercial value of N.S.W. clays.
Rudler to J. Goldsmith, 16 September 1889 (Item ff.96-99)
Fall in silver production in N.S.W. in 1887.
Rudler to Crown Agents for Colonies, 14 October 1889 (Item ff.103-4)
Request by Western Australia concerning exhibition of goldmining apparatus.
Series DC/A/C. Directorate Records. Administration. Correspondence, 1908
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.
Subjects
Minerals; Western Australia; Western Australia: geology
Series GSM 1/306. Geologists Papers: Robert Etheridge, 1871
Includes:
Etheridge to B. Peach, 8 Aug. 1871: departure of R.L. Jack for Queensland.
Etheridge to F.W. Rudler, n.d.: offers to review Australian mineral exhibits in Mining Journal.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.
Subjects
Australia: geology; Minerals
Biographical / Historical
Etheridge worked on the Victorian Geological Survey in the 1860s and was curator of the Australian Museum, 1895 - 1920.
Series GSM 1/310. Directors Papers. Sir John Smith Flett, 1910 - 1924
8 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.
Subjects
Flett, Sir John; Geological Survey Office, London; New Zealand; New Zealand: geology
Biographical / Historical
John Flett was Director of the Geological Survey, 1920-1935
Series GSM1/321. Papers of James Geikie, 1893 - 1895
3 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.
Subjects
Geikie, James, Professor; Minerals; New Caledonia; New Caledonia: geology; Victoria; Victoria: geology
Biographical / Historical
James Geikie was on the Geological Survey, 1861-1882, and was Professor of Geology at Edinburgh University, 1882-1914.
Series GSM1/430. Museum of Practical Geology. Personnel. F.W. Rudler, 1881
1 itemArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.
Biographical / Historical
Rudler was Curator and Librarian of the Museum of Practical Geology 1879-1902
Series GSM1/453. Geologists Papers. H.H. Thomas, 1913 - 1915
3 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.
Subjects
Western Australia; Western Australia: geology
Biographical / Historical
H. H. Thomas was a petrographer with the Geological Survey, 1901-1935
Series IGS1/585. Papers of Sir Edgeworth David, 1928 - 1933
2 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.
Subjects
Australia: fossils; Edgeworth, Sir David; South Australia: geology; Teatree Gully, South Australia
Series IGS1/639. Photographs
3 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1188.
Subjects
Jukes, J.B.
Series IGS1/640. Photographs
2 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1188.
Subjects
Jukes, J.B.
Series IGS1/654. Papers of F.G. Percival, 1954 - 1972
1 itemPercival was a consultant to the British Iron and Steel Corporation.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1188.
Subjects
Geological Survey Office, London; Hamersley, Western Australia; Percival, F.G.; Western Australia; Western Australia: geology
Correspondence, 1966 - 1972 (File)
Subjects include Percival's visit to Western Australia in 1966, Robe River limonites, Hammersley iron ore deposits, A.F. Trendall's visit to India in 1969, and developments at Hamersley.
Correspondents include I. Reid (B.H.P.), W.N. MacLeod, A.F. Trendall (Geological Survey of Western Australia), R. Wild (British Iron and Steel Research Association), B. Summers (Amax Mining Aust.), F. Canavan (Melbourne), (25 letters.)
Series IGS1/732. New Zealand Photographs, c. 1883
1 itemArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1188.
Subjects
New Zealand; New Zealand: geology
Series. Imperial Institute Resources Bureau. Administration, 1920 - 1933
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1188.
Advisory Council on Minerals, Minute book. Vol. 1, 1920 - 1925 (File IGS1/875)
6 items
Appointment of officials connected with mining industries; letter from Petroleum Executive, 5 December 1919 (File)
Financial contribution by New Zealand Government; investigation into lead impurities by Broken Hill Associated Smelters, 9 January 1920 (File)
New Zealand complaints concerning overlap between Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau and Imperial Institute, 4 August 1922 (File)
Series. Non-Survey Geologists Papers. Sir Edmund Teale, 1906 - 1908
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M1188-M1189.
Subjects
Africa; Teale, Sir Edmund; University of Melbourne; Victoria; Victoria: geology
Correspondence, 1908 (File IGS1/942)
31 letters written by Teale to his parents in Australia. The early letters describe his voyage to England in 1908. The remainder were all written in Africa - Lagos, Enyiba, Victoria Falls, Congo River, Dar-es-Salaam, Dodema - and mostly describe his travels and geological surveys in Africa. There are, however, references to Australian events and reminiscences of Australia.
Biographical / Historical
Born and educated in Australia, Teale spent most of his career in Africa and was Director of the Geological Survey of Tanganyika, 1926-1935
Notebooks, 1906 - 1907 (File IGS1/946)
6 field notebooks (one of which comprises only rough notes compiled by Teale while a student at Melbourne University. The notebooks describe fieldtrips to Royal Park, Macedon, Ascot Vale, Burnley, Maryborough, Sydenham, Belgrave, Monbulk, Warrandyte (1906), Coburg, Studley Park, Geelong, Yan-Yangs, Lilydale, Keilor, Ballarat, Bacchus Marsh, Macedon (1907). They contain maps, diagrams and photographs.
Biographical / Historical
Born and educated in Australia, Teale spent most of his career in Africa and was Director of the Geological Survey of Tanganyika, 1926-1935
Series IGS1/1063. Papers of S. Stuchbury, 1851
1 itemArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1189.
Subjects
Geology: surveys; New South Wales; New South Wales: geology
Series. Series 2. Registered files, 1876 - 1944
20 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1189.
Subjects
Geological Survey Office, London; Geology: surveys; Minerals; Victoria; Victoria: geology
J.W. Gregory, 1927 (File GSM2/503)
1 item
Correspondence and minutes, October 1927 - December 1927 (File)
Of meeting to discuss proposal of Prof. J.W. Gregory that Imperial Institute should collect specimens of ores from all parts of British Empire and to consider relations between Imperial Institute, British Museum (Natural History) and Museum of Practical Geology.
New Zealand Government, 1929 - 1934 (File GSM2/635)
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Correspondence, August 1929 - August 1934 (Item)
Correspondence between the Geological Survey, the New Zealand Geological Survey, the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and the New Zealand High Commission in London concerning Concerns the apparatus, methods and staff required for geophysical surveys. (18 letters)
Colonial Survey Committee, 1912 - c. 1931 (File GSM2/684)
3 itemsGeological Survey Committee, 1934 - 1943 (File GSM2/685)
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Memorandum by Colonial Office, 30 November 1934 (Item)
Memorandum by Colonial Office on reconstitution of Committee as Colonial Survey and Geophysical Committee
Minutes of meeting, 9 June 1938 (Item)
Title page and pp. 24-25 on proposals for gravity and magnetic survey in Malaya.