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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

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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.

De La Beche to Lord Lincoln, 9 June 1845 (Item ff.71-73)

Mining royalties.

De La Beche to Lord Lincoln, 1 July 1845 (Item ff.79-81)

Mining royalties.

De La Beche to H. Wise, 14 January 1846 (Item f.116)

Analysis of coal from Borneo.

W.W. Smyth to De La Beche, 20 February 1846 (Item ff.138-39)

Analysis of auriferous sands from Borneo.

De La Beche to J.B. Jukes, 17 August 1846 (Item ff.245-46)

Offer of appointment as assistant geologist.

De La Beche to Lord Morpeth, 1 November 1847 (Item ff.386-87)

Recommends leave for J. Hooker to travel to India and Borneo to investigate subjects for Admiralty and Kew Gardens.

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.

B. Hawes to De La Beche, 1 August 1849 (Item f.185)

Discussions with Treasury on appointment of N.S.W. geologist.

De La Beche to [Lord Carlisle], 4 August 1849 (Item ff.187-88)

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-806591078.

Geological survey of N.S.W.

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.

De La Beche to B. Hawes, 12 October 1849 (Item ff.200-3)

J.B. Jukes declined appointment; H.W. Bristow willing to go to N.S.W.; travelling expenses.

De La Beche to B. Hawes, 7 November 1849 (Item f.215)

H.W. Bristow accepts conditions of employment.

Geological Survey Office. Entrybook of correspondence, 1850 - 1854 (File GSM1/6)
20 items
De La Beche to B. Hawes, 27 July 1850 (Item ff.11-13)

Analysis of Tasmanian coal.

De La Beche to B. Hawes, 12 August 1850 (Item ff.17-18)

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-806591197.

Analysis of Western Australian ores.

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.

De La Beche to S. Walcott, 8 October 1852 (Item f.173)

Offers to analyse Warlich's Patent Fuel.

L. Playfair to De La Beche, 18 October 1852 (Item ff.174-5)

Difficulty of analysis.

L. Playfair to De La Beche, 2 February 1853 (Item ff.191-98)

Report on Warlich's Patent Fuel.

De La Beche to S. Walcott, 3 February 1853 (Item f.199)

Sends report.

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.

T. Reeks to T.F. Elliot, 20 September 1853 (Item ff.278-79)

Report on Victorian ores.

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.

De La Beche to J.W. Hamilton, 9 December 1853 (Item ff.296-97)

Report on coal.

Report on Tasmanian coal, 21 December 1853 (Item f.315)
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.

De La Beche to S. Walcott, 7 September 1854 (Item ff.381-82)

Acknowledgment.

T.F. Elliot to De La Beche, 19 October 1854 (Item f.388)

Sends reports on N.S.W. Geological Survey.

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 S. Walcott, 3 July 1855 (Item ff.222-23)

Sends report on fuel.

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, 22 December 1855 (Item f.268)

Report by A.R.C. Selwyn on coalfields of Tasmania.

H. Merivale to Murchison, 6 November 1856 (Item ff.354-55)

Appointment of Geological Surveyor for Tasmania.

Murchison to H. Merivale, 28 February 1857 (Item f.369)

Despatch of maps and reports to N.S.W.

H. Merivale to Murchison, 14 March 1857 (Item f.389)

Despatch of books to N.S.W.

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 H. Merivale, 4 October 1858 (Item f.550)

Appointment of Geological Surveyor for Tasmania.

Lord Carnarvon to Murchison, 5 August 1858 (Item f.551)

Request by Victorian Parliamentary Library for publications.

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.

H. Merivale to Murchison, 2 October 1858 (Item f.553)

Appointment of Tasmanian Geological Surveyor.

Murchison to H. Merivale, 5 October 1858 (Item ff.555-56)

Despatches on gold produce of Victoria.

W. FitzGerald (Foreign Office) to Murchison, 16 August 1858 (Item ff.573-74)

Specimens of volcano of Vilanea shipped from Hawaii.

Murchison to R. Dundas, 23 December 1858 (Item ff.580-81)

Analysis of coal sent from Pacific.

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.

Murchison to H. Merivale, 8 March 1859 (Item ff.593-95)

Sends list of European mining regulations.

Murchison to Lord Carnarvon, 9 May 1859 (Item ff.602-3)

Request by N.S.W. Government for collection of specimens of ores and minerals.

Lord Carnarvon to Murchison, 30 April 1859 (Item f.604)

Request by N.S.W. Government.

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 T.F. Elliot, 11 May 1859 (Item f.5)

Request by Sydney Museum.

H. Merivale (Colonial Office) to Murchison, 30 May 1859 (Item f.44)

Maps of Victorian goldfields lent to Geological Society.

H. Merivale to Murchison, 10 January 1859 (Item f.57)

Appointment of Gould as Geological Surveyor of Tasmania.

G.A. Hamilton (Treasury) to Murchison, 26 November 1860 (Item f.139)

Presentation of official publications to colonial parliaments.

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.

F. Rogers to Murchison, 11 April 1864 (Item f.296)

Sends report on Otago goldfield.

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.

F. Rogers to Murchison, 13 December 1864 (Item f.320)

Sends Hargraves' report on South Australian gold deposits.

Murchison to Sir Edward Deas-Thomson, 26 January 1866 (Item ff.381-82)

Recommends A.M. Thomson as Lecturer in Geology at University of Sydney.

Murchison to E.C. Egerton, 10 October 1866 (Item ff.419-20)

Reports on coalfields in British colonies.

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.

T. Reeks to Sir Frederick Rogers, 30 September 1869 (Item f.135)

Acknowledges copy of B. Smyth. The goldfields and mineral districts of Victoria.

F.R. Sandford (Colonial Office) to Murchison, 17 November 1869 (Item ff.148-49)

Sends papers on New Zealand Geological Survey.

Murchison to Sir Redmond Barry, 15 March 1870 (Item ff.179-80)

Curriculum for proposed Mining School at Ballarat.

Murchison to G. Verdon, 21 March 1870 (Item f.181)

Information supplied to Sir Redmond Barry.

F.W. Rudler to N. Macleod, 24 May 1880 (Item f.546)

Collection of N.S.W. minerals of Sir Daniel Cooper offered to Museum.

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.

T.S. Philipp to De La Beche, 5 December 1845 (Item f.111)

Seeks advice on P.E. Strzelecki's offer of collection of Australian geological specimens.

F. Beaufort (Admiralty) to De La Beche, 10 March 1846 (Item f.127)

H. Williams' report on Borneo coal.

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.

J.B. Jukes to De La Beche, 17 August 1846 (Item f.177)

Accepts appointment.

F.H. Robe (Adelaide) to W.E. Gladstone, 21 May 1846 (Item f.182)

Discovery of gold and other minerals in South Australia.

B. Hawes (Colonial Office) to De La Beche, 2 November 1846 (Item f.191)

Sends despatch from Robe.

J. Stephen (Colonial Office) to E. Barnard, 12 November 1846 (Item f.194)

Request for books for South Australia.

E. Barnard to De La Beche, 14 November 1846 (Item f.195)

Requests list of books.

H.G. Ward (Admiralty) to De La Beche, 26 November 1846 (Item f.197)

Preservation of specimens on H.M.S. Rattlesnake.

Original letters to the Director-General, 1847 - 1850 (File GSM1/13)
6 items
H. Hamilton (Admiralty) to De La Beche, 8 September 1847 (Item f.24)

Vertical section of eastern coast of Labuan sent by T. Bellott.

H. Hamilton to De La Beche, 13 September 1847 (Item f.25)

T. Bellott requested to forward specimens of rocks.

Capt. A. Hamond to H. Hamilton, 8 February 1848 (Item f.40)

Coal collected on voyage of Salamander.

H. Hamilton to De La Beche, 19 February 1848 (Item f.41)

Requests analysis of coal collected by Capt. Hamond.

H. Hamilton to De La Beche, 3 April 1848 (Item f.57)

Thanks for analysis.

H.W. Bristow to De La Beche, 1 April 1850 (Item f.149)

Declines appointment of N.S.W. Geological Surveyor.

Original 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.

W. Hamilton to De La Beche, 2 November 1849 (Item f.25)

Specimens of coal received from Tasmania.

Sir William Denison to Lord Grey, 18 May 1849 (Item f.26)

Tasmanian coalfields.

B. Hawes to De La Beche, 5 November 1849 (Item f.27)

Sends despatch from Sir William Denison.

B. Hawes to De La Beche, 24 November 1849 (Item f.28)

Appointment of H.W. Bristow to N.S.W.

Sir William Denison (Hobart) to De La Beche, 1 March 1849 (Item f.34)

Geological and mineral discoveries in Tasmania.

B. Hawes to De La Beche, 31 May 1849 (Item f.36)

Pebbles received from Tasmania.

Sir William Denison to Lord Grey, 26 May 1849 (Item f.38)

Samples of coal sent from Tasmania.

B. Hawes to De La Beche, 15 May 1849 (Item f.39)

Pebbles from Tasmania.

C. Fitzgerald (Perth) to Lord Grey, 1 March 1850 (Item f.71)

Copper ore discovered at Murchison. (extract).

J. Matley. Certificate relating to coal shipped from Labuan, 16 June 1850 (Item f.73)
Analysis of Tasmanian coal, 26 July 1850 (Item f.76)
B. Hawes to De La Beche, 29 July 1850 (Item f.77)

Copper and lead ore found in Western Australia.

B. Hawes to De La Beche, 9 September 1850 (Item f.80)

Bitumen found at Kangaroo Island.

Sir Henry Young to Lord Grey, 24 April 1850 (Item f.81)

Visit to Kangaroo Island.

J. Trewartha. Report of visit to Kangaroo Island, 21 April 1850 (Item f.82)
W. Woolley to De La Beche, 4 October 1850 (Item f.84)

Coal shipped from Labuan.

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.

N. Macleod to Murchison, 18 March 1857 (Item f.51)

Forwards South Australian correspondence.

H. Merivale to I. Booth, 13 March 1857 (Item f.52)

Request by South Australian Government for geological specimens.

H. Merivale to Murchison, 14 March 1857 (Item f.59)

Despatch of books to N.S.W.

E. Barnard to Murchison, 20 March 1857 (Item f.60)

Despatch of books to N.S.W.

J. Washington (Admiralty) to Murchison, 16 April 1857 (Item f.62)

Sends marine items collected by Lieut. W. Chimmo in Gulf of Carpentaria.

J. Washington to Murchison, 7 April 1857 (Item f.63)

Sends specimens of Australian geology collected by Lieut. W. Chimmo.

R. Dundas (Admiralty) to Murchison, 15 September 1858 (Item f.91)

Specimens of coal sent by Pacific Squadron.

F. Rogers (Colonial Office) to Murchison, 4 September 1861 (Item f.159)

Sends report of C. Gould on Tasmanian coalfields.

C. Gould (Hobart) to Murchison, 20 June 1861 (Item f.160)

Coal discoveries in Tasmania.

F. Rogers to Murchison, 18 November 1861 (Item f.165)

Discovery of Otago goldfield.

T.G. Browne (Auckland) to Duke of Newcastle, 1 August 1861 (Item f.166)

Report of I. Richardson on Otago goldfield.

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.

W.G. Romaine (Admiralty) to Murchison, 13 August 1864 (Item f.224)

Delivery of specimens of Tasmanian coal.

R. Dundas to Murchison, 18 August 1864 (Item f.225)

Delivery of specimens of Tasmanian coal.

W.G. Romaine to Murchison, 12 September 1864 (Item f.227)

Tests made on Tasmanian coal.

T.F. Elliot (Colonial Office) to Murchison, 8 November 1864 (Item f.230)

Sends maps of Geological Survey of Victoria.

Original Letters to the Director-General, 1865 - 1867 (File GSM1/16)
3 items
T.F. Elliot to Murchison, 19 July 1865 (Item f.30)

Sends goldfield and mining statistics of Victoria.

I.G. Featherston (Wellington) to Murchison, 12 August 1865 (Item f.33)

Sends geological maps of Wellington.

T.F. Elliot to Murchison, 27 June 1867 (Item f.184)

Sends paper on mineral statistics of Victoria.

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.

C. Adderley to Murchison, 2 July 1868 (Item f.52)

Murchison's letter sent to Singapore.

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.

G. Verdon to Murchison, 24 March 1870 (Item f.173)

Acknowledges books.

Sir Redmond Barry (Melbourne) to Murchison, 21 May 1870 (Item f.183)

Establishment of Mining School at Victoria.

C. Cowper (Sydney) to Murchison, 4 November 1870 (Item f.224)

Financing of project for collating and illustrating fossils of Australia.

Original letters to the Director-General, 1873 - 1875 (File GSM1/18)
6 items
Sir Redmond Barry (Melbourne) to A.C. Ramsay, 27 March 1873 (Item f.123)

Presents copy of catalogue of Public Library of Victoria.

T.V. Lister (Foreign Office) to T. Reeks, 5 February 1874 (Item f.148)

Sends volume on mines of Dutch East Indies.

T.V. Lister to T. Reeks, 12 May 1874 (Item f.152)

Sends volume on mines of Dutch East Indies.

T.V. Lister to T. Reeks, 12 October 1874 (Item f.167)

Sends mining statistics of Dutch East Indies.

T.V. Lister to T. Reeks, 25 September 1875 (Item f.221)

Sends mining statistics of Dutch East Indies.

T.V. Lister to T. Reeks, 23 November 1875 (Item f.235)

Sends mining statistics of Dutch East Indies.

Original 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.

T.V. Lister to T. Reeks, 25 January 1877 (Item f.35)

Sends volume on mining statistics of Dutch East Indies.

Sir Julian Pauncefote (Foreign Office) to T. Reeks, 26 July 1877 (Item f.57)

Sends volume on mining statistics of Dutch East Indies.

W.R. Malcolm (Colonial Office) to A. Ramsay, 16 April 1878 (Item f.87)

Sends despatch from Governor of Tasmania.

Sir Erederick Weld (Hobart) to Lord Carnarvon, 4 February 1878 (Item f.88)

Visit to tin mines at Mt. Bischoff. (extract).

Original letters to the Director-General, 1880 - 1886 (File GSM1/20)
8 items
N. Macleod to F.W. Hudler, 22 May 1880 (Item f.72)

Sends letter from N.S.W. Agent-General.

S. Yardley to Sir Phillip Owen, 14 May 1880 (Item f.73)

Offer by Sir Daniel Cooper of collection of N.S.W. minerals to Kensington Museum.

H.B. Sandford to A. Ramsay, 15 July 1881 (Item f.147)

Sends maps presented by Victorian Minister of Mines.

Netherlands Legation (London) to F.W. Rudler, 30 October 1883 (Item f.224)

Sends atlas of Verbeck's work on geology of west coast of Sumatra.

Rudler to Netherlands Legation, 2 November 1883 (Item f.226)

Acknowledgement.

Correspondence about donation by Ballarat School of Mines of rocks and minerals of western Victoria, February 1886 - March 1886 (Item f.316)
Sir Graham Berry to J. Donnelly, 24 September 1886 (Item f.340)

Information sought by Victorian Government on systems of winding and hauling from deep mines in Britain. (copy)

Note by A. Geikie on request by Sir Graham Berry, 29 September 1886 (Item f.341)
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.

Sir Saul Samuel to A. Geikie, 10 November 1887 (Item f.171)

Publications of Geological Survey required by N.S.W. Department of Mines.

A.C. Haddon (Dublin) to J. Donnelly, 7 May 1890 (Item f.197)

Wishes collection of Torres Strait rocks collected by J.B. Jukes to be retained at Royal College of Science, Dublin.

Original letters to the Director-General, 1895 - 1896 (File GSM1/22)
2 items
Correspondence between Sir Saul Samuel, Colonial Office and Treasury on exchange of publications of British and N.S.W. Geological Surveys, (copies), December 1895 (Item ff.278-79)
J. Bramston (Colonial Office) to Sir Archibald Geikie, 3 January 1896 (Item f.282)

Sends correspondence with Sir Saul Samuel.

Original letters to the Director-General, 1897 - 1901 (File GSM1/23)
5 items
C.S. Dicken to F.W. Rudler, 29 March 1897 (Item f.61)

Lecture by W.H. Rands on Queensland mineral industry.

C.S. Dicken to F.W. Rudler, 12 April 1897 (Item f.62)

Lecture by W.H. Rands.

[unknown] to F.W. Rudler, 9 January 1900 (Item ff.239-41)

Presentation by Victorian Government of collection of minerals displayed at Greater Britain Exhibition.

F.A. Abel (Imperial Institute) to F.W. Rudler, 13 March 1900 (Item f.246)

Offer of working model of N.S.W. goldmine.

J. Stirling to F.W. Rudler, 28 January 1901 (Item f.277)

Presentation of Victorian geological specimens.

Letters to the Director-General, 1874 (File GSM1/24)
1 item
F.S. Dutton to A. Ramsay, 3 March 1874 (Item f.67)

Publications of Museum required by South Australian Institute.

Letters to the Director-General, 1876 (File GSM1/25)
2 items
A. Michie to Colonial Office, 10 March 1876 (Item f.16)

Request by Victorian Government for reports and maps of Geological Survey. (copy)

W.R. Malcolm (Colonial Office) to A. Ramsay, 17 March 1876 (Item f.21)

Sends letter from A. Michie.

Letters 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.

E. Wingfield (Colonial Office) to A. Geikie, 5 January 1883 (Item ff.231-33)

Recommendation by Geological Society of appointment of E.T. Hardman as geologist on Kimberley Exploring Expedition.

J. Donnelly to A. Geikie, 12 January 1883 (Item f.234)

Secondment of E.T. Hardman.

J. Bramston to A. Geikie, 22 December 1882 (Item ff.236-38)

Despatch from Governor of Western Australia on appointment of geologist to survey Kimberleys.

Letters to the Director-General, 1883 - 1886 (File GSM1/27)
18 items
E. Hull (Dublin) to Geikie, 8 January 1883 (Item f.2)

Appointment of E.T. Hardman.

E. Hull to Geikie, 17 January 1883 (Item f.7)

Appointment of E.T. Hardman.

E. Hull to Geikie, 22 February 1883 (Item ff.15-16)

Departure of E.T. Hardman for Western Australia.

Sir Arthur Blyth to Geikie, 30 March 1883 (Item f.26)

Appointment of Assistant Geologist in South 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. Donnelly to Geikie, 1 December 1883 (Item f.145)

Approval given for extension.

J. Bramston to Geikie, 23 December 1884 (Item ff.204-5)

Further extension of term for E.T. Hardman requested.

Sir Robert Herbert (Colonial Office) to Geikie, 1 June 1885 (Item f.243)

Return of E.T. Hardman to England.

G.F. Duncombe to Geikie, 4 June 1885 (Item f.254)

Return of Hardman.

E. Wingfield (Colonial Office) to Geikie, 12 September 1885 (Item ff.262-64)

Despatch from Western Australian Governor praising Hardman's work.

J. Bramston to Geikie, 22 October 1885 (Item f.267)

Visit by E.T. Hardman to Victorian goldfields.

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.

Sir Saul Samuel to Geikie, 24 May 1886 (Item ff.304-5)

Applicants for post of Geological Surveyor.

M. Fraser to Geikie, 1 May 1886 (Item f.309)

Assistance of E.T. Hardman at Colonial Exhibition.

Sir Saul Samuel to Geikie, 15 June 1886 (Item f.311)

Appointment of W. Anderson as Geological Surveyor in N.S.W.

Sir Saul Samuel to Geikie, 6 July 1886 (Item f.317)

Appointment of W. Anderson.

Letters to the Director-General, 1886 - 1891 (File GSM1/28)
8 items
South Australian Department of Mines to Royal School of Mines, 16 March 1886 (Item ff.16-17)

Requests publications on exchange basis.

J.C. Cloud (Wallaroo) to Royal School of Mines, 29 March 1886 (Item f.18)

Exchange of publications.

W.F. O'Manney (Colonial Office) to Royal School of Mines, 11 October 1889 (Item f.105)

Request by Western Australian Government for publications issued by Exhibition of Gold Saving and Procuring Apparatus.

W.F. O'Manney to Geikie, 18 December 1890 (Item f.179)

Request by Western Australian Government for publications issued by Mining Exhibition.

E. Ramsay (Sydney) to Geikie, 15 April 1891 (Item f.215)

Request by Australian Museum for cast.

Crown Agents for Colonies to Geikie, 30 June 1891 (Item f.241)

Appointment of two inspectors of mines in Perak.

W.F. O'Manney to Geikie, 4 August 1891 (Item f.266)

Perak appointments.

G.F. Duncombe to Geikie, 17 November 1891 (Item ff.297-99)

Loan of safety lamps to Victorian Exhibition.

Letters to the Director-General, 1895 (File GSM1/29)
1 item
Sir Saul Samuel to Geikie, 15 July 1895 (Item f.148)

Request by N.S.W. Government for publications of Geological Survey.

Out-letters of the Director-General, 1886 - 1894 (File GSM1/31)
7 items
Geikie to R.H. Meade, 5 April 1886 (Item f.15)

Assistance of E.T. Hardman with Western Australian geological display at Colonial Exhibition.

Geikie to Sir Saul Samuel, 5 June 1886 (Item ff.36-37)

Recommends W. Anderson as geological surveyor.

Geikie to J. Donnelly, 5 May 1887 (Item f.118)

Death of E.T. Hardman.

Geikie to Sir Saul Samuel, 17 November 1887 (Item f.128)

Exchange of publications with N.S.W. Geological Survey.

Geikie to Sir Robert Herbert, 3 February 1888 (Item f.157)

Exchange of publications with N.S.W. Geological Survey.

E. Best to J. Bramston, 19 July 1888 (Item f.215)

Grant by Western Australian Government to Mrs. E.T. Hardman.

Geikie to Capt. Wharton, 10 May 1894 (Item f.970)

Acknowledges specimens from Solomon Islands.

Out-letters of the Director-General, 1882 - 1885 (File GSM1/32)
13 items
E. Best to J. Bramston, 23 December 1882 (Item f.208)

Appointment of geologist to Western Australian Survey.

Geikie to E. Hull, 6 January 1883 (Item f.231)

Secondment of E.T. Hardman.

Geikie to J. Donnelly, 6 January 1883 (Item ff.232-34)

Secondment of E.T. Hardman.

E. Best to Lord Derby, 6 January 1883 (Item f.235)

Appointment of E.T. Hardman to Western Australia approved.

Geikie to E. Hull, 15 January 1883 (Item ff.280-81)

Appointment of E.T. Hardman.

Geikie to Lord Derby, 14 January 1883 (Item f.282)

Appointment of E.T. Hardman.

Geikie to Geological Society, 15 January 1883 (Item f.283)

Appointment of E.T. Hardman.

E. Best to Sir Arthur Blyth, 31 March 1883 (Item f.315)

Selection of assistant geologist for South Australia.

E. Best to Crown Agents for Colonies, 29 May 1883 (Item f.363)

Payments to Mrs. E.T. Hardman.

Geikie to J. Donnelly, 29 December 1884 (Item f.691)

Extension of secondment of Hardman.

Geikie to J. Donnelly, 2 June 1885 (Item f.856)

Cable received about Hardman.

Geikie to J. Donnelly, 16 October 1885 (Item f.891)

Return of E.T. Hardman.

Geikie to J. Bramston, 24 October 1885 (Item f.898)

Acknowledges despatch from Governor of Western Australia.

Out-letters of the Director-General, 1903 (File GSM1/35)
2 items
J. Teall to J. Scrivenor, 6 May 1903 (Item ff.302-3)

Appointment as geologist in Federated Malay States.

Teall to Holland, 3 May 1903 (Item ff.345-46)

Treasury opposition to scheme of lending geologists to colonies.

Out-letters of the Director-General, 1905 (File GSM1/36)
1 item
Teall to J. Scrivenor, 9 February 1905 (Item f.396)

Scrivenor's resignation from Geological Survey.

Series GL. Geologists Papers, 1876 - 1895

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.

Subjects

Geology: surveys; Samuel, Sir Saul; Victoria: geology

Henry William Bristow. Out-letters of Senior Director, 1876 - 1877 (File GSM1/38)
3 items
A. Ramsay to W.R. Malcolm, 29 March 1876 (Item ff.217-18)

Request by Victorian Government for publications of Geological Survey.

V. Pugh to J. Hector, 14 October 1876 (Item f.318)

Maps of Geological Survey sent to New Zealand Institute.

A. Ramsay to J. Donnelly, 20 February 1877 (Item ff.363-64)

Resignation of R.L. Jack from Geological Survey of Scotland.

Horace Bolinbroke Woodward. Out-letters of Senior Director, 1895 (File GSM1/39)
1 item
H.B. Woodward to Sir Saul Samuel, 11 July 1895 (Item f.467)

Request by N.S.W. Government for publications of Geological Survey.

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 items
F.W. Rudler to Dr. Parker, 15 March 1887 (Item ff.4-6)

Parker's study of volcanoes in Sandwich Islands.

Rudler to S.G. Perceval, 13 April 1887 (Item ff.41-42)

Publication of journal of Sir Joseph Banks.

Rudler to R. Smith, 9 June 1887 (Item ff.103-4)

Analysis of New Zealand minerals.

Rudler to Major Macgregor, 9 June 1887 (Item ff.106-7)

Receipt of box of New Zealand minerals.

Rudler to General C.B. Young, 16 June 1887 (Item f.125)

Acknowledges collection of N.S.W. geological specimens collected by Lamont Young.

Rudler to Sydney Dispensary, 24 June 1887 (Item ff.129-30)

Analysis of specimen; books on minerals.

Rudler to H.H. French, 14 January 1891 (Item f.434)

Return to Sydney of Wilkinson of N.S.W. Geological Survey.

Museum Out-letters, 1891 - 1892 (File GSM1/42)
4 items
Rudler to H.E. Wilmot, 2 November 1891 (Item ff.149-50)

Courses in assaying; prospects for assayer in Western Australia.

Rudler to L.C. Lindsay, 17 November 1891 (Item f.174)

Safety lamps to be shown at Victorian Exhibition.

Rudler to Prof. C. Foster, 14 March 1892 (Item ff.322-23)

Mining engineer required by Borneo Company.

Rudler to R. Walker, 15 March 1892 (Item f.324)

Queensland opals.

Museum Out-letters, 1892 - 1893 (File GSM1/43)
2 items
Rudler to J.S. Read, 14 November 1892 (Item ff.41-42)

Offer of specimen of Australian emerald.

Rudler to J. Parkinson (Adelaide), 14 June 1893 (Item ff.209-10)

Receipt of manuscripts, maps and geological specimens.

Museum 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.

Rudler to S.G. Perceval, 20 October 1894 (Item ff.166-68)

Use of jade axes by New Zealand natives.

Rudler to Miss Gaye, 30 October 1894 (Item f.172)

Works on minerals of Tasmania.

Rudler to V. Ball, 22 April 1895 (Item ff.324-25)

Thanks for catalogue of Cook collection; Leverian Museum.

Rudler to C.A.V. Butler, 19 July 1895 (Item ff.404-5)

Thanks for specimens of gold from Western Australia and Hill End.

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 A.C. McDonnell, 11 July 1896 (Item f.233)

Offer of Western Australian gold.

Rudler to B.B. Woodward, 23 September 1896 (Item ff.297-98)

R. Brough Smyth, late Secretary of Mines in Victoria.

Rudler to L. Campbell-Johnston, 7 October 1896 (Item f.320)

Works on geology of Western Australia.

Rudler to I. Barrett, 24 November 1896 (Item ff.366-67)

Request for publications of Royal Society of N.S.W.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 12 December 1896 (Item f.381)

Thanks for papers on minerals and mining of New Zealand.

Museum Out-letters, 1897 - 1898 (File GSM1/46)
5 items
Rudler to Prof. A. Liversidge, 9 June 1897 (Item ff.19-20)

Presentation to Museum; Australasian Association.

Rudler to I. Barrett, 3 August 1897 (Item ff.65-66)

Request for Records of Geological Survey of N.S.W.

Rudler to D. Carnegie, 22 June 1898 (Item ff.341-42)

Thanks for Western Australian specimens.

Rudler to P. Parry, 29 June 1898 (Item f.353)

Request for New Zealand publications.

Rudler to E. Lidgey, 17 November 1898 (Item f.490)

Acknowledges E.J. Dunn's report on Bendigo goldfield.

Museum Out-letters, 1898 - 1900 (File GSM1/47)
13 items
Rudler to L.S. Myer, 9 December 1898 (Item ff.3-4)

Information on Taranaki Petroleum.

Rudler to C.S. Dicken, 25 January 1899 (Item f.43)

Acknowledges Queensland goldfields return.

Rudler to Borneo Company, 28 February 1899 (Item f.96)

Analysis of minerals from Barran River District.

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 Borneo Company, 13 March 1899 (Item ff.114-16)

Analysis of Borneo minerals.

Rudler to New Australian Broken Hill Company, 15 March 1899 (Item f.125)

Thanks for catalogue of Broken Hill minerals.

Rudler to E. Arland, 20 May 1899 (Item f.197)

Offer of Australian specimens.

Rudler to R.L. Jack, 6 June 1899 (Item f.209)

Thanks for map of Charters Towers.

Rudler to C.S. Dicken, 30 September 1899 (Item f.300)

Acknowledges map of mining districts of Queensland.

Rudler to A.G. Berry, 9 January 1900 (Item ff.410-11)

Cases received from Victorian Court of Greater Britain Exhibition.

Rudler to S.G. Perceval, 26 January 1900 (Item f.428)

Thanks for paper on Sir Joseph Banks' journal.

Rudler to Sir Hugh Low, 26 January 1900 (Item ff.429-30)

Occurrence of gold in limestone in Pahang.

Rudler to Flavelle, Roberts and Sankey, 30 January 1900 (Item f.433)

Inspection of Australian minerals.

Museum Out-letters, 1900 - 1901 (File GSM /48)
10 items
Rudler to Prof. C. Foster, 9 April 1900 (Item ff.13-14)

Appointment of Professor of Mining at University of Tasmania.

Rudler to Sir Hugh Low, 15 May 1900 (Item ff.52-53)

Gold deposits at Pahang.

Rudler to Lady Low, 19 May 1900 (Item ff.59-60)

Gold deposits at Pahang.

Rudler to D. Stephens, 26 June 1900 (Item ff.89-91)

Appointment of Professor of Mining at University of Tasmania.

Rudler to C.S. Dicken, 3 July 1900 (Item f.95)

Acknowledges Queensland Mines Record and map of mineral fields.

Rudler to C.R. Spurrier, 7 July 1900 (Item f.98)

James Bonwick.

Rudler to J. Stirling, 13 February 1901 (Item f.269)

Acknowledges geological maps of Victoria.

Rudler to T.K. Rose, 16 March 1901 (Item f.295)

Prof. A. Liversidge.

Rudler to S.G. Perceval, 16 July 1901 (Item ff.403-4)

Valuation of Australian minerals.

Rudler to A.J. Litchfield, 18 October 1901 (Item f.496)

Offer of New Zealand rocks, minerals and fossils.

Museum Out-letters, 1902 (File GSM1/49)
1 items
Rudler to Colonial Office, 15 March 1902 (Item f.149)

Acknowledges reports on Queensland mines.

Museum Out-letters, 1903 - 1911 (File GSM1/50)
12 items
J.A. Howe to H.B. Guppy, 4 April 1903 (Item f.126)

Donation of Fijian volcanic rocks and corals.

Howe to H.B. Guppy, 18 April 1903 (Item ff.132-33)

Fijian rocks.

Howe to R. Stricht, 28 September 1906 (Item f.337)

Acknowledges specimens from Mt. Lyell Mines, Tasmania.

Howe to C.A. Samuells, 5 December 1906 (Item f.343)

Acknowledges photographs of Shotover River goldfields, New Zealand.

Howe to A. Gibb-Maitland, 24 September 1908 (Item f.386)

Acknowledges gold ores from Western Australia.

Howe to A. Gibb-Maitland, 8 October 1908 (Item f.390)

Acknowledges tin ore samples from Western Australia.

Howe to New Zealand Commissioner, 19 November 1908 (Item f.395)

Acknowledges specimens.

Howe to J.M. Campbell, 15 January 1909 (Item f.404)

Acknowledges Queensland minerals.

Howe to L.M. Davies, 4 August 1909 (Item f.426)

Acknowledges N.S.W. minerals.

Howe to M. Johnstone, 22 September 1909 (Item f.428)

Acknowledges geyser pipe from New Zealand.

Howe to G. Wills & Co., 23 September 1909 (Item f.429)

Acknowledges minerals from South Australia.

Howe to R.F. Purdue, 27 January 1911 (Item f.481)

Acknowledges volcanic bomb from Tasmania.

Museum 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.

Rudler to Australian Museum, 26 May 1891 (Item f.196)

Supply of cast.

Rudler to E.E. Blake, 1 July 1891 (Item f.206)

Appointment of inspectors of mines in Perak.

Rudler to Crown Agents for Colonies, 7 August 1891 (Item ff.216-17)

Appointment of inspectors of mines in Perak.

List of specimens collected in New Hebrides by Lieut. G.C. Frederick, 1891 (Item ff.276-78)
Rudler to Colonial Office, 1 December 1894 (Item f.414)

Acknowledges reports on mining in New Zealand.

Museum Out-letters, 1896 - 1902 (File GSM1/52)
21 items
Rudler to Colonial Office, 6 January 1896 (Item ff.12-13)

Holdings of publications of N.S.W. Department of Mines.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 29 July 1896 (Item f.57)

Acknowledges report of N.S.W. Department of Mines.

Rudler to C.S. Dicken, 3 April 1897 (Item ff.106-7)

Lecture by W.H. Rands of Queensland Geological Survey.

Rudler to C.S. Dicken, 13 April 1897 (Item f.116)

Lecture by W.H. Rands.

Rudler to J. Donnelly, 13 April 1897 (Item f.117)

Lecture by W.H. Rands.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 30 November 1897 (Item f.169)

Acknowledges reports on New Zealand goldfields.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 29 March 1898 (Item f.197)

Acknowledges reports on geology of New Zealand and Queensland.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 6 April 1898 (Item f.198)

Acknowledges New Zealand Cyanide Process Gold Extraction Act.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 14 June 1898 (Item f.204)

Acknowledges Queensland geological reports.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 8 October 1898 (Item f.228)

Acknowledges reports on New Zealand goldfields.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 3 March 1899 (Item f.264)

Acknowledges Queensland geological report.

Rudler to Sir F. Abel, 14 March 1900 (Item ff.316-17)

Offer of model of N.S.W. goldmine.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 16 November 1900 (Item f.359)

Acknowledges report on New Zealand coalfields.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 13 April 1901 (Item f.392)

Acknowledges report on Ravenswood goldfield, Queensland.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 22 May 1901 (Item f.416)

Acknowledges report on Queensland goldfields and copperfields.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 10 September 1901 (Item f.453)

Acknowledges report on Jordan Creek goldfield, Queensland.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 15 November 1901 (Item f.468)

Acknowledges report on Queensland goldfields.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 30 November 1901 (Item f.473)

Acknowledges New Zealand and Australian reports.

List of 50 specimens presented by Victorian Department of Mines (Item ff.474-75)
Rudler to Colonial Office, 6 January 1902 (Item f.478)

Acknowledges Queensland mining reports.

Rudler to Colonial Office, 24 May 1902 (Item f.498)

Acknowledges New Zealand reports on geological explorations.

Series DC/A/C. Directorate Records. Administration. Correspondence, 1908

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.

Subjects

Minerals; Western Australia; Western Australia: geology

Out-letters of the Director-General, 1908 (File GSM1/54)
1 item
J. Teall to G. Maitland, 24 September 1908 (Item f.53)

Acknowledges specimens of gold ore from Western Australia.

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 items

Archival 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

G.W. Card (Sydney) to Flett, 27 September 1910 (File)

Requests help in purchasing microscope for N.S.W. Geological Survey.

Flett to G.W. Card, 26 November 1910 (File)

Purchase of microscope.

G.W. Card to Flett, 1 May 1911 (File)

Arrival of microscope.

J.A. Hogue (Sydney) to T. Coghlan, 24 September 1910 (File)

Purchase of microscope. (copy)

Flett to T. Coghlan, 2 November 1910 (File)

Microscope.

T. Coghlan to Flett, 16 February 1911 (File)

Thanks for assistance.

P. Marshall (Wellington) to Flett, 17 February 1924 (File)

Despatch of specimens of New Zealand rocks.

New Zealand High Commission to Flett, 1 March 1911 (File)

Acknowledges testimonial in support of J.A. Thomson's application for post of Director of New Zealand Geological Survey.

Series GSM1/321. Papers of James Geikie, 1893 - 1895

3 items

Archival 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.

Letters of C.C. Brittlebank (Mymiong, Victoria) to Geikie, 1893 - 1898 (File)

Glacial drift in Bacchus Marsh district; measurement of erosion in river beds; Prof. T.E. David.

Letters of T. Moore (Noumea) to Geikie, 1895 - 1898 (File)

Despatch of New Caledonian minerals; nickel discoveries.

Letters of G. Officer (Melbourne, Sydney) to Geikie, 1892 - 1895 (File)

Glacial deposits in Australia; especially at Bacchus Marsh; despatch of striated stones; Australian wines; Prof. T.E. David.

Series GSM1/430. Museum of Practical Geology. Personnel. F.W. Rudler, 1881

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.

Biographical / Historical

Rudler was Curator and Librarian of the Museum of Practical Geology 1879-1902

A. Liversidge (Sydney) to Rudler, 26 May 1881 (File)

Sends specimens for Museum (list attached); manuscript on limestone sent to Etheridge.

Series GSM1/453. Geologists Papers. H.H. Thomas, 1913 - 1915

3 items

Archival 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

S.A. Farquharson (Perth) to Thomas, 10 October 1913 (File)

Petrological research in Western Australia.

A.G. Maitland (Perth) to A. Strahan, 16 February 1915 (File)

Requests list of apparatus used by petrographical department.

A.G. Maitland to Thomas, 16 July 1915 (File)

Thanks for list of apparatus.

Series IGS1/585. Papers of Sir Edgeworth David, 1928 - 1933

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1187.

Subjects

Australia: fossils; Edgeworth, Sir David; South Australia: geology; Teatree Gully, South Australia

4 letters from David (Sydney) to F.L. Kitchin, 1932 - 1933 (File)

Discovery of pre-Cambrian fossils at Teatree Gully, South Australia.

Reprint of paper by David in Transactions of Royal Society of South Australia, 1928 (File)

Typescript by A. Gray on discovery of pre-Cambrian fossils, photograph, diagrams and letter from W.D. Lang of British Museum.

Series IGS1/639. Photographs

3 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1188.

Subjects

Jukes, J.B.

A.R.C. Selwyn (File 24)
J.B. Jukes (File 28-29)
S.B.J. Skertchly (File 121-22)

Series IGS1/640. Photographs

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1188.

Subjects

Jukes, J.B.

S.B.J. Skertchly; J.B. Jukes (File)

Series IGS1/654. Papers of F.G. Percival, 1954 - 1972

1 item

Percival 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 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1188.

Subjects

New Zealand; New Zealand: geology

Photographs of geysers and sinter terraces in New Zealand by Josiah Martin, c. 1883 (File 26)

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)
Financial contribution by Australian Government, 2 July 1920 (File)
New Zealand complaints concerning overlap between Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau and Imperial Institute, 4 August 1922 (File)
Letter from W.S. Robinson concerning amalgamation of Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau and Imperial Institute, 14 December 1923 (File)
Letter from Sir James Allen, New Zealand High Commissioner, 6 November 1925 (File)
Legal Committee, Minutebook, 1920 - 1933 (File IGS1/876)
12 items
Australian mining laws, 22 September 1920 - 5 October 1920 (Item)
Australian mining laws, 6 March 1922 (Item)
Victorian mining laws, 2 October 1922 (Item)
Victorian mining laws, 29 January 1923 (Item)
Straits Settlements mining laws, 15 January 1924 (Item)
Federated Malay States mining laws, 26 January 1925 (Item)
Taxation of cobalt ore in Fiji, 27 January 1926 (Item)
N.S.W. mining laws, 9 May 1928 (Item)
New Zealand mining laws, 25 June 1928 (Item)
Fiji Oil Mines Regulations, 17 December 1928 (Item)
Fiji Oil Mines Regulations, 11 April 1930 (Item)
Fiji Draft Mining Ordinance, 3 April 1933 - 2 May 1933 (Item)
Coal, Coke and By-Products Committee, Minutebook, 1920 (File IGS1/887)
1 item
Report on Australasia and Oceania. (pp. 10-15), 25 November 1920 (Item)

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

Photographs held by Sir Edmund Teale (File IGS1/955)
2 items
Album of 12 photographs of Howqua Valley, new Mansfield, Victoria (Item)
Family photographs (7) and photographs of parents in Melbourne (6) (Item)

Series IGS1/1063. Papers of S. Stuchbury, 1851

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1189.

Subjects

Geology: surveys; New South Wales; New South Wales: geology

S. Stuchbury (Molong, N.S.W.) to Sir Henry De La Beche, 1 August 1851 (File)

Slow progress of N.S.W. Geological Survey; lack of staff; discovery of gold. Enclosures: map and reports dated 12 April 1851 (Carroa) and 23 July 1851 (Carrugurac).

Series. Series 2. Registered files, 1876 - 1944

20 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1189.

Subjects

Geological Survey Office, London; Geology: surveys; Minerals; Victoria; Victoria: geology

Victorian Government, 1876 (File GSM2/40)
1 item
Request by Victorian Government for reports, maps and sections issued by Geological Survey, (3 letters), March 1876 (Item)
R.L. Jack, 1877 (File GSM2/45)
1 item
Papers on resignation of R.L. Jack from Geological Survey of Scotland on his appointment as Geological Surveyor of Northern Queensland, (2 letters), February 1877 (Item)
Victorian Government, 1886 (File GSM2/135)
1 item
Request by Victorian Government for information on systems of winding and hauling from deep levels in British mines and collieries, (2 letters), September 1886 - October 1886 (File)
W.F. Mitchell, 1891 (File GSM2/152)
1 item
Application by W.F. Mitchell for appointment as Professor of Geology in New Zealand, (2 letters), February 1891 (Item)
Victorian Exhibition, 1891 (File GSM2/158)
1 item
Request for loan of 1837-1887 miners' safety lamps for Victorian Exhibition (1 letter), November 1891 (Item)
J.B. Scrivenor, 1904 (File GSM2/303)
1 item
J.B. Scrivenor, June 1904 - July 1904 (Item)

Papers on extension of term of J.B. Scrivenor as Geologist of Federated Malay States and his resignation from Geological Survey of Great Britain, (2 letters)

British Imperial Antarctic Expedition, 1919 (File GSM2/445)
1 item
A. Strahan, 9 May 1919 (Item)

Letter from A. Strahan to Geological Society enclosing booklet on aims of British Imperial Antarctic Expedition

Expedition to South Pacific, 1923 (File GSM2/476)
1 item
Scientific Expeditionary Research Association, 13 July 1923 (Item)

Letter from Scientific Expeditionary Research Association to J.S. Flett enclosing pamphlets on Association and the South Pacific Expedition and referring to the position of geologist on the Expedition.

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)
1 item
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 Research Committee, 1942 (File GSM2/673)
1 item
Correspondence, July 1942 - September 1942 (Item)

Correspondence between the Geological Survey, the Colonial Office and the Imperial Institute on assistance given by the Geological Survey and the Imperial Institute to the Colonial Geological Surveys, (5 letters)

Colonial Survey Committee, 1912 - c. 1931 (File GSM2/684)
3 items
H. Lambert (Colonial Office) to A. Strahan, 17 December 1913 (Item)

Functions of Committee.

Minutes, 25 September 1930 (Item)

Minutes of meeting of Geological Section of Committee referring to Geophysical Experimental Survey in Australia (7 pp)

Memorandum of S.E.V. Luke (Item)

Memorandum of S.E.V. Luke enclosing copy of despatch of 4 Oct. 1931 from J.H. Thomas to Governors of Crown Colonies referring to report of Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey in Australia. (4 pp)

Geological Survey Committee, 1934 - 1943 (File GSM2/685)
4 items
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.

Minutes of meeting, 6 November 1942 (Item)

And papers on post-War survey needs of Empire: hydrographic surveys (1 p), magnetic observatories (1p), geological surveys (6 pp), ordnance surveys (9 pp), meteorological stations (2 pp).

Memorandum by Imperial Institute, 24 September 1943 (Item)

Mineral Resources Department on geological survey work in the colonies (28 pp)

Colonial Survey and Geophysical Committee, 1944 (File GSM2/689)
1 item

Filmed selectively.

Report, July 1944 (Item)

Ad hoc Sub-Committee to consider geological needs of Colonial Empire, (3 pp)

Singapore Naval Base, 1927 - 1928 (File IGS2/719)
1 item
Correspondence, April 1927 - December 1928 (Item)

Geological Survey and Admiralty on analysis of rocks taken from site of proposed naval base at Singapore, (8 letters.)


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