Guide to the Collections held by the Ministry of Defence Library (as filmed by the AJCP)

Gallipoli (140 p), 12 April 1915 - 1 August 1915 (File Vol 3)

Subjects include: social events in Egypt; shore visits on Greek Islands; ANZAC landings; deaths; visit to trenches; truces to bury dead; severe fighting (50% casualties in his division)...

Gallipoli, (282p), 3 August 1915 - 24 December 1915 (File Vol 4)

Subjects include: attack on Koja Chemen Tepe - Chunuk Bair - comparison of NZ, Indian and Australian troops; winter quarters at Wellington Terrace, Otago Gully; visit to Sir Ian Hamilton ('more forthcoming than usual'), news of his recall; sending back four Maori officers ('Maori politicians are trying to make political capital out of it'); embarkation ('the men are furious' - opinion of commanders...

Letters (213p), 27 June 1916 - 11 September 1917 (File Vol 1)

Subjects include: visit to Ypres, moving headquarters, comments on performance of NZ soldiers; visits to battle fields; attacks; casualties; visit to battle field by Holman (Premier, NSW), death of his escort General Holmes hit by shell ('unfortunately it killed General Holmes and didn't touch the politician').

Letters (499p), 14 September 1917 - 8 December 1918 (File Vol 2)

Subjects include: news of friends; description of new camp ('different from the chateaux'); reorganisation of Australian and New Zealand troops; comments on Australian troops ('terrorised the neighbourhood'); intrigue by Keith Murdoch to oust [Lord Birdwood] and have White and Monash commanding all Australians in France; service in Amiens Cathedral; receiving Freedom of City of Valenciennes.

Australian Military Forces: list showing AIF units with with military district and formation (where available) (15p), n.d. (File AC)

Journal (104p), 9 February 1818 - 3 May 1818 (Item No. 2)

Journal (82p), 4 May 1818 - 29 July 1818 (Item No. 3)

Journal (40p), 4 September 1817 - 17 January 1818 (Item No. 1)

Journal (80p), 18 January 1818 - 22 April 1818 (Item No. 2)

Journal (62p), 23 April 1818 - 27 June 1818 (Item No. 3)

Journal (72p), 28 June 1818 - 13 October 1818 (Item No. 4)

Journal (72p), 19 September 1819 - 24 November 1819 (Item No. 9)

Journal (86p), 25 November 1819 - 23 March 1820 (Item No. 10)

Journal (78p), 6 July 1820 - 22 September 1820 (Item No. 12)

Journal (44p), 23 September 1820 - 4 November 1820 (Item No. 13)

Journal (60p), 5 November 1820 - 24 January 1821 (Item No. 14)

Port Jackson (60p), 25 January 1821 - 24 May 1821 (Item No. 1)

East Coast, Northumberland Islands, Cape Flinders, Torres Strait (40p), 25 May 1821 - 4 July 1821 (Item No. 2)

NW Coast to Port Jackson (42p), 20 March 1822 - 5 May 1822 (Item No. 8)

Port Jackson, Mount Dromedary, Van Diemen's land (48p), 25 July 1822 - 8 October 1822 (Item No. 10)

Port Jackson to Cape Leeuwin, to King George's Sound (48p), 9 October 1822 - 27 November 1822 (Item No. 11)

Rough Aneiteum vocabulary, (16p), November 1853 (Item (a))

Erronan vocabulary, (5p), n.d. (Item (b))

Rough Guadalcanal vocabulary, (8p), n.d. (Item (c))

Tana vocabulary, (7p), n.d. (Item (d))

Rough notes (39p), n.d. (Item (e))

Includes: Tana, San Christoval, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Isle of Pines...

Ship's Log (332p), 1 January 1849 - 21 February 1850 (Item (a))

Mazarlan/Panama/Points Mala and Buriea/Sandwich Islands/Honolulu/Petropaulski/Katzebue Sound/Mazarlan/Guaymas/Gulf of California.

Ship's Log (234p), 22 February 1850 - 1 December 1850 (Item (b))

Gulf of California/Mazarlan/Sandwich Islands/Morels Island/Bherings Island/Kotzebue Sound/Cape Lisburne/Port Clarence/Honolulu/Formosa/Hong Kong.

Ship's Log (48p), 3 February 1851 - 1 April 1851 (Item (c))

Simons Bay/St Helena

Ship's Log (48p), 2 April 1851 - 22 May 1851 (Item (d))

St Helena/Ascension Island/England

Vice Admirals Abroad: Queensland, c.1840-1900 (Item f.29)

Vice Admirals Abroad: South Australia, c.1840-1900 (Item f.48)

Vice Admirals Abroad: Wales, New South. Van Diemen's Land, c.1840-1900 (Item f.50)

Vice Admirals Abroad: Victoria, c.1840-1900 (Item f.52)

Vice Admiralty Courts: Wales, New South, c.1840-1900 (Item ff.159 - 161)

Vice Admiralty Courts: Victoria, c.1840-1900 (Item f.170)

Vice Admiralty Courts: Van Diemen's Land, c.1840-1900 (Item f.171)

Vice Admiralty Courts: Western Australia, c.1840-1900 (Item f.173)

Vice Admiralty Courts: South Australia, c.1840-1900 (Item f.177)

Vice Admiralty Courts: New Zealand, c.1840-1900 (Item f.178)

Vice Admiralty Courts: Singapore, c.1840-1900 (Item f.179)

Vice Admiralty Courts: Queensland, c.1840-1900 (Item f.183)

List of colonial courts authorised to act as prize courts under Prize Courts Act 1894 (Item)

Court Officials: Australia, South (Item ff.18-20)

Court Officials: Australia, West (Item ff.21-24)

Court Officials: Labuan (Item ff.93-96)

Court Officials: New South Wales (Item ff.125-128)

Court Officials: New Zealand (Item ff.129-132)

Court Officials: Queensland (Item ff.137-140)

Court Officials: Van Diemen's Land (Item ff.173 - 176)

Court Officials: Victoria (Item ff.177 - 180)

Court Officials: Straits Settlements (Item ff.201 - 204)

Court Officials: Fiji (Item ff.205 - 206)

Court Officials: Advocates and proctors of Vice Admiralty Courts (Item ff.387 - 389)

Index and biographical information (File)

Extract from Peter Heywood's Journal (5p), 28 April 1789 - 23 March 1791 (File 1)

Account of mutiny, prevented from accompanying Bligh, return to Tahiti, fighting, list of those who left in the ship; events on Tahiti.

Extract from Stewart's Journal (1p), 30 April 1789 - 21 July 1789 (File 2)

Clearing cabin of plants, return to Tahiti, sailing of the ship.

Part of log book of one of crew of tender. (1p) (File 3)

'We lost the ship in a gale off Navigators Islands..'

Part of log kept by mutineer (3p), n.d. (File 4)

Instructions from Lords of Admiralty to Captain Edwards to go in pursuit of mutineers (original) (3p), 25 October 1790 (File 5)

List of officers of Pandora (1p) (File 6)

Memo by Captain Edwards whilst on Otohoite Island. (2p) (File 7)

Includes: notes on surrender of mutineers; prisoners not allowed to talk to natives.

Daily log (3p), 8 November 1790 - 28 August 1791 (File 9)

Lists of islands discovered by Pandora (3p) (File 10)

Part of letter from Edwards to Admiralty giving account of voyage (23p), n.d. (File 11)

Court martial sentence on Capt Edwards and surviving officers of Pandora for loss of ship. (3p) (2 copies) (File 12)

Letter to Christian about Peter Heywood, 17 July 1792 (File 13)

Estimate of value of property lost in Pandora (1p) (File 14)

Extract from Capt Edwards log. (12p), 10 August 1790 - 19 November 1791 (File 15)

Statement by Capt Edwards as to loss of Pandora (6p) (File 16)

Miscellaneous sheets (File 17)

Probably part of draft for a book written by Capt Edwards and Surgeon G Hamilton re voyage (30p)

GE Renouard (Dartford) to Mrs Boom (niece of Admiral Edwards) re account of Pandora by Sir J Barrow., 23 August 1842 (File 18)

Comments on Otewei [title on reverse: press warrant for the Hornet] (1p) (File 19)

W Brereton. Sailing directions and charts of East Indies (68p), 1760 - 1763 (File Ve 85)

Covers: Road of Mallacca; passage Madras to Manilha in 1762; Bay of Manilha; instructions for passage through Phillipine Islands; passage to Batavia.

Introduction by WB Rowbotham and transcription of journal kept by Snead on Neptune, 10 March 1804 - 10 September 1805 (Item p 1 - 5)

Voyage to Canton and back, including 'sentiments of an officer on board the Neptune with regard to Bass Strait'. (faint typescript)

Endeavour. Photograph of working drawings, n.d. (Item D45)

Originals in possession of Australasian Pioneers Club

Commander Francis Brooker (Algerine, Esquimalt) to Admiralty, 2 June 1913 (Item)

Re photographs taken at Pitcairn Island.

Robert Buffett, 1913 (Item)

10' × 12'

Group of inhabitants, including Mr Christian, 1913 (Item)

12' × 9'

Loading boat with fungus and coffee, 1913 (Item)

13' × 9'

Grave of John Adams, 1913 (Item)

12' × 9'

Children marching, 1913 (Item)

12' × 9'

Bounty Bay, 1913 (Item)

20' × 14'

Court House built by John Adams, 1913 (Item)

C 12' × 9'

Boat coming into Bounty Bay, 1913 (Item)

19' × 15'