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Photographs, scrapbooks and audiovisual material from the ANU North Australian Research Unit

  • AU ANUA 240
  • Series
  • 1974 - 1997

This collection is of photographs, press cuttings and audiovisual material from the North Australia Research Unit (NARU), an ANU facility located in Darwin. It comprises mostly photographic prints, with some negatives, in five albums, two scrapbooks of material about NARU as well as the Northern Territory generally, and two films taken in 1974 (after Cyclone Tracy) and 1976, along with an audiotape commentary. The photographs range in subject from official visits and fieldwork to social functions, and many are not individually listed.

ANU North Australia Research Unit

Fred Ward and ANU Design Unit drawings for furniture

  • AU ANUA 439
  • Series
  • 1951 - 1969

The drawings are for furniture particularly for University House, but there are also photographs of chairs and other furniture at University House, the John Curtin School of Medical Research and Bruce Hall. Two stained glass designs by G Kellock of Ballarat have been retained though their significance is unclear.

Ward, Frederick

Christensen ethnographic films of Papua New Guinea

  • AU ANUA 695
  • Series
  • 1972 - 1974

These films were recorded by Christensen in the area of the Waghi Valley of Papua New Guinea, near the Department of PreHistory's excavations at Kuk, led by Dr Jack Golson. These films depict traditional methods of tool making, cooking, farming, and hunting, as well as funerary rites and other rituals.

Christensen, Ole A.

Archaeology and Natural History audiovisual collection

  • AU ANUA 694
  • Series
  • 1970 - 1990

Seven reels of the Horizon episode the Long Long Walkabout, circa 1975; two sound recordings (magnetic tape) from The Last Tasmanian (La Dernierre Tasmanienne), 1977; and nine sound cassette tapes.

College of Asia and the Pacific

Research material on postwar migration

  • AU ANUA 392
  • Series
  • 1956 - 1962

The material relates to two projects undertaken by Zubrzycki: the Nuffield Project on immigration to Australia after World War II, based on the 1954 census, and a study of displaced persons, based on International Refugee Organisation nominal rolls and records of the Department of Labour and National Service. There are statistical tabulations, correspondence, press clippings, and summaries of departmental files made by Lilian Wilson, as well as original material from the files retained as examples.

Zubrzycki, Jerzy

ANU film and sound recordings

  • AU ANUA 191
  • Series
  • 1952 - 1972

Most of the films and audio tapes in this series record important events such as the laying of foundation stones, opening of buildings, conferring of honorary degrees and installation of Chancellors. There are also copies of staff interviews broadcast by the ABC and recordings of George Dreyfus, an ANU Creative Arts Fellow, and his music. The originals are not available for access – some reference copies have been made and others will be produced as required.

Reference copies:
The First Chancellor, colour, reference copy on video,1952;
The First Chancellor, colour, reference copy on DVD, 1952;
Opening of RG Menzies Library building by HM Queen Elizabeth II, reference copies on video, 13 Mar 1963;
Synchronos 72, reference copy on video, CD and DVD 1972;
Opening of Research School of Physical Sciences, speakers Dr Coombs, Mr Menzies, Professor Oliphant, Sir John Cockroft, Sir Douglas Copland reference copy on cassette tape, 5 Sep 1952;
Conferring of doctorate on Sir John Cockroft, speakers Professor Oliphant, Sir Douglas Copland, Sir John Cockroft, Dr Coombs reference copy on cassette tape, 5 Sep 1952;
Foundation stone ceremony, Haydon-Allen building [attachment to file: 12.3.1.1AA] reference copy on cassette tape, also in ANUA 20, 12 Oct 1959

Australian National University

Matthew Spriggs papers

  • AU ANUA 742
  • Series
  • 1954 - 2021

In addition to the Spriggs papers, this donation also contained the papers of Richard Shutler, Les Groube, and Aubrey Parke, which have been removed and are now ANUA 768, 769, and 767, respectively.

Spriggs, Matthew

Hitchcock slides of Papua New Guinea and Nauru

  • AU ANUA 293
  • Series
  • 1962-1963, 1967
  1. The first group of slides – Pari, Eastern Highlands New Guinea (slides ANUA 293-1 1-51); Kaparoka (slides ANUA 293-2 1-30); marriage in the Sinnga Valley, Eastern Highlands, New Guinea (slides ANUA 293-3 1-32) relate to the publication published by the South Pacific Commission - 'Studies of Dietary Intake and the Expenditure of Energy by New Guineans. Technical Paper No. 147' by Eben H Hipsley and Nancy E Kirk (Hitchcock), 1962. These slides are a record of food selection and preparation in Papua New Guinea during this time period.
  2. The second group of slides - Rabia Camp - A Port Moresby migrant community (slides ANUA 293-4 1-20) relate to the publication in the New Guinea Research Unit Bulletin, No. 14 - 'Rabia Camp: A Port Moresby Migrant Settlement' by Nancy E Hitchcock and N D Oram, 1967. These slides are a record of the people and their living conditions in a migrant camp in Port Moresby.
  3. Slides of Nauru and Ocean Island/Banaba (slides ANUA 293-5 1-31) relate to the report 'Dietary Survey of the UN Trust Territory Nauru' by Nancy E Kirk, 1957. These slides are a record of the people, their living conditions and the landscape on Nauru and Ocean Island/Banaba.

Hitchcock, Nancy Eva

Dr Roy Scragg papers

  • AU ANUA 773
  • Series
  • 1922 - 2022

Includes government, scientific, and medical reports and papers relating to Dr Scragg's work, mostly in Papua New Guinea, the majority circa 1950-1970. Contains files on medical staff in PNG serving under Dr Scragg which may be restricted. One box of photographs.

Scragg, Roy

Sir John Gunther papers

  • AU ANUA 321
  • Series
  • 1947 - 1984

Part 1 - These papers mainly relate to Gunther’s time as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG), and include some papers relating to Gunther’s time as the Director of Public Health and Assistant Administrator in Papua New Guinea. The main subject categories are:

  1. Political papers dealing with the period before independence in Papua New Guinea (folders 1-13)
  2. Political papers pertaining to independence (folders 14-17)
  3. Economic papers – Waigani papers (folders 18-20)
  4. Economic papers – Bougainville papers (folders 32-34)
  5. Education papers (folders 35-110)
  6. Personal papers (folders 112-118)
  7. Administrative papers (folders 119-136)

Part 2 - These papers document many aspects of Gunther’s administration of public health in Papua New Guinea (folders 137-239). They include Gunther’s files on various health issues, including malaria, leprosy, scrub typhus, nutrition, kuru and tuberculosis. Also includes papers on medical education, the Mount Lamington volcanic eruption and the South Pacific Commission.

Gunther, John Thomson

Hope Hewitt's teaching material and correspondence

  • AU ANUA 662
  • Series
  • 1954 - 2007

Typescript copies of lectures relating to the teaching of English literature particularly drama. These are arranged in folders by author with notes and reviews of books and theatre productions. There is also correspondence with academic staff including Alec Hope and Dorothy Green, students and others, and references provided for students.

Hewitt, Alison Hope

Robert Mitton papers

  • AU ANUA 620
  • Series

This deposit has not been processed. Collection largely consisting of materials on mining in Irian Jaya.

Mitton, Robert

Papers of Robert Parker

  • AU ANUA 327
  • Series
  • 1951 - 1976

The files relate to Professor Parker’s membership of the Board of the Institute for Advanced Studies and his administration of the Department of Political Science in the Research School of Social Sciences. The files have been divided into two sequences on this basis as ANU or RSSS files. The files contain correspondence and memos, copies of minutes and comments by other staff on various proposals.

Parker, Robert Stewart

Albums of photographs of the ANU campus

  • AU ANUA 12
  • Series
  • 1948-1961

There are four albums of black and white photographs, and additional album pages of photographs in 11 folders, starting with the 1948 Easter Conference and showing the construction of early buildings on campus (such as University House, the Physics building, and the Menzies Library) and residential housing.

Office of the Registrar

ANU photographs (envelope series)

  • AU ANUA 15
  • Series
  • 1948 - 1974

The black and white photographs document the early development of the University: the Easter Conference of 1948, the laying of foundation stones in 1949, the opening of buildings, the conferring of degrees, and visits by dignatories. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s many staff and buildings were photographed as well as visitors, Creative Arts Fellows, exhibitions and other events. Most of the photographs were taken by the Commonwealth Department of Information, then the Commonwealth News and Information Bureau, and bear a number with a UN (University) prefix. The photographs were originally held in numbered manila envelopes and have now been placed in archival albums. Some envelopes were top-numbered into the later series, photographs of people and subjects (ANUA 225 and ANUA 226).

Office of the Registrar

Index to members of Council

  • AU ANUA 772
  • Series
  • 1949-2000

Comprised of two sets of index cards. One is A-Z by surname of Council member. The second group of cards is arranged by categories of membership, such as Ex-Officio, Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, and Student Representatives

Council

H. C. Brookfield offprints and extracts

Containing:
Problems of Monoculture and Diversification in a Sugar Island: Mauritius by H. C. Brookfield, reprinted from Economic Geography, vol. 35, no. 1 (Jan 1959)
Two Population Problem Areas of Papua- New Guinea by H. C. Brookfield, reprinted from South Pacific, vol. 10, no. 6, (Jul-Aug 1959)
Population Distribution and Labour Migration in New Guinea (a preliminary survey) by H. C. Brookfield, reprinted from The Australian Geographer, vol. VII, no. 6 (Feb 1960
Native Employment Within the New Guinea Highlands by H. C. Brookfield, reprinted from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, vol. 70, no. 3 (Sep 1961)
The Highland Peoples of New Guinea: A study of distribution and localization by H. C. Brookfield, reprinted from the Geographical Journal, vol. CXXVII, part 4 (Dec 1961)
Local Study and Comparative Method: An Example From Central New Guinea by H. C. Brookfield, reprinted from Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 52, no. 3 (Sep 1962)
An extract of Reviews from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, vol. 71, no. 4 (Dec 1962) which contains a review by H. C. Brookfield on Les donnes de l’economie agraire melanesienne dans le contre nord de la Nouvelle Caledonie, I ere Partie: Les donnes economiques by Jean Guiart and Fanny Robert.
On Training Geographers by H. C. Brookfield, reprinted from Australian Geographical Studies, vol. 1, no. 2 (Oct 1963)
The Ecology of Highland Settlement: Some Suggestions by H. C. Brookfield, reprinted from American Anthropologist, vol. 66, no. 4, pt 2 (Aug 1964)
Questions on the Human Frontiers of Geography by H. C. Brookfield, reprinted from Economic Geography, vol. 40, no. 4 (Oct 1964)
An extract of Reviews from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, vol. 75, no. 1 (Mar 1966) which contains a review by H. C. Brookfield on The Study of Shifting Cultivation by Harold C. Conklin.
Rainfall Seasonality in the Tropical Southwest Pacific by E. A. Fitzpatrick, Doreen Hart and H. C. Brookfield, reprinted from Erdkunde, vol. XX, no. 3 (1966). Contains supplemental map.
Trek and Laager: The Europeans in South Africa by H. C. Brookfield, extracted from Andrews, John, ed. (1966). Frontiers and men : a volume in memory of Griffith Taylor (1880-1963). Cheshire, Melbourne ; Canberra

Film and video received from the College of Asia and the Pacific

  • AU ANUA 760
  • Series

This collection of films was given to the ANU Archives by staff from the College of Asia and the Pacific in 2022. College staff found these films in a cupboard with no documentation so their context is not known as at 2022.

College of Asia and the Pacific

Jill Matthews papers

  • AU ANUA 424
  • Series
  • 1966 - 2018

The records include teaching and course material from history and women’s studies courses at ANU and other universities; correspondence; conference material; publications on feminism and sexuality; recorded lectures on audio cassettes and posters. Later additions contain research notebooks of research undertaken in libraries and archives to support Jill Matthews publications; transcripts of interviews with Lois Quarrel Hendry and Olga Varonas; research notes and manuscript for chapter in 'The thing she loves' ed. Kerry Greenwood; research notes and newsclippings for research on women and sport, women in film.

Matthews, Jill Julius

The ANU Reporter master set

  • AU ANUA 244
  • Series
  • 1970 - ?

This is a master set of copies of the ANU’s publication The ANU Reporter. Issues for 2000 are missing from the set. Format and numbering is variable. Early issues are bound, issues after 1999 are loose.

ANU Marketing and Communications Division

Papers of Geoffrey Brennan

  • AU ANUA 765
  • Series
  • 1977 - 1997

This series consists of speeches and articles on philosophy and economics by Professor Brennan. One exam paper is included.

Brennan, Geoffrey

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