Daily file of correspondence
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Daily file of correspondence
Hans Pillig's certificates and qualifications from Canberra Technical College and from Munich, Germany.
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Hans Pillig's certificates and qualifications from Canberra Technical College and from Munich, Germany.
Pacific History Records Room collection
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Pacific History Records Room collection
Minutes of Council, books 1-4
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Minutes of Council, books 1-4
Kioloa - historical notes
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Kioloa - historical notes
Extracts from reminiscences of Rees Rutland Jones and Ann Rees Jones
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Extracts from reminiscences of Rees Rutland Jones and Ann Rees Jones
Richard Gilson Pacific Research papers on Samoa
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Richard Gilson Pacific Research papers on Samoa
Chemistry reference papers
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Chemistry reference papers
Minutes of Council, books 5-7
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Minutes of Council, books 5-7
Book in French titled, ‘Recherches sur les mouvements de la Planete Herschel’ by U-J Le Verrier, Paris, 1846 (with additions at rear)
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Book in French titled, ‘Recherches sur les mouvements de la Planete Herschel’ by U-J Le Verrier, Paris, 1846 (with additions at rear)
Early Australian maps
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Early Australian maps
Book dated 1854 in German spine title ‘Bjorns Geometri’ (includes diagram tables in pull-out sections at rear)
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Book dated 1854 in German spine title ‘Bjorns Geometri’ (includes diagram tables in pull-out sections at rear)
Memoranda for a compilation of a list of visits to British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Notes of visits 1567 - 1868. Handwritten manuscript ; Notes upon history of Solomon Islands, Typescript ; Jottings of some events in the Solomons, 1864 - 1881
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Memoranda for a compilation of a list of visits to British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Notes of visits 1567 - 1868. Handwritten manuscript ; Notes upon history of Solomon Islands, Typescript ; Jottings of some events in the Solomons, 1864 - 1881
Dorothy Crozier papers
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Dorothy Crozier papers
Documents related to Woodford's honours and appointments - military, professional and official appointments,
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Documents related to Woodford's honours and appointments - military, professional and official appointments,
Joy London papers
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Joy London papers
Ledger for E R Evans' properties - Murramarang, Rosedale and others
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Ledger for E R Evans' properties - Murramarang, Rosedale and others
Notes ; Extracts from Coote's 'Western Pacific'. Massacres in the Solomons listed by year and ship 1875 - 1881
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Notes ; Extracts from Coote's 'Western Pacific'. Massacres in the Solomons listed by year and ship 1875 - 1881
Research file; Church - United Church, including typescript by Nigel Oram, Towards a study of the London Missionary Society in Hula 1875 - 1968
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Research file; Church - United Church, including typescript by Nigel Oram, Towards a study of the London Missionary Society in Hula 1875 - 1968
Papers relating to the Methodist Church in Papua New Guinea and Rev Threlfall’s research on Papua New Guinea
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Papers relating to the Methodist Church in Papua New Guinea and Rev Threlfall’s research on Papua New Guinea
Minutes of Council, books 8-9
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Minutes of Council, books 8-9
Articles by E P Ramsay published in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1879 - 1882: 'Notes on the Zoology of the Solomon Islands. - Part IV', Read Wednesday January 25th 1882 [annotated by Woodford]; 'Notes on the Zoology of the Solomon Islands, Part I. Aves' ; 'Notes on some recently described birds from the Solomon Islands, with remarks on some Australian birds mentioned in Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Cat. of Bds., Vol. IV.'
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Articles by E P Ramsay published in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1879 - 1882: 'Notes on the Zoology of the Solomon Islands. - Part IV', Read Wednesday January 25th 1882 [annotated by Woodford]; 'Notes on the Zoology of the Solomon Islands, Part I. Aves' ; 'Notes on some recently described birds from the Solomon Islands, with remarks on some Australian birds mentioned in Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Cat. of Bds., Vol. IV.'
Miscellaneous learned articles and letters relating to Solomons and the South West Pacific
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Miscellaneous learned articles and letters relating to Solomons and the South West Pacific
Yap Catholic Mission, copies of documents in Spanish and German, some translated to English
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Yap Catholic Mission, copies of documents in Spanish and German, some translated to English
William McGrath papers
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William McGrath papers
Ian Maddocks' Papua New Guinea research papers
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Ian Maddocks' Papua New Guinea research papers
Papers Relating to Claims of Land in the Solomon Islands. Correspondence of Commodore Wilson to the High Commissioner, etc. Printed, 9pp.
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Papers Relating to Claims of Land in the Solomon Islands. Correspondence of Commodore Wilson to the High Commissioner, etc. Printed, 9pp.
Handbook of the Fijian Lanuage
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Handbook of the Fijian Lanuage
Genealogies and documents relating to the Woodford and Moreau family histories [Mrs Woodford was descended from Moreau family].
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Genealogies and documents relating to the Woodford and Moreau family histories [Mrs Woodford was descended from Moreau family].
Collection of reprinted articles on birds and butterflies from the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1883 - 1886
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Collection of reprinted articles on birds and butterflies from the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1883 - 1886
Twelve reprinted articles from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1884 - 1897
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Twelve reprinted articles from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1884 - 1897
Newspaper clippings; Seven clippings related to the Pacific Islands labour trade; the Kanakas
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Newspaper clippings; Seven clippings related to the Pacific Islands labour trade; the Kanakas
Articles from learned journals and some correspondence, especially relating to natural history
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Articles from learned journals and some correspondence, especially relating to natural history
"Partition of the Western Pacific" from the Edinburgh Review (1900); and General MacIver, Rivals for supremacy in the Pacific; a book for every British subject, Sydney: Gibbs, Shallard & Co, 1885
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"Partition of the Western Pacific" from the Edinburgh Review (1900); and General MacIver, Rivals for supremacy in the Pacific; a book for every British subject, Sydney: Gibbs, Shallard & Co, 1885
C M Woodford ; Diary 6 July 1886 - 3 August 1886
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C M Woodford ; Diary 6 July 1886 - 3 August 1886
Australian Station. New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Correspondence respecting Outrages by Natives on British Subjects, and other matters which have been under inquiry during the year, together with other cases which have since arisen (titles vary). Reports for 1886 - 1890
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Australian Station. New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Correspondence respecting Outrages by Natives on British Subjects, and other matters which have been under inquiry during the year, together with other cases which have since arisen (titles vary). Reports for 1886 - 1890
Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
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Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Collection of eight reprinted articles by Professor Enrico Giglioli published (in Italian) in Archivio per l'Antropologia e l'Etnologia, 1887-1905
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Collection of eight reprinted articles by Professor Enrico Giglioli published (in Italian) in Archivio per l'Antropologia e l'Etnologia, 1887-1905
Folder entitled 'Historical Notes'.
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Folder entitled 'Historical Notes'.
C M Woodford ; Diary 16 August 1888 - 3 January 1889. 'Diary of third visit to the Solomon Islands from August 1888 - January 1889
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C M Woodford ; Diary 16 August 1888 - 3 January 1889. 'Diary of third visit to the Solomon Islands from August 1888 - January 1889
Collection of newspaper cuttings: including a book of newspaper cuttings 1888 - 1899, mainly reviews of 'A Naturalist among the head hunters'; plus many loose cuttings 1886 - 1911 on the South Sea Islands, some undated
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Collection of newspaper cuttings: including a book of newspaper cuttings 1888 - 1899, mainly reviews of 'A Naturalist among the head hunters'; plus many loose cuttings 1886 - 1911 on the South Sea Islands, some undated
Five journal articles on natural history.
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Five journal articles on natural history.
Official reports on ships visiting the Australian Station, Solomon Islands: Report for New Guinea and Solomon Islands, 1890. Dates on which, and by whom, the various places on the Division were last visited by one of Her Majesty's ships, 3pp 2 copies ; and for the Australian Station, Solomon Islands, 1896. Correspondence respecting Outrages by Natives on British Subjects, and other matters which have been under inquiry during the year 1896, by Naval Officers in the Solomon Islands. 20pp. Proof copy
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Official reports on ships visiting the Australian Station, Solomon Islands: Report for New Guinea and Solomon Islands, 1890. Dates on which, and by whom, the various places on the Division were last visited by one of Her Majesty's ships, 3pp 2 copies ; and for the Australian Station, Solomon Islands, 1896. Correspondence respecting Outrages by Natives on British Subjects, and other matters which have been under inquiry during the year 1896, by Naval Officers in the Solomon Islands. 20pp. Proof copy
Smith, Percy S, 'Notes on the geographical knowledge of the Polynesians, Part I', Transactions of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Vol III, 1891, pp 280 - 310 and Part II, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, read before the Association, January 1898, pp 1 - 16. Reprints. Includes a letter from Percy Smith (President, Polynesian Society, New Plymouth, New Zealand) to Woodford 10 September 1916
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Smith, Percy S, 'Notes on the geographical knowledge of the Polynesians, Part I', Transactions of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Vol III, 1891, pp 280 - 310 and Part II, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, read before the Association, January 1898, pp 1 - 16. Reprints. Includes a letter from Percy Smith (President, Polynesian Society, New Plymouth, New Zealand) to Woodford 10 September 1916
Australian Station. Solomon Islands. Correspondence respecting Outrages by Natives on British Subjects, and other matters which have been under inquiry during the year (titles vary). Reports for 1891 - 1896
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Australian Station. Solomon Islands. Correspondence respecting Outrages by Natives on British Subjects, and other matters which have been under inquiry during the year (titles vary). Reports for 1891 - 1896
Western Pacific High Commission, Proclamations, 1894 - 1908
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Western Pacific High Commission, Proclamations, 1894 - 1908
Notes; References to work on the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
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Notes; References to work on the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Collection of miscellaneous printed documents and newsclippings, mostly about Samoa
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Collection of miscellaneous printed documents and newsclippings, mostly about Samoa
Photographs of Papua New Guinea
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Photographs of Papua New Guinea
London Family business papers
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London Family business papers
Pencilled notes on Mendana's voyage
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Pencilled notes on Mendana's voyage
Notes; Jottings regarding the population of Gilberts
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Notes; Jottings regarding the population of Gilberts
Newspaper clipping; Notice of Mrs Woodford's arrival in Sydney and Lord Boringdon's visit to Woodford
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Newspaper clipping; Notice of Mrs Woodford's arrival in Sydney and Lord Boringdon's visit to Woodford
Colonial Office, Reports on the British Solomon Islands, 1896 - 1899
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Colonial Office, Reports on the British Solomon Islands, 1896 - 1899
Manuscript notes on Woodford's trip to the Gilbert Islands, no date
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Manuscript notes on Woodford's trip to the Gilbert Islands, no date
Newspaper clipping; 'Christianising the Islands', Return of Bishop Broyer
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Newspaper clipping; 'Christianising the Islands', Return of Bishop Broyer
Abel Janszoon Tasman: His Life and Voyages by James Backhouse Walker, F.R.G.S.
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Abel Janszoon Tasman: His Life and Voyages by James Backhouse Walker, F.R.G.S.
Book of newspaper cuttings from Sydney press, mostly concerned with Solomon Island massacres 1896 - 1897.
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Book of newspaper cuttings from Sydney press, mostly concerned with Solomon Island massacres 1896 - 1897.
Newspaper cuttings: Sydney Mail, 19 December 1896 'Our first whalers. The voyage of the Britannia' ; 'Civis Romanus Sum?, Were the ancient Britons civilised or barbarous?', Morning Post, 21 August 1923
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Newspaper cuttings: Sydney Mail, 19 December 1896 'Our first whalers. The voyage of the Britannia' ; 'Civis Romanus Sum?, Were the ancient Britons civilised or barbarous?', Morning Post, 21 August 1923
Colonial Reports - Annual, British Solomon Islands: No 251 (1897 - 1898) ; No 275 (1898 - 1899) ; No 320 (1899 - 1900) ; No 347 (1900 - 1901) ; No 372 (1901 - 1902) ; No 401 (1902 - 1903) ; No 461 (1903 - 1904 and 1904 - 1905) ; No 774 (1912 - 1913)
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Colonial Reports - Annual, British Solomon Islands: No 251 (1897 - 1898) ; No 275 (1898 - 1899) ; No 320 (1899 - 1900) ; No 347 (1900 - 1901) ; No 372 (1901 - 1902) ; No 401 (1902 - 1903) ; No 461 (1903 - 1904 and 1904 - 1905) ; No 774 (1912 - 1913)
Research file; manuscript for a book, The life of Papuans, covering the years 1897-1901 by Father Joseph Guis and others
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Research file; manuscript for a book, The life of Papuans, covering the years 1897-1901 by Father Joseph Guis and others
Special Report on Proceedings taken in Connection with Banks and Torres Groups. Transcript, Ts., 9pp. (2 copies.)
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Special Report on Proceedings taken in Connection with Banks and Torres Groups. Transcript, Ts., 9pp. (2 copies.)
Notes; References to passages in Cook's first and second voyages
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Notes; References to passages in Cook's first and second voyages
Correspondence about the vessel, the Albatross.
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Correspondence about the vessel, the Albatross.
Notes; References to Pacific voyages about the labour trade, Peruvian slaves
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Notes; References to Pacific voyages about the labour trade, Peruvian slaves
Copies of 'The Group Divisions and Initation Ceremonies of the Barkunjee Tribes', 1898 and 'Languages of some of Native Tribes of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria' 1902 by R.H. Mathews. Also includes a copy of the Aboriginal Protection Act 1909-1963, printed 1964.
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Copies of 'The Group Divisions and Initation Ceremonies of the Barkunjee Tribes', 1898 and 'Languages of some of Native Tribes of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria' 1902 by R.H. Mathews. Also includes a copy of the Aboriginal Protection Act 1909-1963, printed 1964.
Bundle 20 enclosures include: article by Thomson, Basil, 'Curiosities of the South Seas, II', Wide World Magazine, August 1899, pp 509 - 516 ; a copy of 'Wireless telegraphy in the Pacific' ; His Excellency the Governor's message to the Legislative Council, Fiji, Legislative Council, Council Paper No 30, 1909 (Sir Everard im Thurn's card attached)
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Bundle 20 enclosures include: article by Thomson, Basil, 'Curiosities of the South Seas, II', Wide World Magazine, August 1899, pp 509 - 516 ; a copy of 'Wireless telegraphy in the Pacific' ; His Excellency the Governor's message to the Legislative Council, Fiji, Legislative Council, Council Paper No 30, 1909 (Sir Everard im Thurn's card attached)
Papers relating to life of C E M Woodford [Woodford's son]
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Papers relating to life of C E M Woodford [Woodford's son]
Articles and reports on the Solomon Islands, by various authors
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Articles and reports on the Solomon Islands, by various authors
British Indian Ocean Territories legislation
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British Indian Ocean Territories legislation
Eleven articles, in German, related to the administration of the German protectorate of New Guinea, 1899 - 1907.
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Eleven articles, in German, related to the administration of the German protectorate of New Guinea, 1899 - 1907.
Membership card of the New Guinea Association of the Tillers Union
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Membership card of the New Guinea Association of the Tillers Union
Research file; Leo Aisi Parau (Yule Island) - oral history
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Research file; Leo Aisi Parau (Yule Island) - oral history
Lepidoptera rhopalocera [a typescript list of butterflies with references to scholarly articles and where butterflies were identified]. 8pp, 2 copies
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Lepidoptera rhopalocera [a typescript list of butterflies with references to scholarly articles and where butterflies were identified]. 8pp, 2 copies
Papers of Gordon Thomas
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Papers of Gordon Thomas
Family photographs (Crawford's parents and grandparents)
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Family photographs (Crawford's parents and grandparents)
Literary papers and lectures
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Literary papers and lectures
Collected historical documents of or about Fiji
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Collected historical documents of or about Fiji
Minutes of Council, books 10-11
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Minutes of Council, books 10-11
Photograph of native police or army, German New Guinea
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Photograph of native police or army, German New Guinea
Correspondence 1901 - 1905; including a letter to Woodford from Charles H Read, British Museum about Woodford's sketch of Lord Howe tattooing
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Correspondence 1901 - 1905; including a letter to Woodford from Charles H Read, British Museum about Woodford's sketch of Lord Howe tattooing
Newspaper clippings; Three clippings about German New Guinea, 1903 - 4
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Newspaper clippings; Three clippings about German New Guinea, 1903 - 4
Folder entitled 'Lord Howe's Group'.
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Folder entitled 'Lord Howe's Group'.
Botanical correspondence. Extensive series of letters and other documents, mostly dated and some loose material, undated, much of it concerning identification of plants from Solomon Islands
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Botanical correspondence. Extensive series of letters and other documents, mostly dated and some loose material, undated, much of it concerning identification of plants from Solomon Islands
Notes on 'An account of the English colony in New South Wales' by David Collins.
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Notes on 'An account of the English colony in New South Wales' by David Collins.
Illuminated presentation plaque given to Woodford by leading [white] men of the protectorate in March 1905
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Illuminated presentation plaque given to Woodford by leading [white] men of the protectorate in March 1905
Kioloa - correspondence and financial papers
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Kioloa - correspondence and financial papers
Folder entitled 'Sikaiana', includes 'An account of Sikaiana or Stewart's Islands', Typescript copy, 4pp ; 'Some account of Sikaiana or Stewart's Island in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate', Typescript 9 pp, includes an attached list of seventy words in the language of Sikaiana ; Copy of letter from Woodford to T A Joyce, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 7 June 1908, accompanying information on the Sikaiana canoe ; Journal article by Woodford, 'Some account of Sikaiana or Stewart's Island in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate', Man, 1906, pp 164 - 109 ; Notes on Sikaiana equivalents for the names of shells
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Folder entitled 'Sikaiana', includes 'An account of Sikaiana or Stewart's Islands', Typescript copy, 4pp ; 'Some account of Sikaiana or Stewart's Island in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate', Typescript 9 pp, includes an attached list of seventy words in the language of Sikaiana ; Copy of letter from Woodford to T A Joyce, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 7 June 1908, accompanying information on the Sikaiana canoe ; Journal article by Woodford, 'Some account of Sikaiana or Stewart's Island in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate', Man, 1906, pp 164 - 109 ; Notes on Sikaiana equivalents for the names of shells
Miscellaneous material, mainly concerned with Christian missions including journal articles from the Missionary Review of the Methodist Church of Australasia ; extracts from mission journals 'Not in vain', 'The Southern Cross Log', the 'Melanesian Mission'
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Miscellaneous material, mainly concerned with Christian missions including journal articles from the Missionary Review of the Methodist Church of Australasia ; extracts from mission journals 'Not in vain', 'The Southern Cross Log', the 'Melanesian Mission'
Ledger for E R Evans' properties - Murramarang, Rosedale and others
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Ledger for E R Evans' properties - Murramarang, Rosedale and others
Issues of 'Man a monthly record of anthropological science', incomplete series running from September 1906 to May 1922, some including articles written by Woodford
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Issues of 'Man a monthly record of anthropological science', incomplete series running from September 1906 to May 1922, some including articles written by Woodford
Letters from George E Mason to Woodford, London, 28 June 1907 and 1 July 1908, requesting specimens of fruit eating bats from the Solomon islands
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Letters from George E Mason to Woodford, London, 28 June 1907 and 1 July 1908, requesting specimens of fruit eating bats from the Solomon islands
Folder entitled 'Notes on Malaita Shell money with a notice of the old Guadalcanal bead-money' includes: 'Notes on the manufacture of the Malaita shell bead money of the Solomon Group', Typescript, Woodford's note 'Copy', original sent to C H Read, 7 July 1907 ; Notes of interviews with Sio and Savo informants, December 1910 ; Notes on Malaita and Gela, Florida, etc money ; Notes on Auki Malaita money ; 'Appendix' on native currency
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Folder entitled 'Notes on Malaita Shell money with a notice of the old Guadalcanal bead-money' includes: 'Notes on the manufacture of the Malaita shell bead money of the Solomon Group', Typescript, Woodford's note 'Copy', original sent to C H Read, 7 July 1907 ; Notes of interviews with Sio and Savo informants, December 1910 ; Notes on Malaita and Gela, Florida, etc money ; Notes on Auki Malaita money ; 'Appendix' on native currency
Correspondence and "Native" story from Clara Austen, with Who's Who Entry for Woodford
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Correspondence and "Native" story from Clara Austen, with Who's Who Entry for Woodford
Miscellaneous documents and letters to and from Woodford.
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Miscellaneous documents and letters to and from Woodford.
Collection of miscellaneous printed documents
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Collection of miscellaneous printed documents
Press cuttings from c1909 - 1913
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Press cuttings from c1909 - 1913
Edward Adley Owen photographs
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Edward Adley Owen photographs
Letters between Woodford and the British Museum (Natural History) ; Letters from G A Boulenger, S F Harmer (Keeper of Zoology), 1909 -1915, regarding specimens of fish and a lizard sent by Woodford ; Woodford to Director Natural History Museum, Tulagi 12 October 1912 about despatch of lizard. Carbon copy ; Letter from Woodford to Boulanger, Sussex, 24 October 1915 requesting help in compiling a list of reptiles and Batrachians [frogs and salamanders] of the Solomons
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Letters between Woodford and the British Museum (Natural History) ; Letters from G A Boulenger, S F Harmer (Keeper of Zoology), 1909 -1915, regarding specimens of fish and a lizard sent by Woodford ; Woodford to Director Natural History Museum, Tulagi 12 October 1912 about despatch of lizard. Carbon copy ; Letter from Woodford to Boulanger, Sussex, 24 October 1915 requesting help in compiling a list of reptiles and Batrachians [frogs and salamanders] of the Solomons
Correspondence to and from C. M. Woodford, June 1910 - September 1914.
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Correspondence to and from C. M. Woodford, June 1910 - September 1914.