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The Australian Engineer, then Australasian Society of Engineers Journal Victorian Branch

  • AU NBAC S192
  • Serial
  • Mar 1950 - Dec 1984 (with gaps)

Issued monthly by the Victorian Branch of the Australasian Society of Engineers, for which some issues held from 1950 (vol 2, no. 11 and vol. 3 no. 6), 1951 (vol. 3 no. 11, vol 4 no. 1, 4, and 5), and July 1955 (vol. 7 no. 8). Then renamed Australasian Society of Engineers Journal Victorian Branch. Most issues held from Feb/Mar 1963 - Oct/Nov 1971. Many issues held from Jul/Aug 1975 - Nov/Dec 1984 with some gaps.

Australasian Society of Engineers

Gareth Evans papers

  • AU ANUA 740
  • Series

Working papers, speeches and photographs documenting Gareth Evans' time as a student, in politics as Chancellor of the Australian National University and in other activities.

Evans, Gareth John

Brunette Downs Station deposit

  • AU NBAC Z354
  • Deposit
  • 1948 - 1976

Subject files, station diaries, financial records, records of wages, bore maintenance records, maps and plans.
Includes records relating to Aboriginal people - Box 2 includes records of attendance of Aboriginal children at Brunette Downs School (no names included) and reference to the employment of Aboriginal teaching assistants.

Brunette Downs Station

Art Forum recordings

  • AU ANUA 431
  • Series
  • 1983 - 2005

These sound recordings cover School of Art lectures and workshops given by various artists from 1983 to 2005.

Canberra School of Art

Joe Owens collection

  • AU NBAC Z235
  • Deposit
  • 1960 - 1992

Files on the affairs of the NSW Branch of the Builders' Labourers' Federation, notably green bans and Federal intervention; records of the Builders' Labourers for Democratic Control; personal correspondence, notes and diaries, drafts of an unfinished history of the Branch; papers relating to the Darling Harbour Construction Project; papers collected by Abe David; photographs, pamphlets, leaflets, posters and serials.

Owens, Joseph

Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union, New South Wales Branch (Frank Bollins) deposit

  • AU NBAC N386
  • Deposit
  • 1914 - 1983

The deposit consists of records of Frank Bollins, NSW Branch President, on his retirement on 5 July 1983. Includes minutes of national and state conferences, branch committee and council meetings, rules, conference and seminar papers, demarcation agreements, NSW Railways papers, correspondence, general union files and publications.

Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union

AA Co. Annual Reports

  • AU NBAC S301
  • Serial
  • 1825 - 1994

London. Issued by the Directors of the AACo. Includes copy of publication: Emigration to Australia (1849)

Australian Agricultural Company

Harold Brookfield papers, field diaries, photographs and aerial photographs

  • AU ANUA 599
  • Series
  • 1958 - 1990

The collection includes fifty field notebooks, as well as research notes, correspondence, offprints, photographs, negatives and aerial photographs related to his research in the Pacific region, including the countries - Papua New Guinea and Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides), New Caledonia, Fiji and The Philippines. The photographs in this collection have not been listed. They can be found in box 6 (1 Type 5 box) and in boxes 7 - 10 (4 grey albums).

Brookfield, Harold Chillingworth

Margaret Tedder Solomon Islands botanical index cards

  • AU ANUA 446
  • Series
  • 1971 - 1974

Index cards on medicinal and other useful plants in the Solomon islands, A-Z, arranged by plant family. The cards record: Name; Family; Habitat; Constituents; Therapeutic activity; Local names; Sources of information; Preparation and use; Regions reporting use; Other locations reporting use. Most of the information has been obtained from Central and Makira /Ulawa Province. The main language groups include: Temotu, Malaita-San Cristobal, Gela-Guadalcanal and New Georgia.

Tedder, Margaret

Richard Eves collection on health in the Pacific

  • AU ANUA 741
  • Series
  • 1995 - 2020

Largely consists of material on HIV/AIDS in the Asia/Pacific region. Also contains materials on other health and governmental issues. See box list for more details.

Eves, Richard

James Tedder Solomon Islands papers

  • AU ANUA 445
  • Series
  • 1912 - 2005

Solomon Islands files collected and/or collated by subject by James Tedder. The files include the following subjects, bird life, census, national parks, the Moro Movement, land use and issues, the Solomon Islands museum, the Solomon Islands library, local government, education and broadcasting. Also includes two photograph albums on the Solomon Islands.

Tedder, James L O

Articles and reports on the Solomon Islands, by various authors

Contains: a paper from the AZAAS 42nd Congress (Port Moresby 17-21 August 1970): paper No. 11. The Role of the Civil Engineer in Developing Societies by R. G. A. Feachem; West Indian 'Dioscorea alata' Cultivars by H. J. Gooding (1960); The Scientific Report of "S. M. Albatros" 1895-1898 by K. u. K. Fregatten-Kapitan J. von Mauler and K. u. K. Linienschiffs-Lieutenant Wilhelm Kesslitz (1899); The Management of Coconut Plantations in Western Samoa by D. R. A. Eden (1953); Premier Troc, Double Illusion by Daniel de Coppet (1973)

Articles and reports on the Solomon Islands, particularly on birds and ecology, by various authors

Contains: Some Marching Rule Stories by Colin H. Allan (1974); Figures removed from a publication of foliage and flora. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club: Volume 85 No. 9 (Dec 1965), Volume 87 No. 8 (Nov 1967); Volume 92 No. 1 (Feb 1972); Volume 93 No. 2 (Jun 1973); Further Examples of Dual Singing by Southwest Pacific Birds by Jared M. Diamond (1972); An Unsuccessful Search for the Solomon Islands Crowned Pigeon by S. A. Parker (1971); Bird Records from West New Britain by Jared M. Diamond (1971); Biogeographic Kinetics: Estimation of Relaxation Times for Avifaunas of Southwest Pacific Islands by Jared M. Diamond (1972); Comparison of Faunal Equilibrium Turnover Rates on a Tropical Island and a Temperate Island by Jared M. Diamond (1971); Species-area Relation for Birds of the Solomon Archipelago by Jared M. Diamond and Ernst Mayr (1976); Distributional Ecology and Habits of Some Bougainville Birds (Solomon Islands) by Jarden M. Diamond (1975); The Laws of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate in Force on 31st December 1969, Revised Edition: Chapter 89: Wild Birds Protection (1971); An Analysis of the Factors Affecting the Economic Development of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate During the Period 1950-1964 by J. R. Baker (1967); Customs and Culture from Kazukuru: Folklore Obtained After the Discovery of the Shrine at Bao by A. H. Hall (1964); An issue of Corona (October 1952) featuring an article on The Shell Money of Auki Island by J. F. Bartle; Burial Customs and Grave Sites on Pre-Christian Nggatokae, Western Solomon Islands by Lindsay Wall and Rolf Kushel (1975); The Protection of Nature in the Islands of the Pacific by F. R. Fosberg (1954); Native Councils and Native Courts in the Solomon Islands by H. Ian Hogbin (1944); Bombs and Butter: The Revival of Ancient Irrigation Techniques for a Market Economy, A Pacific Example by M. J. T. Spriggs (1981); Choice of Residence in the Solomons and a Focal Land Model by D. G. Cochrane (1969); The Noona Dan Expedition 1961-1962 General Report and Lists of Stations by Torben Wolff (1966); Un Orgue Eolien de Guadalcanal by Hugo Zemp (1971); Summary Report on the International Seminar on the Cross- Cultural Study of Circulation, sponsored by the East-West Population Institute (1978); one issue of AGMANZ News: The Art Galleries & Museums Association of New Zealand (Feb 1971); Material Culture and Art in the Star Harbour Region, Eastern Solomon Islands, Southeast Solomon Islands Culture History Program- introduction by R. C. Green, by Sidney M. Mead, Royal Ontario Museum (1973).

Reports and articles on Mugaba (Rennell Island) and Mungiki (Bellona Island) by various authors

Contains: On the Subsistence System of Bellona Island, British Solomon Islands Protectorate: A preliminary report on a field investigation 1965 supported by "Styrelsen for teknisk samarbejde med Udviklingslandene" and "Statens almindelige Videnskabsfond" by Sofus Christiansen (1965); Crisis and Mass Conversion on Rennell Island in 1938 by Torben Monberg (1962); An Island Changes Its Religion: Some Social Implications of the Conversion to Christianity on Bellona Island by Torben Monberg; Determinants of Choice in Adoption and Fosterage on Bellona Island by Torben Monberg (1970); "We Don't Talk Much About Colour Here": A Study of Colour Semantics on Bellona Island by Rolf Kuschel and Torben Monberg (1974); The Silent Inventor: The Creation of a Sign Language by the Only Deaf-Mute on a Polynesian Island by Rolf Kuschel (1973); Songs of Bellona Island (Na Taungua o Mungiki) Volume 1: A new study on Polynesian music by Jane Mink Rossen; Some Aspects of Social Organization, Economy, and Values on Rennell Island (Mugaba), 1969: A Preliminary Report by Sofus Christensen and Torben Monberg (1970);

Articles and reports on the history of the Solomon Islands, by various authors

Contains: On the Cross-Cultural Study of Circulation by Murray Chapman (1978); Red Feather Money by William Davenport (1962); Preliminary Excavations on Santa Ana Island, Eastern Solomon Islands by William Davenport (1972); Anthropology in the British Solomon Islands by William H. Davenport (1968); Sexual Patterns and Their Regulation in a Society of the Southwest Pacific by William Davenport (1965); Social Structure of Santa Cruz Island by William Davenport (1964); The "Hawaiian Cultural Revolution": Some Political and Economic Considerations by William Davenport (1968); A Late Prehistoric Sequence from Su'ena Village, Uki by R. C. Green; Religion, Medicine, and Magic by C. E. Fox; A Late Prehistoric Settlement in Star Harbour by R. C. Green; Conclusion by R. C. Green; An Introduction to the Southeast Solomons Culture History Programme by R. C. Green; Rainforest Composition and Histories of Disturbance: inland settlement in Solomon Islands before European contact, a hitherto unrecognised control over floristics by Tim Bayliss- Smith, Edvard Hviding, and Tim Whitmore (2002, unpublished).

Department of International Relations newspaper clippings

  • AU ANUA 489
  • Series
  • 1959 - 1990

Microfiche copies of newspaper clippings arranged by countries in the Asia, Southeast Asia, and Pacific regions.

Country files include subject matter relating to foreign relations, political process, defence, economy and trade.

Files on Asia include subject matter relating to the Great Powers in Asia, the United Nations, aid, conferences, defence, economy and trade.

Files on world issues include defence, nuclear energy, world aid, economy and trade, Great Powers, environmental problems, resources diplomacy, Antarctica, principles of international relations.

ANU Department of International Relations

Country subject files from the Division of Pacific and Asian History

  • AU ANUA 420
  • Series
  • 1926 - 1986

Contains subject files and newsletters on countries kept by the Division of Pacific and Asian History: Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert and Ellis Island, Indonesia, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Papua/New Guinea, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), New Zealand, Nauru, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tahiti. Includes research papers and notes, governmental papers, publications, newspaper clippings, school readers and Cook Islands photostats.

ANU Division of Pacific and Asian History

Jim Davidson papers

  • AU ANUA 57
  • Series

The series includes administrative files maintained by Davidson as Professor of Pacific History and Dean of the Research School of Pacific Studies, dealing with staff including appointments, students, the Coombs building, the New Guinea Research Unit and committees of which Davidson was a member. There are two files which include material about his death. There are also research files which include correspondence, research notes, press cuttings from the Fiji Times, South Pacific Commission papers, articles by Davidson and others, and typescript copies of his Peter Dillon biography and Samoa mo Samoa. There are also parliamentary debates from Samoa and Kiribati and photographs related to the four-volume book 'Pacific Islands' published in 1943-1945.

Davidson, James Wightman

William McGrath papers

  • AU ANUA 792
  • Series
  • 1880 - 2010

Documents relating to McGrath's work as a land consultant, particularly regarding regions in Micronesia.

McGrath, William Adrian

Edward Freeman Paton Memorial Hospital collection

  • AU ANUA 602
  • Series
  • 1958 - 1976

Dr Edward (Ted) Freeman OAM served with his wife, Dorothy, as a medical missionary under the Presbyterian Board of Missions in the New Hebrides from 1963 - 1970. During this time he worked as a medical superintendent at the Paton Memorial Hospital, under difficult situations. He established a blood bank, updated anaesthetic procedures, taught family planning and supervised the training of many local and expatriate doctors and nurses while working in the New Hebrides. Collection includes correspondence, diaries, printed memorabilia, menus from the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, slides of the New Hebrides taken between 1963 - 1970 and slides of Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) taken in 1963.

Freeman, Edward (Ted)

Papers of Gordon Thomas

  • AU ANUA 584
  • Series
  • 1900 - 2004

This collection of documents and images relating to Gordon Thomas's time in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea includes correspondence with the Department of External Territories regarding persons lost on the Montevideo Maru and proclamations from the Chief of the Japanese Army during the Japanese occuptaion of Rabaul. Photographs from the 1910s and 1930s are of people and places in German New Guinea.

Thomas, Edward Llewellyn Gordon

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