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1 AU ANUA 384-1 Sir Donald Cleland (1901-1975) Nelson's research and entry for the Australian Dictionary of Biography 14 Sep 1990 - 22 Jul 1992 None
2 AU ANUA 384-1a Sir John Guise (1914-1991) obituary for the Prime Minister's Department, Papua New Guinea. Broadcast on Radio Australia, 8-9 Feb 1991. Guise worked in Papua New Guinea for Burns Philp, as a polititian and Governor-General. 8 - 17 Feb 1992 None
3 AU ANUA 384-1b Allan Wesley Dawes (1900-1969) Nelson's research and entry for the Australian Dictionary of Biography Jul 1992 None
4 AU ANUA 384-1c Nelson's research on Allan Wesley Dawes - Copies and reviews of Dawes' Smith lecture given 9 Jul 1946 Jul 1946 None
5 AU ANUA 384-1d Nelson's research on Allan Wesley Dawes - Copies of newspaper articles 1943 - 1969 None
6 AU ANUA 384-2 Hubert Leonard Murray (1886-1963) Nelson's research materials for his entry on Murray for the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Murray was a public servant and administrator in Papua New Guinea 13 Nov 1995 - 3 Jun 1999, 2 Dec 2002 None
7 AU ANUA 384-3 Murray film - script for a scene on Sir Hubert Murray. no date None
8 AU ANUA 384-4 James (Jim) Patrick Sinclair - Citation on Sinclair's career and correspondence relating to Sinclair's honorary degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa from the ANU. Sinclair was a patrol officer in Papua New Guinea (1948-1975) and a author of 27 books on the history of Papua New Guinea. 15 Oct 1998 - 10 Nov 1999 None
9 AU ANUA 384-5 Anthony John Stanhope Reid - A copy of the speech Hank Nelson gave at Reid's farewell from the Division of Pacific and Asian History. Reid was a Southeast Asian Historian at the Australian National University. 18 Jun 1999 None
10 AU ANUA 384-6 Jim Griffin - A copy of the speech Hank Nelson gave at Griffin's seventieth birthday. Griffin worked at the University of Papua New Guinea. 31 Oct 1999 None
11 AU ANUA 384-7 Donald Trahair Moore - A copy of the speech Hank Nelson gave at Moore's eightieth birthday. Moore was an Australian Prisioner of War during WWII 12 Feb 2000 None
12 AU ANUA 384-8 Alfred Lambton Robinson (1903-1948) Nelson's research for his entry on Robinson for the Australian Dictionary Biography. Robinson was a solider in Papua New Guinea during World War II. 10 Feb - 9 Apr 2000 None
13 AU ANUA 384-9 Research notes and drafts for Nelson's article on Singapore for the Financial Review. Jan 1993 None
14 AU ANUA 384-9a Articles for the Oxford Companion to Australian History, 'Prisoners of War', 'Papua New Guinea-Australian Relations'. 16 Feb 1996 - 9 Dec 1997 None
15 AU ANUA 384-9b Article for the Oxford Companion to Australian History, 'Horses' 16 Apr 1998 None
16 AU ANUA 384-10 Article for the Australian on who was responsible for the granting of independence to Papua New Guinea 'Black and White History' 27 Mar - 26 May 1997 None
17 AU ANUA 384-11 Article for Localities Journal - 'Doing Time: Writing of Prisioners of War' or 'Collecting Histories and Learning Histories.' Feb - 2 Jun 1997 None
18 AU ANUA 384-12 Article for the Centenary History of the Australian Defence Forces: Sources and Statistics - `New Britain'. 22 Apr - 26 Jun 1998 None
19 AU ANUA 384-13 Article for the Journal of Pacific History - 'Liberation: the End of Australian Rule in Papua New Guinea.' 2000 None
20 AU ANUA 384-14 Research notes for and copy of article 'The Cloud of Death: Mount Lamington, 21 Jan 1951.' 6 Mar 2000 - 5 Jan 2001 None
21 AU ANUA 384-15 Autobiographical article 'Pedalling History' for Conversations: Occassional Writing from the RSPAS. Apr - 29 Aug 2000 None
22 AU ANUA 384-16 Notes and a copy of the article 'Australians at War'. Jul 2000 None
23 AU ANUA 384-17 Articles and correspondence for The World Book Encycopedia - 'Papua New Guinea' and 'Bougainville' 14 Sep 2000 - 26 Mar 2001 None
24 AU ANUA 384-18 Nelson's Foreward to the book of poems by Sir David Griffin Changi Days. 27 Dec 2001 - 12 Jan 2002 None
25 AU ANUA 384-19 A letter to the Age regarding an article by Michael Barnard on the granting of independence to Papua New Guinea by Australia. 27 Mar 1991 None
26 AU ANUA 384-19a A review for the Journal of World History of Like People You Seen in a Dream. First Contact in Six Papuan Societies by Edward L. Schieffelin and Robert Crittenden. 23 Oct 1991 None
27 AU ANUA 384-19b Examiner's report for W A McGee's Mlitt dissertation 'The mining industry in the territory of Papua in the period between World War 1 and World War 2. 13 Nov 1992 None
28 AU ANUA 384-19c Examiner's report for Lynette Zeitz's MA thesis 'No Half-Hearted Soldiers: The Japanese Army's Experience of Defeat in the South West Pacific 1942-1945.' 08 Dec 1992 None
29 AU ANUA 384-20 A review of Weary: The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop by Sue Ebury. 9-15 Mar 1994 None
30 AU ANUA 384-21 A copy of Bowden's review of Nelson's book Prisoners of War, Australians Under Nippon. c. 1995 None
31 AU ANUA 384-22 A review of End of the Line: A History of Railways in Papua New Guinea by Bob McKillop and Michael Pearson. 1997 None
32 AU ANUA 384-23 Examiner's report for R S Grogan's thesis Medical Aspects of the Owen Stanley and Buna Campaigns, July 1942-Jan 1943 27 Jan - 8 Nov 1997 None
33 AU ANUA 384-24 A review of Throwim Way Leg by Tim Flannery. Also contains copies of poems by Karl Shaprio 27 Feb - 25 Mar 1998 None
34 AU ANUA 384-25 Book launch speech for Keen as Mustard by Bridget Goodwin 26 Apr 1998 None
35 AU ANUA 384-26 Book launch sppech for The Sky Travellers: Journeys in New Guinea 1938-1939 by Bill Gammage 13 Aug 1998 None
36 AU ANUA 384-27 Editing notes on Les Murray's work Bulby Brush school. 7 Feb 1999 - 8 Feb 2000 None
37 AU ANUA 384-28 Letter to the editors of the Pacific Islands Monograph by regarding an article by August Ibrum Kituai 'My Gun, My Brother: The World of the Papua New Guine Colonial Police 1920-1960.' 03 Mar 2000 None
38 AU ANUA 384-29 Comments on the script The Long Green Shore by Apollo Films. 31 Aug - 15 Oct 2000 None
39 AU ANUA 384-30 Letter to the editor of The Australian on the announcement of increased spending by the Howard Government on research, development and innovation. 31 Jan 2001 None
40 AU ANUA 384-31 Editing notes on Is it True? 'Bloody Oath it is!' by Les Bell as told to Gillian Heming. c. 2002 None
41 AU ANUA 384-34 Editing notes on Restorative Justice in Bougainville by Patrick Howley. c. 2002 None
42 AU ANUA 384-35 Presentations on Australian Prisoner's of War, 'A Bowl of Rice for Seven Camels and Hitler in the Tower of London: Obsessions and Dynamics of Prisoner of War Camps, paper for the Australian War Memorial Conference, Melbourne, 11 Feb 1986. 'Turning North: Australians in Southeast Asia in World War Two' paper for the ASAA Bicentennial Conference, 12 Feb 1988. 11 Feb 1986, 12 Feb 1988 None
43 AU ANUA 384-36 An address to the ACT History Teachers' Association, 'Recapturing the Past: The Status of Oral History (Keeping the Bastards Honest)'. 2-3 Mar 1991 None
44 AU ANUA 384-37 Annual ANZAC Commemorative Lecture, 'To the Limits of Nation and Nationalism: Journeys of the 23rd Brigade 2nd AIF.' 24 Apr 1991 None
45 AU ANUA 384-38 Australia and Papua New Guinea - A History in Film festival. Correspondence and paper for a proposed film festival in Port Moresby. 16 Apr - 1 May 1991 None
46 AU ANUA 384-39 A copy of Nelson's paper 'Reel History' presented at the film festival held in Port Moresby. May - 14 Jun 1991 None
47 AU ANUA 384-40 A copy of 'From Khaki to Green' presented to the Victorian History Teachers' Association. 25 Oct - 18 Nov 1991 None
48 AU ANUA 384-40a Correspondence relating to Nelson's proposals for the New Guinea Kokoda commemorations. Jul - Aug 1991 None
49 AU ANUA 384-41 A copy of 'The Boys Up North' presented in Adelaide Oct 1991 None
50 AU ANUA 384-41a A copy of 'Write History: Reel History' for the Pacific Islands History Workshop Dec 1991 None
51 AU ANUA 384-41b Papers relating to the film 'Man Without Pigs' for the Pacific Islands History Workshop. Dec 1991 None
52 AU ANUA 384-41c Papers relating to the Politics of Tradition Project - Nation, Identity, and Gender in the Pacific workshop and Nelson's launch of the book 'Not the way it really was: Constructing the Tolai past' by Klaus Neumann. Jul 1992 None
53 AU ANUA 384-41d A copy of 'ANZAC day on the line, 1943.' Jan 1993 None
54 AU ANUA 384-41e Department seminar/film notes and newspaper articles on `Spectre of the Noose'. Apr 1993 None
55 AU ANUA 384-42 A copy of the presentation 'Good Times and Bad Times: Observations on the Collecting and Processing of Oral History.' given at the Oral History Association of Australia, Tasmanian Branch Conference, Launceston. 24 Jul 1993 None
56 AU ANUA 384-43 Correspondence and notes relating to the organisation of Nelson's trip to Tasmania to speak at the Oral History Association of Australia, Tasmanian Branch Conference. 24 May - 9 Jun 1993 None
57 AU ANUA 384-43a Papers relating to Nelson's address to the Newcastle Club's ANZAC Dinner, 22 April 1993 7 Feb - 24 Jul 1993 None
58 AU ANUA 384-44 A copy of the paper 'Ol Japan - From Incident to Generalisation: Papua New Guinea, 1942-1945.' 22 Sep 1993 None
59 AU ANUA 384-45 Nelson's notes for his talk to the Australian Archives Association. 13 Oct 1993 None
60 AU ANUA 384-46 A copy of the paper 'History of Memory: The Impact of the Prisoner Experience.' presented at the Prisoners of War: Prisoners of History conference 12-13 May 1994 None
61 AU ANUA 384-46a A copy of the paper 'History of Memory: The Impact of the Prisoner Experience.' presented at the Prisoners of War: Prisoners of History conference 12-13 May 1994 None
62 AU ANUA 384-47 Correspondence and notes relating to Nelson speaking in Townsville and Cairns on Australians in World War Two and Papua New Guinea 18 Aug - 21 Sep 1994 None
63 AU ANUA 384-48 A copy of the paper 'Our Women Prisoners of War' presented at the Returned and Services League of Australia, Woden Valley. 15 Aug - Oct 1996 None
64 AU ANUA 384-49 A copy of the lecture 'Gallipoli, Kakoda and the Making of National Identity' presented at the University of Papua New Guinea 31 Oct 1996 - 2 Nov 1998 None
65 AU ANUA 384-50 Correspondence and notes relating to the organisation of a seminar on memory. 27 Feb 1997 - 5 Aug 1998 None
66 AU ANUA 384-51 A copy of the paper 'The Lingering Battles: New Britain Bougainville and the Sepik' presented at the Australia-Japan Symposium, Australian War Memorial 20 Mar 1997 None
67 AU ANUA 384-52 Schedule of events for ANZAC Day 1997 23 Apr 1997 None
68 AU ANUA 384-53 A copy of the paper 'Resarching at the ANU' presented at the Graduate School 08 May 1997 None
69 AU ANUA 384-54 Notes from a presentation on Papua New Guinea given at AUSAID. 30 Jun - 31 Jul 1997 None
70 AU ANUA 384-55 A copy of the paper 'Frontiers, Territories and States of Mind' presented at the conference 'From Myth to Minerals: Place, Narrative, Land and Transformation in Australia and New Guinea', Australian National University. 20 Jul 1997 None
71 AU ANUA 384-56 A copy of the seminar paper 'Making History: Time, Memory and Writing' presented at the Division of Pacific and Asian History. 13-18 Nov 1997 None
72 AU ANUA 384-57 A proposal for a conference/research on east and west New Guinea. 18 Feb 1998 None
73 AU ANUA 384-58 A copy of the paper 'The Enemy at the Door: Australia and New Guinea in World War Two', presented at a seminar at Tsukuba University, Japan, 21 Jul 1998. A copy of 'Paradise Road: A Map for Historians', presented at a seminar at Victoria Unviersity of Wellington, 18 Sep 1998 21 Jul, 18 Sep 1998 None
74 AU ANUA 384-59 A copy of the paper 'The Bush School' presented at the Canberra and District Historical Society's 'Shamrock in the Bush' weekend at Galong. 15-17 May 1998 None
75 AU ANUA 384-60 Papers on the Japanese in the Pacific during World War Two by Hiromitsu Iwamoto and Hank Nelson presented at a symposium at the Tsukuba University, Japan. Also includes photos of Nelson's trip to Japan. 21 Jul 1998 None
76 AU ANUA 384-61 A copy of the paper 'Frontiers,Territories and States of Mind' presented at the ANU Pacific History workshop 'States and Territories.' 10-11 Dec 1998 None
77 AU ANUA 384-62 A copy of the paper 'Payback: Australian compensation to Wartime Papua New Guinea' presented at the ANU symosium 'The Pacific War in Papua New Guinea: Perceptions and Realities.' 1-2 Sep 1999 None
78 AU ANUA 384-63 A copy of the paper 'The Importance of Veteran Memory' presented at the 'Foundations for our Future' NSW Commemmorations Conference. 30 Aug - 29 Oct 1999 None
79 AU ANUA 384-64 A copy of the paper 'Observing the Present: Writing the Past', presented at the Millenial Conference of the Pacific History Association, 'Bursting Boundaries: Places, Persons, Gender and Disciplines.' 26-30 Jun 2000 None
80 AU ANUA 384-64a Getting under the skin - Nelson's notes from launching the book Getting Under the Skin by Donald Denoon and Brij Lal. 29 Jun 2000 None
81 AU ANUA 384-65 A copy of the paper 'Bougainville in World War Two' presented at the State Society and Governance in Melanesia Project (SSGM) conference 'Bougainville: Changes and Identities, Division and Integration.' 10-12 Aug 2000 None
82 AU ANUA 384-66 A copy of the paper 'Looking Black: Australian Images of Melanesians' presented at the 'Remembering the War in New Guinea' conference held at the ANU. 19-21 Oct 2000 None
83 AU ANUA 384-67 A copy of the paper 'State Society and the Law in PNG's Future' presented at the PNG Silver Jubilee Seminar and PNG Update held at the ANU. 15 Sep 2000 None
84 AU ANUA 384-68 A copy of the paper 'Reading Rites' presented at the ALIA 2000 Conference, 'The Information Profession in the Twenty First Century.' 26 Oct 2000 None
85 AU ANUA 384-69 A copy of the paper 'Islands of Gold' presented at National Museum of Australia's public talks on Gold and Civilization. 5 Feb - 10 May 2001 None
86 AU ANUA 384-70 A copy of the paper 'Defining the Nation: Australia and the Near-North 1920-1942' presented at the History Institute of Victoria Winter Lectures, 2 Aug 2001 25 Apr - 2 Aug 2001 None
87 AU ANUA 384-70a Reference notes from the Mitchell Library no date None
88 AU ANUA 384-71 Bush Schools - Conclusion. Correspondence from Ethel Rheingberger on her experiences at school. 6 Aug 1985 None
89 AU ANUA 384-72 Bush Schools - Correspondence arising from Nelson's research into Bush Schools in Australia for the publication With its Hat About Its Ears: Recollections of the Bush School. 8 Jul 1989 - 10 Feb 1990 None
90 AU ANUA 384-73 Bush Schools - Administration. Correspondence and newspaper articles relating to Nelson's research into Bush Schools in Australia for the publication With its Hat About Its Ears: Recollections of the Bush School. 22 Jul 1988 - 7 Feb 1992 None
91 AU ANUA 384-73a Research notes on material held at La Trobe Library, Victoria on World War 2 1990 - 1991 None
92 AU ANUA 384-74 Bush Schools - Post book. Newspaper articles and correspondence relating to Nelson's book With its Hat About Its Ears: Recollections of the Bush School. 5 Dec 1990 - 1 Mar 1999 None
93 AU ANUA 384-75 Bush Schools - Post publication. Newspaper articles and correspondence relating to Nelson's book With its Hat About Its Ears: Recollections of the Bush School. May 1990 - 6 Sep 1996 None
94 AU ANUA 384-75a Research notes on the SBS TV series 'The Civil War' and on 'Emma - Queen of the South Seas. 23 Jul 1991 None
95 AU ANUA 384-75b Research notes from interview with Bill Gammage on Jack Reddin 01 Oct 1991 None
96 AU ANUA 384-75c Keating Kerfuffle - Newspaper articles on Keating's claim that Britain deserted Australia in World War Two. 01 Feb 1992 None
97 AU ANUA 384-76 Keating in Thailand - Newspaper articles on Keating's trip to Thailand 10-17 Apr 1994 None
98 AU ANUA 384-77 Papers relating to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade - Australia's relations with Papua New Guinea, 11-12 Nov 1996 11 Nov 1996 - 1 Aug 1998 None
99 AU ANUA 384-78 Australia-Japan database - Correspondence and papers relating to a Australia-Japan Research Project Symposium and the development of a database. 7 Mar - 11 Apr 1997 None
100 AU ANUA 384-79 Newspaper articles on the 1997 Papua New Guinea election. Apr - Jun 1997 None
101 AU ANUA 384-80 PNG Bibliography - Report on historical sources on Australia and Japan at war in Papua New Guinea, 1942-1945 Feb 1998 None
102 AU ANUA 384-81 Australia-Japan Bibliography - Printouts of record searches Feb 1998 None
103 AU ANUA 384-82 Australia-Japan World War Two - Science. Papers and notes about the Australian Science Archives Project (ASAP) 17 Mar 1998 None
104 AU ANUA 384-83 Trobriand Film - Correspondence and newspaper articles on the film ' In a Savage Land'. 22 Mar 1998 - 30 Oct 1999 None
105 AU ANUA 384-84 Barry Commission - Research notes, record searches and correspondence with Ken Inglis. 6 May - 28 Nov 1968, 26 Mar 1998 None
106 AU ANUA 384-85 CSIRO WW2 - A listing of war reports held by CSIRO. 6 Aug 1998 None
107 AU ANUA 384-86 Paradise Road - Reviews and newspaper articles on the film 'Paradise Road'. 30 May 1998 - 17 Jan 1999 None
108 AU ANUA 384-87 Paradise Road - Reviews, notes and newspaper articles on the film 'Paradise Road'. 6 Oct 1997 - 26 Jul 2000 None
109 AU ANUA 384-88 Paradise Road - Nelson's notes on the film 'Paradise Road' and a copy of a seminar paper 'Paradise Road: A Map for Historians' given at Victoria University of Wellington 18 Sep - 8 Dec 1998 None
110 AU ANUA 384-89 Joint Standing Committee - Correspondence, notes and news releases on the public hearing for the Australian Government loan to PNG. 11-12 Sep 2000 None
111 AU ANUA 384-90 Taim Bilong Misis Bilong Armi - Correspondence relating to the introduction Nelson wrote for the book, Taim Bilong Misis Bilong Armi: Memories of Wives of Australian Servicemen in Papua New Guinea, 1951-1975. 6-8 Feb 2001 None
112 AU ANUA 384-91 Vict Reader - Photocopies of the Victorian Readers 1928 - 1930 None
113 AU ANUA 384-92 Photocopies of the Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, Parliamentary Debates. A copy of the seminar paper 'From Myth to Minerals: Place, narrative, land and transformation in Australia and New Guinea. 1901 - 1922, 20 Jul 1997 None
114 AU ANUA 384-93 AWM - Bougainville. Notes from Max Mann's report on Kieta. no date None
115 AU ANUA 384-94 Correspondence with Alan Hooper regarding his book Love War & Letters. 28 Feb 1991 - 3 Jan 1995 None
116 AU ANUA 384-94a Obituary given for Betty Moore 08 Dec 1992 None
117 AU ANUA 384-94b Correspondence relating to Nelson judging the Tuena Gold Research Competition 01 Mar 1993 None
118 AU ANUA 384-95 Correspondence from Jack Shaw regarding a presentation by Nelson. 22 Oct 1993 None
119 AU ANUA 384-96 Correspondence with Albert Speer. Also includes a copy of `A recall of World War Two, 1939-1945: The Victory over Japan' an address to the View Club of Crookwell by Albert Speer. 22 Aug 1995, 15 Jan 2001 None
120 AU ANUA 384-97 Transcontinental on Cruise - Travel notes Aug 1997 None
121 AU ANUA 384-98 Transcontinental on Cruise - Travel notes Aug 1997 None
122 AU ANUA 384-99 Daws - Correspondence with Gavan Daws on Father Damien of Molokai 19 Jun 1998 None
123 AU ANUA 384-100 Daws - Correspondence with Gavan Daws on Father Damien of Molokai 30 Sep - 1 Oct 1999 None
124 AU ANUA 384-101 Obituary given for Kathleen Monica Pellas, 2 Oct 1911-1 Apr 1999. 6 Apr 1999 None