Showing 74227 results

archival descriptions
Australian National University Archives
Print preview View:
Descending

26 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects

Kanaks

Handwritten and typed drafts of paper for the 14th South Pacific Forum in Canberra. Also includes paper given on the 130th anniversary of French Settlement in Noumea; 1984 newspaper clippings from the Melbourne Age about a massacre of Kanaks; photo of men in traditional dress.

Papers by Shineberg

Two papers by Dorothy Shineberg: "French Colonization in the Pacific (with special reference to New Caledonia)", given at the conference Australia and the Pacific in Sydney; "Un nouveau regard sur la demographie historique de la Nouvelle-Caledonie", conference paper given at the Societe des Oceanistes November 25 1981.

Weapons

Handwritten notes taken from various sources about the efficacy of the firearms used by colonial sailors.

Shipping Notes and Lists

Correspondence with and summaries of collections from various libraries in the USA, including the Nantucket Historical Society; Baker Library Harvard University; San Francisco Maritime Museum; Library of Congress. Typed page "Notes from Saul's shipping notes". All items are concerned with shipping lists.

O'Connell

Handwritten notes, index cards, and some manuscripts concerning James (Jim) O'Connell, and Irish sailor who lived amongst the Ponapean Islanders and published a book about his experiences. Includes extract from "Journal of the Brig "Spy" of Salem", author unknown; and Saul H. Risenberg, "The Tattooed Irishman".

Naval Records

Typewritten summaries of the Records of the Australia Naval Station. Topics of interest include New Guinea, New Hebrides, Tonga and Fiji, kidnapping and slavery, and more.

Labour Trade

Handwritten seminar notes; photocopies from various books regarding the labour trade; British Colonial Office Papers, "An Inquiry into the Alleged Kidnapping of Pacific Islanders by the Captains of the Velocity and Portenia of New South Wales in 1847; Microform pricelist from Pacific Manuscripts Bureau; student papers; notes for students on essay writing and topic choice.

Bibliography

Photostat of alphabetical list of ships and captains, source unknown; handwritten notes by Shineberg; typed summaries of the Australian Agricultural Company, Goldsbroug, Mort and Company and other collections from the Australian National University Archives.

Jardine Matheson

Typed notes taken from the "Jaredine Matheson archive"; edited version of Jane Roth's notes on Jardine Matheson (done for Mr. Maude); letters from Herjeebhoy Rustomjee to Jardine Matheson and Co.; letters from Thacker and Co.; letters from G. W. Cole to Magniac and Co., Canton.

The Croker Affair

Handwritten notes by Shineberg and an extract from "Historical Records of Australia, Gipps to Russell" 1840, regarding the death of Captain Croker of 'The Favourite' in Tonga.

Boyd

Contains an extract from chapter VII of "Last Cruise of the Wanderer", annotated by Shineberg "1868?" Describes the death of Captain Boyd and a battle between white sailors and tribal people from Guadalcanal. Also contains photostats of 19th century journal pages concerning Boyd's death.

Archives

Material copied from the Bordereau de Versement aux Archive Territoriales, Republique Francaise Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances; correspondence between Shineberg and people at the ANU and Pacific officials; notes on material found in French archives.

Maps

Contains one 49cm x 45cm map of the South Pacific by the Colonial Survey Office, 1948; 7 photocopied maps from various sources of Pacific locations including Vanuatu and Santa Cruz, dating between 1567 and 1948.

New Caledonia Lists

Contains two lists: Women known to have had children in New Caledonia on December 12th, 1991; Men known to have fathered children in New Caledonia on December 12th, 1991.

Miscellaneous E.C.

Contains photostats and handwritten notes regarding shipping in the Pacific in the 19th century. English and French. The significance of "E.C." in the title is unclear.

Various Australian Dictionary of Biography research files

Material in English and some French, including photocopies, handwritten notes and one photographic print of the ruins of a fishing booth in Scotland connected to Andrew Cheyne. The material is all related to Australian Dictionary of Biography entries Shineberg was requested to write. Folder is title "Mendana research notes" but the relevance of the title is not clear.

"A Day in the Life of a Beche-de-Mer Fisherman Half a Century Ago" and other extracts and publications

Various photocopies of publications including Warwick M. Tompkins, Sr. and Captain Edmund French Clay ""Blackbirding" in New Guinea"; "A Day in the Life of a Beche-de-Mer Fisherman Half a Century Ago", author unknown; newspaper clippings regarding Captain John Strachan; Captain McKenzie "Observations on Making the Passage to the Eastward Through Torres Strait, and the Monsoons in the Timour (sic) Sea", The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, March 1847; "Trepang", Nautical magazine 1870; "Massacres at the Sandalwood Islands", Sydney Morning Herald, June 24, 1850; and more

ABC Talks, "Poisoned Reign"

Material relating to the Shineberg's work with the ABC reviewing the book on French nuclear testing "Poisoned Reign" by Bengt and Marie-Therese Danielsson, Penguin Books 1986. includes engagement contracts and copies of Shineberg's review.

South Sea Letters

Photostat copies of pages from various journals colelcted by Shineberg. Includes J. Williams, "Samoa to Enomanga"; Engacott "Cook Islands 1842"; George Turner, "New Hebrides 1842-43"; untitled journal

Sikaiana

Copies of pages of "Voyage of the Novara" including "Haunts of and Mode of Catching Trepang" and "Shocking Inhumanity of a British Captain".

Pidgin

Contains handwritten note "Early Pidgin - examples of, Beach La Mare, Langue de la Cote"; P. Muhlhausler, J A Bennett and D T Tryon, "Some English-based Pidgins in the Southwestern Pacific", booklet with no date.

Copies of two papers by Gunson

Two papers by Neil Gunson: "On Practical Genealogy", Canberra and District Historical Society, 1964; "Missionary Interest in British Expansion in the South Pacific in the Nineteenth Century" no date; reference list and map of Tahiti and Moorea, from The History of the Tahitian mission 1799-1830

Dillon

Photographs of pages from manuscript "Description of the Islands of Tanna and Erromanga, New Hebrides, When Visited by Captain Cook and Captain Dillon", from the copy in the Mitchell Library; copy of correspondence from Captain Dillon to the editor of the Bengal Hurkaru, Oct 14th 1826

Clifford book review

Shineberg's review of James Clifford "Person and Myth: Maurice Leenhardt in the Melanesian world", Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1982

George Bennett

Photographs of pages of George Bennett's "A Recent Visit to Several of the Polynesian Islands", from The United States Journal; Shineberg's handwritten notes regarding Bennett's manuscript

Current Publications

Small file of research notes from Shineberg's books that were in at the time of the file. Includes dust cover of "The Trading Voyages of Andrew Cheyne, 1841-1844"

ANU Press

Correspondence (some financial) between Shineberg and the ANU Press; report by Shineberg on "Robert Louis Stevenson and Samoa" by K S Mackenzie, requested by ANU Press; summary, list of illustrations and one photographic print from the "Voyages of Andrew Cheyne".

Barry McGowan photographic materials

  • AU ANUA 706
  • Series

This series has not yet been processed. A preliminary survey found materials relating to McGowan's early career, including photographic materials on New Caledonia and mining in regional Australia.

McGowan, Barry

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); Field Notes on Birds of the Eastern Solomon Islands by A. J. Cain and I. C. J. Galbraith (1956) .

Results 401 to 500 of 74227