Photocopies of late 19th c photographs and related correspondence.
Correspondence between Oram and Vaiburi Dairi of Port Moresby
Printouts of references for Guise study
Photographs and photocopies of imagery for research projects, esp. trading canoes and sea subjects
Printouts of references for Guise study
Photocopies of correspondence of the 1960s pertaining to Guise family
Copies and originals concerning the history of the London Missionary Society in PNG, last 19th to mid 20th century. Includes an index of Australian Newspaper references to PNG.
Material pertaining to Oram's book of the same name, e.g. press releases, reviews, clippings, correspondence re royalties.
Photographs of the construction of a trading canoe, possibly that used by Oram.
Printouts of email correspondence concerning research on the military career of Reginald Edward Guise
Photocopies, printouts of references, handwritten notes concerning Guise in PNG
Material towards a study of Reginald Edward Guise, including many letters from informants.
Notes made in response to queries from Oram regarding life in Port Moresby in the early 20th century
Material towards a study of Reginald Edward Guise, including many letters from informants.
Material from a folder labelled Guise, containing copies of primary soruces, correspondence, and an early typescript, with annotations, of Oram, Towards a Study of the London Missionary Society in Hula 1875-1968.
Various notes, correspondence, and photocopies from primary sources.
Hand drawn map and family tree of founding family, with duplicates.
55 pages by Oram
Printed draft with extensive annotations, plus additional notes and bibliography
Research notes, correspondence, and drafts of article.
Material pertaining to governance and reform in Port Moresby and New Guinea, including comparative material from East Africa, consisting of correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, reports.
Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Village of Kalo at mouth of Kemp-Welch River, Hula, Marietimaga, Keapara, Port Moresby, Iraugaro, Sinaugolo, Rigo
Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Tupuselei, Gaile, Kapa Kapa, Keakaro, Demori, Capt. Butterworth & Armed Native Constabulary, Rev James Chalmers.
Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Miganigolo, Mr Shorts, Kemaia, Babaka, Velerupu Canoe, Stone Ovens of Gumoridobo, Kalo, Kapa Kapa,
Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Mr. and Mrs. Short with Giro Paula, Mission Girls , tattooed Girl Kaite, Kalo village, Bula'a.
Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention House-Boat Bulaa (1898), R.E. Guise, Kiwai, Rigo, Kapa Kapa, BNG Gov't Steamer 'Merrie England,' Velerupu sailing canoe.
Photographs possibly by Oram depicting village life and missions. Captions include Raula, Deacons, LMS School, Kopi Koke, my canoe, Rami Kapari, Dango 1965, Lae Yokea Settlement, Viriolo. Keapara.
Photographs and contact sheets depicting village life and canoes. Captions include Port Moresby, Tanobada, Tupuseli Marine Village, Tyrell, Western Motu, Pari village, Hamuabapa, Elevala village.
Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Kopugolo, Babaka, Kapa Kapa, Seri Seri, Keakaro, Tattooing on Polynesian Girls, Perined Band on man.
Research notes, correspondence, and family trees pertaining to research on Guise family.
Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Pari Villagers,Gaile, Keapare, Babaka, trading canoes. Includes photograph attributed to Nixon Westwood (b.1885) and A.C. English. Also contains handwritten note of Oram.
Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Gabone, Armed Native Constabulary, crocodile, war party, Siniva Samoan teacher's wife, Port Moresby, Mission Girls, Hula, Hula in Mr Short's time. 6 colour prints by another photographer.
Draft paper with notes and related correspondence, and material about Hiri, the Motu name for trading voyages.
Photocopies of mostly 19th century newspapers, some with annotations, selected for relevance to PNG
Findings by Native Land Commission, in connection with a claim by Geita-Sebea for Badili Laurina Iduhu of Kila Kila Village
Photocopies of primary sources, plus correspondence.
Typescript of Lawes' Diary (Held in State Library of New South Wales) 10th January 1876 to 14th February 1884. Also contains 4 pages of Brief History of the Hulu by Oram.
Handwritten notes generated during archival research. Topics include the Log of the Queenslander 1880s, Papua Annual Reports 1880s-1940s, Rigo Annual Reports 1899-1930s, Patrol Reports 1910-1950s, and others.
2 photographs pasted on recto and verso of board inside plastic folder. Labelled Natives of Iraugaro - Singaugolo Tribe, and Dubu at Iraugaro.
Pertaining to Guise family research and the London Missionary Society. Photocopies of newspapers, typescripts of Report of the Fifth to Sixth Voyages of the Ellengowan, 1870s; On Board the Lizzie Jardine 1873.
Correspondence with H. W. Champion re: life in Port Moresby; The Role of the L.M.S. in Papuan History; Sermon Preached by the Rev. Percy Chatterton…to Mark the 60th Anniversary of the Death of Dr. William Lawes.
Printed draft with extensive annotations, plus additional notes
Subtitled A Study of Social Change, 41pp., together with The New Religion, an extract from a larger work, likely by the same author, 29pp.
Two copies of a typescript translation of D'Albertis' account of 1885, together with a photocopy of the original Italian, plus correspondence of Oram re: D'Albertis.
Folder containing draft of Oram, The Western Motu and Koita Area and the European Impact: 1872-1942, related correspondence, handwritten notes and maps.
Papers and articles by Maddocks
Correspondence with Guise family members in PNG, maps of Guise land, and family trees
Notes and primary source copies regarding charges against Reginald Guise in 1885
Two texts by Groves: The Blending of Cultures, and Thesis Extracts, plus handdrawn map of Motu and Koita Villages, and an envelope labelled Motu Regalia containing clippings from the Papua and New Guinea Villager, vol. 8, no.2 (Feb 1957) 'Poreporena Initiation Regalia.'
Correspondence between Oram and Ivan Champion and Percy Chatterton regarding the history of Port Moresby. Note discussion of alleged ritual murder.
Oram's correspondence pertaining to his research on Reginald Edward Guise.
Genealogical material, including list of descendants of Sit Joh Guise (d.1865) and Biographical Index for Francis Guise
Handwritten and typed family trees
Including a photocopy of 'Elmore Court, An Illustrated Survey of the Glouscestershire Home of Guise Family,' 17pp, various documents pertaining to the Guise family, correspondence with informants including Francis Guise, Kenneth Kelsey
Folder marked Motu Morality by Murray Groves containing texts by Groves: Motu Kinship Terminology, and photocopy of part of Motu Morality
Handwritten transcription of late 19th and early 20th century correspondence, 6pp.
Retrospective remarks on MacGregor by Joyce, 10pp, plus Joyce's CV and 4p document marked Joyce Thesis Appendix. Also contains printouts of 2 primary sources: Narrative of Expedition of the Australian Squadron of New Guinea, 1884; Thirteenth Voyage of Ellengowan, 1876.
Appendix to a draft of Simplified Motu to Police Motu prepared for a seminar of 22nd April, 1982
Case before the Supreme Court of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea regarding owership of Era Taora, i.e.traditional land now in New Town, Port Moresby). 109 pages including extensive discussion of the history of the region and sovereignty.
Document from an unidentified thesis, paginated 3920419. Also includes Abstracts from the Tenth Pacific Science Congress, Hawai'I, 1961.
Draft, with handwritten annotations and notes, of a family history of Sir John Guise (first governer general of independent Papua New Guinea)
Report commissioned in response to land claim
Vala'a (Hula) people of PNG, language and geneology, various handwritten notes
Correspondence and notes regarding Motu lexicon, plus 24 pages of draft of Motu dictionary
Lecture notes; draft papers; correspondence; subject files; notebooks and diaries.
This deposit has not yet been processed.
Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records and transcripts of committee proceedings, published material, newspaper clippings and pamphlets.
This deposit has not yet been processed.
Minutes (1888-1972), files, financial and membership records, arbitration material and printed material. This deposit has not been processed.
Federated Gas Employees' Industrial UnionMembership contribution registers (cash receiving registers). Includes names of members but not listed alphabetically.
Federated Gas Employees' Industrial UnionIncludes notes from conversations with Nigel Oram, notes from Oram papers held at National Library of Australia, copies of articles and seminar notes by Oram.
Manuscripts, correspondence and other papers of Rawling, Guido Barrachi, and E M Higgins; records of and about Australian radicals and radical organisations, including manuscripts, press cuttings, pamphlets, leaflets, serials, maps, posters, broadsheets and illustrations.
Rawling, James NormingtonThis deposit has not yet been processed.
ANU Design UnitThe 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, FrederickThis series consists of research materials generated by Hank Driessen on the topic of Polynesian history from the pre-contact period to mid-19th century, focusing on French Polynesia, Fiji, and Hawai'i. Much of it consists of research notebooks filled with extracts from archival materials handwritten by Driessen during visits to international research libraries. A notable component is an extensive series of index cards of primary source extracts arranged chronologically by year from 1769 to 1852.
Note that the PDF is no longer up to date (use the ATOM list instead) but is retained because it contains a very detailed breakdown of some of the item contents.
Driessen, Hendrick Anton HerbertThe collection includes papers, field diaries, photographs, slides, negatives and contact prints relating to archaeological fieldwork in Papua New Guinea: in Lake Kopiago, Western Highlands District, Papua New Guinea (1967 and 1973) ; Kosipe, Central District (1964 and 1967) ; Irian-Jaya (May - June 1983) ; Brooker Island, Louisade Archipelago (1967) ; New Ireland (1969 - 1990) ; Balof 1 (1988) ; Balof 2 (1990) ; New Ireland (1988 - 1994) ; New Britain (2001).
White, J Peter3 original copies of the Missionary Register: July 1819, March 1824, July 1824.
Journal, magazine and newspaper articles bound in one volume, some with pasted in photos. Contents list at front.
Long series of index cards of extracts from primary sources, arranged by date. Part 1: 1769-1816; part 2: 1818-1828; part 3 (1830-1852)
1 foldout map: Polynèsie française Tahiti Nord-Est, Paris, Instut Géographique National, 1958; 1 (detached) booklet of map: • Survey Dept. Rarotonga, Maps of the Cook Islands, Government Printer, n.d., 42pp.
3 works by Aarne A. Koskinen, Polynesian Patterns 1-2, and *Kite: Polynesian Insights into Knowledge. Volumes X, XII and XIV of annales societatis missiologicae fennicae, published by the Finnish Society for Missionary Research.
Printout from United States Exploring Expedition with annotations
Photocopy of (seemingly) 19th century printed material
Handwritten lists of correspondence and archival documents, chiefly from Foreign Office, Admiralty and Board of Longitude
Photocopies of printed texts in Mitchell Library: Te Faaite Tahiti: no Taute, 1835; Ture no Huahine: E Ture I-VII; E Ture no Huahine Nei, faatia faahou hia nei, mai te ture-api e raverahi, Huahine, Mission Press, 1835; E Ui Parabole No Roto i te Mau Parabole Iesu Mesia, Huahine, Nenia i te Nenei Raa a te Mau Misionari, 1835; etc
Documents and studies bound into one volume, with annotations and pasted-in photographs
With Jack H. Ward, Supplemental Materials for Tahitian, Utah, Language Training Mission, Brigham Young University, and Honolulu, Indo Pacific Languages, University of Hawaii, 1979
Four versions of tale compared in four columns under headings JPS 1895 Williams’ Raiatean Hono’ura tale; Huguenin version, Raiatea, ca.1900; T. Henry’s Tuamotuan Hono‘ura tradition; Williams’ Hono’ura tradition/legend.
Documents and studies bound into one volume, with annotations and pasted-in photographs
Journal, magazine and newspaper articles bound in one volume, some with pasted in photos. Contents list at front.
Journal, magazine and newspaper articles bound in one volume, some with pasted in photos. Contents list at front.
Photocopies of manuscript letters of 1845-1846
Printed material bound into one volume, with annotations: War in Tahiti (1-87); Fragments from a collection of songs, numbered 321-332; Orsmond manuscript material; Reception of the Gospel.
Copies and transcripts of various documents, some with annotations: George Charter, extracts from manuscripts held at the Mitchell Library, in particular Charter’s journal (MLMSS 1470) and John Medway, ‘Charge delivered at the ordination of G. Charter as missionary to the South Seas, 6 February 1838’ (C 701), pp.131-5; Orsmond, Letter to friends, 22 Aug 1826 (CWM, LMS, SSL, SOAS), 2pp.; ‘Portion of a letter written by Richard Armstrong … on board the Dhalle in the Pacific, July-Aug. 1833’, from original at the Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society Library, 2pp.; ‘Written by young D.D. Baldwin at Raiatea in January 1851’, description of Raiatea, Ts., 5pp.; J.K. Smith to S.C. Damon, August 1861, re death of John Barff (from S.C Damon Papers, Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society Library, 1p.; G. Pritchard to Friend, Tahiti, 16 May 1840, 2pp., and James Hunnewell to Levi Chamberlain, Tahiti, 19 Dec 1830, 2pp., both from the Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society Library; John Williams, Letter to Daniel Tyerman headed ‘Raiatea’, May 1827(?), pp.1-20 (marked ‘SSP, Box 2, Item 2’); J.M. Orsmond, Upofara, 1849, letter giving an account of the Tahitian mission, pp.1-9, 21-26; H.A.H. Driessen, ‘Prophéties d’avant les contacts’, Bulletin de la Société des Etudes Océaniennes (Polynésie Orientale), no226, Tome XIX, No.3, Mars 1984; W. Bligh, Log of the Bounty, Vol.II, pp. 76-79, p/c, annotated, with Bligh, Log of HMS Providence, (CY A56Y/-Vol.I, Mitchell Library), pp.282-287; G. Forster, A Voyage Round the World, Vol.II, pp.60-79, 92-97, 128-135, 149-157; J.R. Forster, Remarks on the Organic Bodies, pp.206-209, annotated; Smith (1813), p/c, pp.40-47, 50-81.
Notes and transcriptions from research in Archives Nationales, Archives d’Outre-Mer
Notes and transcriptions from research in Archives Nationales, Archives d’Outre-Mer
Printed material bound into one volume. Contents: Daniel Solander, O-Taitean Vocabulary; Otahiti Words from Mr Monkhouse; Sydney Parkinson, Untitled Tahitian vocabulary; Joseph Banks, Vocabularies of the Languages of Tahiti, Princes’s Island, Sulu, New Holland, Samarang, Savi, etc., c.1780, Tahitian sections; Joseph Banks, Observations of Otaheite &c; • H.A.H. Driessen, ‘Dramatis Personae of Society Islanders, Cook’s Endeavour Voyage 1769; Sir Joseph Banks, On the Manners of the Women of Otaheite; Alexander Home manuscript, Mitchell Library. [Untitled Ms. Cook’s Third Voyage]
Printed material photocopied and bound in one volume: Papers relating to Tahiti, and the Leeward, or Society Islands in the Pacific: Great Britain and Ireland Private & Confidential, Correspondence Relative to Society Islands, 1822 – 1847.
Printouts of microfilm of manuscript letters bound in one volume: Letter from John Harris dated Matavai, 6 February 1799; William Henry and John Davis, A Journal of a tour round both the Islands of Huahine, February 1809; Letter to the Directors of the LMS, dated Raiatea 5th September 1819, from John Williams, L.E. Threlkeld and Orsmond.
Transcrip by Driessen pp.1-61 of the original manuscript (LMS archives, SOAS)
Notes and transcriptions from research in Archives Nationales, Archives d’Outre-Mer
Printed material bound into one volume, with annotations: Te mau arioi / Tahitian Prayers (p.1-64); Beginning of expansion (development) of the London Mission Tahitian Dictionary (p1-56)