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This series contains personal notes, writings and reflections, personal and work related research and transcription notes, diaries and appointment books, travel documents, and personal and work related correspondence belonging to Niel Gunson. It also includes papers related to the Australian Monarchist League (of which Gunson was a chairman,) and his personal genealogical studies of royal families around the world; correspondence and personal papers belonging to Gunson's family, including his father John L. and mother Florence M. (nee Wright); staff circulars and communications from Gunson's tenures at the University of Queensland and Australian National University; local history research and papers related to the development of 'The Good Country: Cranbourne Shire'.

Drawings from the ANU Design Unit for furniture used in various ANU buildings.

6 sound reels and 19 cassette tapes (1 blank).

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This series contains papers related to Gunson's involvement in the Genealogical Society of Victoria and its Ancestor Journal, the Heraldry and Genealogical Society of Canberra, Society of Australian Genealogists, Heraldry Council of Australia, and the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies, including correspondence, minutes and working papers. Also included is Gunson's personal family history research on the Gunson, Eastes/D'Estes, Wright, Woollard, Loud, and Nelson families, including correspondence with relatives, bound publications, indexes, and handwritten research notes. Also included is Gunson's extensive correspondence with Alan Gunson, with whom he researched Gunson family history and ran the Gunson Family History Society and its newsletter, The Chronicle.

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Photograph of students, from top to bottom, left to right:
Henry Aikebuse, John Aimo, Fiona Brown, Graham Jennison, Peter Korimbo, Meshak Lamang, Raphael Lavuru, David Linge, James MacMillan, John Maku, Philip Raif, John Sairere, Fea'o Takitaki, Mary Wighton

Caption: A Papuan laboratory assistant, Sepa Leke, dissecting mosquitoes to ascertain whether they are infected with malaria. This work is being carried out at the headquarters of the Public Health Department’s malaria control pilot project at Maprik in the Sepik District. This project is undertaking extensive tests to ascertain the degree of malaria control which can be achieved by spraying the interior of all houses with residual insecticides. AUSTRALIAN NEWS AND INFORMATION BUREAU PHOTOGRAPH New Guinea P60/68 L31348

This collection includes medical, scientific, and government papers and publications relating to Dr Scragg's work, mostly in Papua New Guinea during his Tenure as Director of Public Health, the majority circa 1950-1970. This collection also contains working papers, correspondence, photographs, and some papers of Scragg's wife, Joy.

Published material and research papers, reports and statistics relating to Papua New Guinea.

This series consists largely of academic research materials accumulated by Oram from 1962 onwards, and pertains to Papua New Guinea, especially Port Moresby - about which Oram wrote a book, Colonial town to Melanesian city : Port Moresby, 1884–1974 - and the nearby coastal Hula region. There is also a significant amount of material for a study of Reginald Edward Guise, Grandfather of Sir John Guise, first governor-general of independent Papua New Guinea.

A highlight of the collection is the photographic material. In addition of Oram's own photographs of 1960s Port Moresby, there are several albums of remarkable photographs by A. C. English and others of Papua New Guinea c.1900.

Carved wooden Tiki figure, ~23cm tall, with metal hook on back for display.

Stone adze, presumably acquired by Oram in Papua New Guinea.

In addition to the Spriggs papers, this donation also contained the papers of Richard Shutler, Les Groube, and Aubrey Parke, which have been removed and are now ANUA 765, 766, and 767, respectively.

large oversize photograph reproductions from the collection used in the 2025 exhibition, "Our Nearest Neighbour: Exploring the historical relationship between Papua New Guinea & the ANU"

Research papers and notes on PNG elections, Kuma, Aboriginal Australians and gender relations; fieldwork notebooks, correspondence, draft manuscripts and completed MA thesis, sketches of kinship diagrams, reports and publications, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, maps, sound cassettes and reel tapes. Includes material from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS).

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This is a collection of drawings from the ANU Design Unit for furniture items used in various ANU buildings.

This series is a collection of historical notes and writings, and original records, about the University contributed by former staff and students.

The 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).

Photographic project by Sean Davey, comissioned by Ann-Marie Treweeke of Lovell Chen Architects to the bathroom features of nine bathrooms in University House before they were redeveloped in line with the rest of the building due to previous hail storm damage.

Photographs; Betamax recordings; DVD; heritage study; correspondence; newspaper clippings; Kioloa inventory; deed gifting Kioloa to ANU.

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This is a holding series to collect archives from Marian Sawer as is convenient for her. They will then be sorted in existing series. This series has not yet been processed.

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Papers formerly belonging to Siegfried Frederick Stephen Nadel, deposited in the archives by other academics after his death. Containing notes and marginalia from Derek Freeman and Marie Reay.

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Includes student and lecture notes, reports, correspondence, material relating to Cambridge Australia Trust, ANU Investment Advisory Committee agenda and reports, financial records, research papers, news clippings, publications and newsletters.

These publications were produced by different units of the University and transferred to the Archives at various times. This series has not yet been digitised.

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1 carton containing broadcast correspondence reports, scripts for TV reports, ABC memos, reports from West New Guinea, telegrams, and various documents collected in New Guinea; press clippings on New Guinea from 1962-1966; a black binder with photographic materials, including negatives and slides of New Guinea; 1 type 3 box of slides of the Kashmir region in 1977 by Marjorie Taylor (aunt).

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.

Papers of Hal K. Colebatch and Peta Colebatch. The former was an Australian political scientist who taught in Papua New Guinea in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s, and was involved in the independence movement and subsequently electoral matters in the new state. His spouse Peta was a researcher and later a consumer advocate. The series consists mostly of subject files arranged by the Colebatches, plus a significant quantity of research papers by a variety of authors, mostly unpublished, on the subjects of Papua New Guinea, its independence from Australia in 1975, and related military matters, especially with respect to the Pacific Islands Regiment which moved from Australian to PNG service at the time. These latter were an object of detailed study by Peta Colebatch, who used the material for her 1974 dissertation “To find a path : the Army in Papua New Guinea.”

Among the highlights of the collection are the detailed interview notes and transcripts of over one hundred Australian ex-servicemen in Papua New Guinea. The series also contains materials relating to Papua New Guinea’s Rural Improvement Program, which was studied by H. K. Colebatch around 1975-76.

Other materials collected by both Hal and Peta are at UC Davis (see link below).

Research papers, drafts and notes on the Pacific Islands, with particular focus on the Cook Islands and Samoa relating to the publications Samoa 1830-1900, 1970 and The Cook Islands 1820-1950, 1980. Including material on Fiji, French Polynesia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (Kiribati), Niue and PNG. Papers relating to the German Administration of Western Samoa, translated into English by Mrs Trudi Newbury, and collected by R.P. Gilson from Archives New Zealand.

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

Contains research papers, academic articles, speeches, diaries, correspondence and government publications on the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the Seychelles. Papers re general Pacific Islands matters, including Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand and the South Pacific Commission, constitutional development, and press cuttings. The collection was compiled by Allan during his time as an administrator in these Islands and as a researcher.

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.

Research collection compiled by David Russell Lawrence while writing the book, The Naturalist and his 'Beautiful Islands, Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific, Canberra: ANU Press, 2014

Collected papers on Papua New Guinea history, mining, and independence including interviews with spokesmen of the Highlands Liberation Front, research papers and reports. Includes papers relating to the University of Papua New Guinea Council, transcripts of interviews with Papuan Defence Force personnel and Papuan Chinese on their experiences.

28 posters for Papermoon Productions Theatre Company productions, one set drawing

There is a consolidated listing for 1949–1956 and separate annual volumes for the period 1977–1981.

Personal records of Gow's life in Papua New Guinea including paper files, film (8mm, 9.5mm and 35mm), photographs and slides, transparencies, paintings and ephemera. Also includes family records. Description of film reels are based on frames at the beginning of each reel and not indicative of the entire content of the film.

The collection was made by James Sinclair in 1973 -1974 from files held by TPNG District Administration, Konedobu. It includes patrol reports, station journals and district annual reports (including selected memoranda), together with various other reports, reviews and studies with detailed indexes compiled by Bob Cole listing patrol number and date, patrol officer and area patrolled, photocopies and some original documents held in binders, departmental correspondence and reports and manuscripts and publications, collected by James Sinclair, together with some Department of District Administration confidential files, and Sinclair’s notes on various archives and secondary sources.

Includes documents given to James Sinclair by Sir John Gunther, J.K. McCarthy, Robert Cole and the family of Sir Donald Cleland.

This series comprises of O'Neill's personal research and work materials compiled during her work in Papua New Guinea, as well as reports, minutes, and materials of the Papua New Guinea Social Workers Association and Council of Social Service of Papua, organisations in which O'Neill was heavily involved. Also included are letters and study materials belonging to friend and peer Michael Robert Grey from his year of study as a Cadet Patrol Officer in Papua New Guinea in 1963.

The collection covers the period 1962 to 1976, when John Duffield was a Patrol Officer, Political Education Officer and District Government Liaison Officer with the Australian Public Service in Papua New Guinea. Included are Field Officer Journals from 1972 to 1976; several Patrol Reports and a very large collection of letters, circulars, reports, telegrams, ephemera, patrol instructions and comments on patrol reports; declarations of Local Government Council elections; as well as many personal records including his appointment as a Local Government advisor; an acceptance letter to ASOPA (the Australian School of Pacific Studies); his appointment letter as a Cadet Patrol Officer and appointment as a Magistrate for Native Matters. There are copies of the 'Black and White Magazine' and posters and ephemera relating to self-government and Independence. Rare publications include: the Western Highlands District Agricultural Society Mount Hagen Show Handbook for the Fourth District Show, dated 1967; Recipe book - 'Entertaining in Papua and New Guinea', published by the Boroko Branch of the Country Women's Association, 2nd Edition, 1968; and the Third South Pacific Games Souvenir Cookery Book, c.1969.

Of particular significance are booklets produced for the Independence celebrations in Port Moresby in 1975, including booklets on the 'State Welcome & Flag Lowering', 'Sport & Culture', 'Royal Tour', 'Guriguri Hebou', 'Bikpela Lotu, 'Flag Raising', 'Installation & Constitutional Ceremonies', 'State opening of the First National Parliament', 16 September 1975, 'Official Programme'.

The collection includes one album of photographs covering the period.

The series consists of 395 images of people, families, villages, social life and customs as well as images taken in the course of Frank Ryan's work as a District Agricultural Officer.

The Thirteenth George Ernest Morrison Lecture in Ethnology delivered by CP Fitzgerald.

These are copies of speeches given on campus on various occasions including the John Curtin Memorial Lectures and conferring of degrees ceremonies.

Papers documenting David Bruce Moorhouse's career in Papua New Guinea as a patrol officer, administrator, and land consultant. Includes patrol reports, field officer's journal, mining consultancy papers, correspondence, papers relating to border crossings and territory intelligence, newspaper articles re royal visit by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, publications and maps.

Carbon copy of journal from the commencement of service on 1 June 1964 to or 14 February 1965, including stations at Rabaul, Kokopo, Messawa, Manus (Lorengau), Balluan and Rambutso. Also includes papers related to the creation of the Enga Cultural Centre and the story of the Enga Provincial Flag.

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Correspondence, reports, press cuttings, research materials, contracts and employment documents, lecture notes and student essays, conference programs, manuscripts and publications, and interview tapes. Also includes records related to the Tongan History Association.