Series 728 - Geoffrey Luck New Guinea collection

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AU ANUA 728

Title

Geoffrey Luck New Guinea collection

Date(s)

  • 1955 - 1977 (Creation)

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1 carton, 1 type 3 box of slides, 1 type 1 box, 1 type 4 box

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Name of creator

(1931 - 2021)

Biographical history

Geoffrey Luck was a radio journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). He was based in Longreach, Queensland, 1953-1955; becoming a foreign correspondent in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 1957-1967; Northern Ireland and London. On his return to Sydney Luck was appointed Economics and Finance Correspondent with the News Division in early 1972. His duties included presenting the radio program, The Week in Business, until 1976. He completed an MBA at Macquarie University in 1975.

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Scope and content

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).

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Researchers must sign an access agreement.

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      This deposit has yet to be fully processed. Contact the archivist at pacificarchives@anu.edu.au for more information.

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      N170; ANUA 410

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      Current controlling entity: Australian National University

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Prepared by C. Ziegler 29 October 2020.

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