Papers of Bill Gammage, circa 1880-2022 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 3723938
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Gammage, Bill, 1942-
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [ca.1880s-2022]
- 17.05 metres (55 boxes) + 2 medium folio box + 4 large folio boxes + 5 map folios + 40 sound AV carriers.
- Summary:
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MS Acc05.123 comprises material relating to The broken years, research material and drafts for the thesis on which the book was based, correspondence, draft material, photographs and reviews relating to the various editions of the book. Also includes material relating to Gammage's role as an historical consultant for the film "Gallipoli" (8 boxes, 1 medium folio box).
The Acc05.205 instalment includes correspondence and other papers relating to Gammage's research on Gallipoli, Anzac war memorials and other celebration of the Anzac spirit. Includes correspondence with Anzac participants and researchers, some with copies of their papers, ca. 1993-1998; copies of publications and journal and newspapers articles about Gallipoli participants and Anzac memorials (many by Ken Inglis and one by George Johnston), 1965-1998; conference papers by Gammage and others, including at 1994 Great War seminar and the 1990 International symposium on the 75th anniversary of the Dardanelles campaign; copies of archival material, including writings of C.E.W. Bean; war memorial leaflets and programs of memorial services for Anzac veterans (2 boxes).
The Acc06.019 instalment comprises draft manuscript, correspondence, reviews, invitation and awards relating to Sky travellers: journeys in New Guinea, 1938-1939; research notes and subject files on New Guinea with correspondence, ca. 1986-2004, transcripts and notes of interviews, 1967-1988, notebooks; copies of maps and other related map material relating to Papua and New Guinea; negatives and photographs of New Guinea and the Hagen-Sepik Patrol, ca. 1930-1940; and, tapes of interviews (3 boxes, 1 large folio box).
The Acc21.066 instalment comprises files and research material relating to Papua New Guinea and University of Papua New Guinea; University of Adelaide; Australian history course handouts, exam papers; talks, articles, chapters and related correspondence for publications The broken years: Australian soldiers in the Great War, The sky travellers: journeys in New Guinea 1938–1939, The biggest estate on Earth: how aborigines made Australia, Bicentennial history of Australia, Narrandera Shire; and papers relating to National Museum of Australia Council; Adelaide Anzac day Commemorative March, plus papers created by William Joseph Gammage (1884-1978) of Narrandera N.S.W. (38 boxes, 3 large folio boxes, 3 map folios).
The Acc22.65 instalment comprises correspondence, talks and interviews given by Gammage, supplementary material for 'Dunera Lives' Vol.2; files relating to: Narrandera, Sky Travellers, Broken Years and PNG patrol officers (Sepik) articles and an obituary for Brij Lal and art work by Martyn Wyndham-Read (2 MS boxes, 2 map folios, 2 medium folio boxes, 2 digital carriers).
- Biography/History:
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Historian. William (Bill) Leonard Gammage is an Adjunct Professor at the Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National University where his research interests include Aboriginal land management in an historical context. Gammage lectured in history and held academic appointments at the University of Papua New Guinea, the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University. He is the author of The broken years: Australian soldiers in the great war (1974) and other works about Australian soldiers in World War I. Gammage's history of the Narrandera region, Narrandera Shire (1986), won the ABC/ABA Manning Clark Bicentennial History Award in 1988, and in 1987 he was made a Freeman of the Shire of Narrandera. His account of the Hagen-Sepik Patrol of 1938-1939 in The sky travellers: journeys in New Guinea, 1938-1939 (1998) won the Queensland Premier's Prize for Non-Fiction in 1999. Gammage has served on the Council of the National Museum of Australia. In 2005 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to education and to the community in the area of Australian history through teaching, writing and historical research.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS Acc05.123, MS Acc05.205, MS Acc06.019, MS Acc21.066, MS Acc22.065.
- MS Acc05.123 copy Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Related Material:
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- Interview with Dr. Bill Gammage, researcher & historian; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 4912.
- Bill Gammage special map collection; Located at; National Library of Australia Maps collection MAP Bill Gammage special map Col.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Bill Gammage (MS Acc05.123, MS Acc05.205, MS Acc06.019).
- Subject:
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- Gammage, Bill, 1942- -- Archives
- Australian National University. Humanities Research Centre -- Employees -- Archives
- Historians -- Australia -- Archives
- College teachers -- Australia -- Archives
- History teachers -- Australia -- Archives
- Australia -- History -- 1914-1918
- Papua New Guinea -- Discovery and exploration
- Papua New Guinea -- History -- 20th century
- Narrandera (N.S.W.) -- History
- Time Coverage:
- 1880-2022
- Occupation:
- Terms of Use:
- Copying of Bill Gammage's copyright material permitted for research purposes.
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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