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Records of the War Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1770-1960

1358 items
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The War Office records cover a wide variety of material relating to both Colonial and Australian involvements in armed conflicts. Amongst the records filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project are documents and correspondence of the Commander- in-Chief, Secretary-at-War, Secretary of State and Judge-Advocate General.
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Papers of the Acland Family (as filmed by the AJCP), 1840-1902

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Correspondence, diaries, newspaper cuttings and a photograph album.
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Records of the Royal Astronomical Society (as filmed by the AJCP), 1819-26 August 1940

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Royal Astronomical Society papers, comprising Secretary's letter-book 1822-1824, original papers submitted to the Society 1820-1900, and correspondence of Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee 1898-1912. Subjects include: Pacific exploring expedition; observations made by Sir Thomas Brisbane at Parramatta 1822-1825; report on Melbourne Observatory for 1878; expedition to Sumatra 1901 to observe total eclipse; and observation of 1908, 1910 and 1911 eclipses in Australia and Pacific.
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Collections held by the Brynmor Jones Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1817-1975

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Letters 1963-1975 of Peter Porter and other writers sent to publisher Harry Chambers concerning the poetry magazine Phoenix (closed until 2005).
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Papers of Sir Richard Owen (as filmed by the AJCP), 1796-1889

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Correspondence 1836-1883. Subjects include: discovery of fossils in Australia; observations of Tasmanian Aborigines; self-government in New South Wales; research on Australian and New Zealand fauna including platypus and moa; dispatch of Australian specimens and skulls of Maoris and Aborigines. Correspondents include W. Clift, G. Bennett, Sir Walter Buller, R. Etheridge, W.B. Clarke, Sir Julius von Haast, J.L.G. Krefft, Sir Ferdinand von Mueller, E.P. Ramsay, T.H.C. Hood and H. Woodward.
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Papers of George Kingsley Roth (as filmed by the AJCP), 1872-1959

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Correspondence 1872-1959, notes, photographs, off-prints, book reviews relating to society and culture, including language, administration, totemism, ceremonies, housing, kava ceremonies, music and art. Correspondents include A.B. Brewstar, Lorimer Fison, Edward W. Gifford, Harry Wright, J.B. Thurston and Robert Swanston.
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Natural History Museum: Letters of the Keeper of Zoology Archive (as filmed by the AJCP), 1841-1973

258 items
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Correspondence 1858-1945 Subjects include: New Zealand lizards; mud fish from Hokitika, New Zealand; lizards and butterflies from New Hebrides; sponges from the Philippines; butterflies and insects from New Guinea; appointment of taxidermist for Public Library, Museum and National Gallery of Victoria; and sale of Gilbert Raynor's collection of Australian lepidoptera.
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British and Foreign Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society (as filmed by the AJCP), 02 May 1837-1895

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Letters received by Secretaries of the Aborigines Protection Society: Thomas Hodgkin (1837-1866), F.W. Chesson (1866-1888) and H.R. Fox-Bourne (1888-1909). They deal in particular with: the treatment of Aborigines in Queensland and Western Australia and of Maoris in New Zealand; charges made by Reverend J. Gribble in Western Australia; the visit of Maori chiefs to England in 1882 and 1884; the Pacific labour trade and the treatment of Pacific Islanders in Queensland; the 1875 Pacific Islanders Protection Bill; cases involving Jason, Carl and other labour vessels; the annexation of New Guinea in 1884; and land rights and race relations in Fiji and Tonga.
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Collections held by the National Maritime Museum London (as filmed by the AJCP), 1718-1957

384 items
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M3076-M3086: Catalogue Section 4: Personal Collections
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Papers of William Ewart Gladstone (as filmed by the AJCP), 1835-1886

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Correspondence, letters, memoranda and official papers extending from Gladstone's first post at the Colonial Office in 1835 until the collapse of his third Ministry in 1886. They deal with: the New Zealand Co; Treaty of Waitangi; Maori affairs; recall of Sir John Eardley Wilmot from Van Diemen's Land in 1846; colonial bishoprics; Australian and New Zealand constitutions; Sydney Mint; colonial tariffs; appointment of governors; establishment of settlement at Canterbury; annexation of Fiji and New Guinea; French and German activities in the Pacific; trade with Dutch East Indies; affairs of Sarawak; and North Borneo Co.
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