Harry Mann memoirs, 1892-1979, mainly relating to life at sea and on the Edie Creek goldfields, East...
Harry Mann memoirs, 1892-1979, mainly relating to life at sea and on the Edie Creek goldfields, East New Guinea, with miscellaneous material, ca. 1926-1971
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1892-1979
Call Numbers
MLMSS 3628 , SAFE/MLMSS 3628/Box 2/Items 21-22 (Safe 3/128)
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts, Clippings and Pictures
Physical Description
Contents
2 boxes of textual material - typescript, printed
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Access Conditions
Partly restricted : - -
Partly restricted : - - Restriction applies to Memoirs at SAFE/MLMSS 3628/Items 21-22
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
BOX 1
Items 1-15
a. Memoirs, 1892-1919, relating to schooling at London Orphan School, life at sea on the sailing ships, Armadale, Deckmont and Inverurie, first years in Australia and work on the transport ships H.M.S. Barunga, Runic and Boonah during World War I
BOX 2
Items 16-22
Memoirs, 1919-1979, relating to the Edie Creek go...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Harry Mann memoirs, 1892-1979, mainly relating to life at sea and on the Edie Creek goldfields, East New Guinea, with miscellaneous material, ca. 1926-1971
Notes
General note
Keyword subject:
Orphanages--England--London
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Description source
Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-318C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Harry Mann first went to sea in 1908 when he joined the sailing ship Armadale as a deck boy on a voyage from England to Australia. In 1926 he went to work on the Edie Creek goldfields, East New Guinea and, after some time in the Solomon Islands, returned to Australia in ca. 1938
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 3628 , SAFE/MLMSS 3628/Box 2/Items 21-22 (Safe 3/128)
Record Identifier
1JkmMMGY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmMMGY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
913299
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