Series 03: Bottle of petroleum oil from Vailala, Papua, 1911
Series 03: Bottle of petroleum oil from Vailala, Papua, 1911
About this item
Full title
Date
1911
Call Numbers
R 1065
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Physical Description
Contents
1 glass bottle with glass stopper, labelled, containing petroleum oil - 10 cm. (high) x 5 cm. (diameter)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1 glass bottle of oil labelled "J. P. Hennelly RM / Pet oil Vailala / Papua 1911-12?"
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Full title
Series 03: Bottle of petroleum oil from Vailala, Papua, 1911
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.5387 as part of the eRecords project 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by J. Hennelly, March 1983
Pic.Acc.5387
Administrative / Biographical history
John Patrick Hennelly was a Resident Magistrate in Papua 1906-1903, and later a Customs Officer at Fremantle W.A. This oil sample was presented to the Mitchell Library by his son in 1983, together with papers and photographs of John Hennelly, which include reports about the discovery of petroleum deposits in Vailala River by Lewis Lett and Thomas o...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 1065
Record Identifier
1l4dN3K1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4dN3K1
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Reference code
944753
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