Charles Valentine T. Wells - Papers re mining and aviation in New Guinea, 1926-1947
Charles Valentine T. Wells - Papers re mining and aviation in New Guinea, 1926-1947
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Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
Call Numbers
PMB 997
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Physical Description
Contents
ive microfilm reels 35 mm
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Fonds
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Microfilm : PMB 997
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The papers are in seven series as indicated in a descriptive list copied at the start of each reel. Series 6 (photographs) was not copied. The contents of each reel are: Reels 1-2: Newspaper clippings, 1926-1941, especially Guinea Airways Ltd. 3: The same continued, newspaper clippings, 1937-1941, on Australian Air Service. 4: C. J. Levien's diary,...
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Full title
Charles Valentine T. Wells - Papers re mining and aviation in New Guinea, 1926-1947
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 997
Microfilm copy of original documents held by National Library of Australia at MS 364
Available for reference
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Wells, based in Adelaide, was chairman of Guinea Gold NL and Guinea Airways Ltd., which played major roles in the development of gold mining in New Guinea before World War II. See R. W. Robson, The Romance of Bulolo', Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1938, pp. 34-37
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PMB 997
Record Identifier
92eVNZbY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVNZbY
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440812
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