Maurice M. Witts - Diary, 1911 Jan. 1-Aug. 15
Maurice M. Witts - Diary, 1911 Jan. 1-Aug. 15
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Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]
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PMB 8
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ne microfilm reel 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 8
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Besides giving a day-by-day account of the life of a copra planter, the diary records Witts' efforts, as a temporary commandant of police, to capture a New Hebridean outlaw named Thingaru who had been terrorising parts of Espiritu Santo
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Maurice M. Witts - Diary, 1911 Jan. 1-Aug. 15
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 8
Available for reference
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia B 890
Microfilm copy of original in private ownership
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Maurice M. Witts, an Australian who fought in the Boer War, went to the New Hebrides as a settler in 1904 after a brief sojourn in Fiji. With two cousins, Theo and Arthur Thomas, he planted coconuts in the Hog Harbour area of Espiritu Santo. He returned to Australia about 1913 and lived in the Moss Vale district of New South Wales until his death i...
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PMB 8
Record Identifier
9NaAeGbY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaAeGbY
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440428
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