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Frank Hurley - Papers re visit to Western District, Papua, 1923

Frank Hurley - Papers re visit to Western District, Papua, 1923

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ8pDen

Frank Hurley - Papers re visit to Western District, Papua, 1923

About this item

Full title

Frank Hurley - Papers re visit to Western District, Papua, 1923

Date

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

Call Numbers

PMB 916

Record Identifier

9PQ8pDen

Reference Code

440778
Physical Description

Contents

ne microfilm reel 35 mm

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Issue Copy

Microfilm : PMB 916

More information

Alternative Titles

Full title

Frank Hurley - Papers re visit to Western District, Papua, 1923

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 916
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of originals held by Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

Contextual Information

Source

The papers are archival estrays. They are believed to have been souvenired' by an Australian serviceman in Port Moresby in World War II. An anonymous donor sent them to the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

Administrative / Biographical history

Frank Hurley was a well-known Australian photographer and pioneer film producer. His film Pearls and Savages' (1924), based in Papua, was a product of his visit to the Western District referred to in these papers

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PMB 916

Record Identifier

9PQ8pDen

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ8pDen

Other Identifiers

Reference code

440778

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