Albert F. Ellis - Papers and correspondence, 1900-1951
Albert F. Ellis - Papers and correspondence, 1900-1951
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Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]
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PMB 497
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microfilm reel 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 497
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Contents
The documents on the microfilm include: Ellis' diary for May 1900 when he went to Ocean Island to establish the phosphate industry there; clippings on the phospate industry from various nespapers and journals; and correspondence covering the period 1920-1951
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Albert F. Ellis - Papers and correspondence, 1900-1951
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 497
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by Department of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra
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Administrative / Biographical history
Ellis (1869-1951) was born in Queensland and educated in New Zealand. In the 1890s he became an employee of the Pacific Islands Company Ltd of London, which was involved in the guano industry on islands in the Coral Sea and the Phoenix Group. In 1900, he became curious about a rock which was used as a doorstop in the Sydney office of his company an...
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PMB 497
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n7oVPedn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oVPedn
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440488
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