Cambridge University Library - James Hornell - Papers, 1883-1940
Cambridge University Library - James Hornell - Papers, 1883-1940
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Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
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M 2626-2631
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microfilm reels 35 mm
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Microfilm : M 2626-2631. See contents list (9pp.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/277, vol. 16.
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Contents
The papers include: papers re the St. George Expedition to South Seas, 1923-25 including letters to his wife; papers re outrigger canoes, c. 1914-20; papers re string figures from Polynesia, ca. 1920-1930; papers re Polynesian canoes, ca. 1920's-30's; working drafts of "Canoes in Micronesia"; photographs of St. George Expedition, and press cut...
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Cambridge University Library - James Hornell - Papers, 1883-1940
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Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
The Hornell papers form part of the Haddan papers at Cambridge University Library
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Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous...
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Administrative / Biographical history
Marine biologist. Director of Fisheries Dept, 1918-24. On retirement he was appointed to the St. George Expedition to the Pacific as ethnographer. Reported to the British government on fisheries of various countries including Mauritius, Malta and Fiji
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M 2626-2631
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nM7l62mY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7l62mY
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432892
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