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Australian Federal Minister for Defence Science and Personnel [electronic resource].

These videorecordings were created by a number of companies outside both Transfield and Tenix. They would presumably have constituted commissioned works.  It should be noted that Items 8/1 — 8/7 relate to Transfield; Items 8/8 and 8/9 relate to Tenix. These videos were received by Carlo Salteri in his capacity as Chairman of both companies. 

The Williamstown Dockyard had been owned by the Federal Government but 
Cabinet decided to privatise the Dockyard in 1987. At that time the first 
tenders for the Navy frigates was given to Amecon (Australian Marine 
Engineering Consolidated). At this point Transfield began to take control of 
Amecon and by August 1988, Transfield controlled Amecon and the Dockyard. 
In November 1989, Transfield won a $5.8 billion contract to build ten “Meko” 
200 class frigates, eight for the Australian Navy and two for the New Zealand 
Navy. The contract for the Sydney Harbour Tunnel was won by Transfield in April 
1987, construction beginning in February 1988. This was a joint venture with a 
Japanese construction company, Kumagai Gumi. The tunnel was completed in 
August 1992. 

8/1 (VT 1464) Launching of HMAS Melbourne, a guided missile frigate. Amecon, 8 May 
1989 (PAL/VHS videocassette; 6’30”) 
[The video depicts crowds entering Williamstown Dockyard with naval personnel and a navy band. It also gives aerial views of the Dockyard and groups of Amecon staff. Personalities depicted on the video include Mrs Hazel Hawke (wife of the then Prime Minister), who launched the frigate. Other personalities include Kim Beasley, Minister for Defence, and Paul Salteri of Transfield.] 

8/2 (VT 1465) First construction video: the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, 22 January 1990 (PAL/VHS videocassette; 10’19”) 
[The contract was approved by the NSW Government in April 1987. The tunnel was opened in August 1992. The video contains much technical data regarding the manufacture of the tunnel sections, built at Port Kembla. Each section weighed 33, 000 tons, and was towed by sea from Port Kembla to Sydney Harbour, taking 24 hours for the tow. The project was a joint venture with Kumagai Gumi, a Japanese engineering corn pa ny.] 

8/3 (VT 1466) Just one word. Amecon & Avatar Film Productions, Melbourne, March 
1992 (PAL/VHS videocassette; 13’35”) 
[Amecon was a company which purchased the Williamstown Dockyard in 1987, and was subsequently taken over by Transfield. The video commences with what appears to be early sea trials of HMAS Melbourne, one of a new fleet of guided missile frigates. It then depicts early shots of 19th century Williamstown and early pictures of groups of Transfield staff. Other themes include the launching of HMAS Newcastle and the training of company clients at an engineering school called the Marine Engineering and Research Centre, part of Transfield.] 

8/4 (VT 1467) The Sydney Harbour Tunnel (a Transfield-Kumagai joint venture): third construction report, Sydney, Showboat, June 1992. (PAL/VHS videocassette; 21 mm.) 
[The contract for the Sydney Harbour Tunnel was approved by NSW Cabinet in April 1987. Construction commenced in 1988 and it was completed in 1992. The project was a Transfield-Kumagai joint venture. This video contains much technical data on the construction of the tunnel, and is very similar to Item 8/2. It includes images of Carlo Salteri at the joint venture signing ceremony.] 
 
8/5 (VT 1468) The Birth of 05: FFG 05 (HMAS Melbourne) construction video. Transfield, 
28 January 1993 (PAL/VHS videocassette; 20’19”) 
[HMAS Melbourne was commissioned in 1992. This video contains great technical data on the construction of 05 (HMAS Melbourne) and includes shots of the ship going through extensive sea trials. HMAS Melbourne ship was the first navy ship to be built in Australia for 20 years. Reference should be made to Item 8/2, which contains similar information.] 

8/6 (VT 1469) Transfield Group video. The Notion Picture Company, 3 September 1993 (PAL/VHS videocassette; 11’20”) 
[This video outlines Transfield’s various activities, shipbuilding, technology and infrastructure. Shipbuilding was carried out in Melbourne, Perth and New Zealand. Technology encompassed the building of power stations and construction of loading facilities for coal and gas, and the building of ocean platforms for oil and gas. Infrastructure included the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, water treatment plants, and motorway bridges. Construction also took place in Malaysia, Laos and Thailand.] 

8/7 (VT 1470) The Transfield Group. Produced by Creative Assignments for the Transfield Group. [n.d.j. (PAL/VHS videocassette; 15’lO”) 
[This video depicts various engineering projects carried out by Transfield over a number of years; for example, The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, the Skitube linking Bullocks Flat with Perisher Valley and Blue Cow in the Snowy Mountains of NSW, the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, and almost every power station in Australia. The Sydney Harbour Tunnel was the largest public infrastructure project in Australia’s history. There is also an early image of Carlo Salteri and Franco Belgiorno-Nettis in their Transfield office.] 

8/8 (VT 1471) Tenix: launch video; no other group has the capability, [n.d.] (PAL/VHS videocassette; 4’15”) 
[This video emphasises the defence projects of Tenix, virtually excluding any other activities. There are images of defence equipment, for example army tanks and military planes, but there is no evidence of the involvement of Tenix in these activities. As a launch video, it would appear to be somewhat defective.] 

8/9 (MLMSS 8564/Box 7) Innovation Place, 100 Arthur Street, North Sydney: work, focus, inspire. Townwood Pty Ltd., September 2005. (DVD; 4’27”) 
[This is a promotional video advertising the proposed premium office space being designed for Innovation Place, 100 Arthur Street, North Sydney, the present headquarters of Tenix, the Salteri family company. The building stands on the former site of the head office of Transfield.]

Series 08: Carlo Salteri videorecordings, 1989-2005

Wayne Wright further papers, 1976, 1988-1994

PXA 1647
Box 1
12 numbered floral diaries dated 22 August 1961-19 February 1974. Diaries contain water colours of native flowers and plants with loose manuscript notes by Isobel Bowden

Box 2
Contains a further 9 numbered floral diaries dated 5 February 1974-1981 along with 3 other unnumbered and undated floral diaries and a volume including a complete plant list of her diaries as well as material on related matters and loose items

PXD 1272
Folder 1
53 colour and black and white photographic prints, ca. 1930-1984, mostly relating to the Woodford fires in the Blue Mountains by Isobel Bowen and Elizabeth Perrers. Also includes typescript notes regarding bushfires and plant recovery by Isobel Bowden

Folder 2
66 colour and black and white photographic prints, ca. 1960-1984, mostly relating to the Blue Mountains and the Katoomba landslide. Also includes 6 sketches of flowers and Katoomba shale mines and notes relating to the Katoomba landslide

Folder 3
30 colour and black and white photographic prints, 1951-1978, relating to bushfires in the Blue Mountains. Includes many small manuscript notes, many attached to photographs

Folder 4
85 colour and black and white photographic prints, 1975-1984, mostly relating to Wentworth Falls and Jamison Creek. Includes manuscript and typescript notes, 5 sketched maps relating to the area and a clipping from the Blue Mountains Echo, 15 August 1984, regarding Blue Mountains electoral boundaries

Folder 5
78 photographic prints, ca. 1875-1921, mostly being portraits of members the Bowden family along with 5 related postcards. Included is a manuscript index of some of the pictures and 1 newspaper clipping mourning the death of A. F. C. Murphy - former Mayor of Blue Mountains City Council

Folder 6
75 photographic prints, ca. 1865-1980, mostly being portraits of Bowden family members and pictures of family residence 'Edrim' at Parramatta. Also includes 7 related postcards and newspaper clipping relating to family residence 'Addington' at Ryde, NSW

Folder 7
98 photographic prints, ca. 1914-1955, mostly being portraits of Bowden family members (many at family residence 'Hollington' in Beecroft, NSW), including World War I soldiers and wedding pictures. Also included is a clipping of the poem, 'The Shield', by Marianne Rylands

Folder 8
Includes 1 album of 12 photographic prints of the finish of the 'first aerial derby held in Australia' from Mascot to Richmond, NSW, 1920, with accompanying manuscript note

Also included are 103 loose photographic prints, 1923-1965, mostly being portraits of Bowden family members as well as a picture of Western Australian Airmail arriving in Sydney[?] 1923 and a photograph with manuscript note which reads, 'found with letter of Eric Kendall Bowden, Minister for Defence, 1923-1925, describing the Japanese fleet visit in 1924' and showing the Minister with Japanese naval personnel. Also 1 postcard of Terrigal Beach and 3 manuscript sheets of notes of Bowden family history during the Great Depression

Forms part of MLMSS 4427

Isobel Bowden's floral diaries and Bowden family photographs, ca. 1865-1984

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