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AU PMB MS 660
Title
Company papers and a diary
Date(s)
- 1936 - 1965 (Creation)
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1 reel; 35mm microfilm
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Investors Ltd was formed in 1936 to provide funds to equip expeditions led by Jack Hides to prospect for gold.
The film contains:
- Correspondence, 1936-37
- 'Report of aerial reconnaissance made from Mt Hagen over the country examined by Hides and O'Malley on the Strickland-Purari Patrol, 1934-36'
- Radio log, 22 February - 17 August 1937
- Hides' diary, 7 March - 9 July 1937
- Report on Central New Guinea Expedition, 1937
- Financial statement, 1965
The papers were used by J.P. Sinclair in the writing of his biography of Hides, The Outside Man.
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(1989) Mr J. P. Sinclair, 9 Cypress Court, Minyama, QLD 4575
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ms660