02053ntc a22002297i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000047000722450055001192640016001743000041001903360021002313370023002523380032002755000018003075060028003255201024003535330077013775350095014545400098015498560176016472688140313k19421966xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aThomas, Edward Llewellyn Gordond1890-196610aCorrespondence, diaries, notes, articles, speeches  c1942 - 1966  a2 reels; 35mm microfilm; Digital PDF  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 600  aAvailable for reference2 aEdward L.G. Thomas, or Gordon Thomas as he was usually known, joined the Methodist Mission in New Guinea as a printer in 1911, and later worked as a planter, trader and oil driller in that territory. He was editor of the Rabaul Times from 1925-1927 and from 1933-1942. He was one of about 300 European civilians captured when the Japanese invaded Rabaul in January 1942 and one of only four who remained in Rabaul throughout the Japanese occupation. Reel 1: 1. General correspondence, 1946-66 2. Correspondence re disposal of printing plant used to produce Guinea Gold 1946-47 3. Correspondence re Fred Urban's war damage claims, 1947-48 4. Correspondence re Queen Emma (Mrs Emma Kolbe), 1955 5. Diary and other writings while prisoner-of-war, 1942-45 6. Notes and papers collected while prisoner-of-war, 1942-45 7. Articles, 1945-49 (Continued on reel 2) Reel 2: 7. Articles, 1945-49 (Continued from reel 1) 8. Speeches and articles, undated (c.1946-49) 9. Diary of trip on MV Bulolo to Papua and New Guinea, 1955  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aDivision of Pacific and Asian HistorybAustralian National University, CanberracAustralia  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au.virtual.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/correspondence-diaries-notes-articles-speecheszView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.