Correspondence, diaries, notes, articles, speeches
- AU PMB MS 600
- Coleção
- 1942 - 1966
Edward 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:
- General correspondence, 1946-66
- Correspondence re disposal of printing plant used to produce Guinea Gold 1946-47
- Correspondence re Fred Urban's war damage claims, 1947-48
- Correspondence re Queen Emma (Mrs Emma Kolbe), 1955
- Diary and other writings while prisoner-of-war, 1942-45
- Notes and papers collected while prisoner-of-war, 1942-45
- Articles, 1945-49 (Continued on reel 2)
Reel 2:
- Articles, 1945-49 (Continued from reel 1)
- Speeches and articles, undated (c.1946-49)
- Diary of trip on MV Bulolo to Papua and New Guinea, 1955
Thomas, Edward Llewellyn Gordon