02337ntc a22002177i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000030000722450011001022640016001133000027001293360021001563370023001773380032002005000018002325060028002505201546002785330077018245400079019018560139019803506140313k18961968xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aSvensen, Oscard1862-194310aPapers  c1896 - 1968  a1 reel; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 975  aAvailable for reference2 aCaptain Oscar Svensen (1862-1943) was a pioneer planter and trader in the Solomon Islands from 1888 - 1912. He subsequently became Norwegian consul in Brisbane, Australia. In the Solomons, he was usually known as 'Captain Marau', after Marau Sound, the site of his first trading station. The documents are: 1. Article by J.G.B. Nerdrum, 'Indtryk og oplevelser under et 7 aars ophold paa Salomonoerne' in Norske Geografiske Selskab Aarbog 1901-02, Oslo, pp.23-58 2. English translation of above by P. Stenbo, Auckland 3. Typescript of article re Captain Oscar Svensen in The Daily Mail, Brisbane, 20 July 1922 4. Article re Captain Oscar Svensen in Pacific Islands Monthly, February 1964, pp.77-80 5. Letter from N. Theodor Svensen, 12 Buranda Street, Buranda, Queensland, of 11 May 1964, to Mr Carden W. Seton, re Pacific Islands Monthly article. Also typescript copy of letter. 6. Letter dated 9 June 1964 from J. Svensen, 12 Rosling Street, Moorooka, Queensland, to editor of Pacific Islands Monthly re article on Captain Oscar Svensen, enclosing a manuscript entitled 'The First Kapitan Marau'. Also a typescript copy of 'The First Kapitan Marau'. 7. Letter from R.A. Langdon, executive officer, Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, to J. Svensen, dated 15 October 1968 re Captain Oscar Svensen. 8. Undated letter (of about December 1968) from Mrs Gertie A. Svensen, 12 Rosling Street, Moorooka, Queensland, re Svensen family. 9. Map of Marau Sound, Guadalcanal, from a sketch by Captain C.J. Svensen, 1896.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/papers-38zView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.