Identity area
Reference code
AU PMB PHOTO 40
Title
Date(s)
- 1912-1916 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
- 60 postcards scanned to digital
- 1 folder scanned to digital
- 120 digital items
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Ellestan Joyce Dusting OBE attended Canberra High School and growing up was active in the Brownies, Guides and Rangers. Her involvement with the Guiding movement continued throughout her life, holding the positions of Guide Commissioner in Canberra and ... »
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lieutenant R.G. Bowen, RAN, served in New Guinea during World War I with No. 6 Company of the Naval Battalion of the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force.
Name of creator
Biographical history
At the outbreak of World War I, Col. Sir Samuel Augustus Pethebridge took command of the Australian North-West Pacific Expedition, raised to occupy German islands north of the equator. Before the expedition could sail, the British government decided to ... »
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection of 60 postcards and photographs of German New Guinea, all dated 1912-1916, were transferred to David Kaus at the National Museum of Australia by Merrell Davis and Catherine Evans, included with the papers of Ellestan Dusting. Dusting ... »
System of arrangement
As found
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Available for reference
Conditions governing reproduction
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
See individual items
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
Existence and location of copies
Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php
Notes area
Note
Related collections: PMB Photo 44
Note
Individual item titles are taken from the handwritten captions on photos. The language is reflective of the period of captioning. In the absence of captions, titles were devised by cataloguer based on image content. Information added by cataloguer is ... »
Access points
Place access points
Description control area
Sources
Naval Historical Society of Australia, The Navy in New Guinea in 1914, http://www.navyhistory.org.au/the-navy-in-new-guinea-in-1914
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Digital object metadata
Filename
Digital_reference_image.pdf
Media type
Text
Mime-type
application/pdf