Papers of Marcel Aurousseau. 1914-1984.

Palmer, Vance, 1885-1959

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Vance Palmer. Born Edward Vivian Palmer. Novelist, dramatist, short-story writer, poet, critic, biographer, editor, political and social commentator. Published magazines under the pseudonym: Rann Daly. Nettie Palmer, wife of Vance. Born Janet Gertrude Higgins. Poet, biographer, literary critic, commentator, diarist, editior and translator. Daughter of John and Kitty Higgins and a neice of the parliamentarian and Judge B. Higgins. From the description of Vance...

Hancock, W. K. (William Keith), 1898-1988

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Sir (William) Keith Hancock was born in Melbourne, Australia on 26 June 1898. and obtained his BA at Melbourne University. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, 1922-1923, and obtained a BA with 1st class honours in modern history. In 1923 he was the first Australian to be awarded a Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, and in 1924 he returned to Australia to be professor of modern history at Adelaide University. He was professor of modern history at Birmingham University from 1933-1944, and pro...

Palmer, Nettie, 1885-1964

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Nettie Palmer was a prominent Australian writer and critic. From the description of Letters : Sorrento and Armadale, to Mildred Moore, Mentone [manuscript]. 1900-1902. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223121158 This volume was a twenty-first birthday gift to Nettie Higgins in August 1906. From the description of Commonplace book [manuscript]. 1907-1936. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225785683 Nettie Palmer was born Janet Gertrude H...

Taylor, Griffith, 1880-1963.

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Geographer and meteorologist. Thomas Griffith Taylor was senior geologist to the British Antarctic expedition 1910-13 under R.F. Scott. He was Associate Professor of Geography, University of Sydney 1920-28, and then professor at the Universities of Chicago and Toronto 1935-51. In 1913 he and E.T. Quayle wrote the first text-book on Australian meteorology, Climate and weather of Australia. From the description of Journeyman at Cambridge, [ca. 1961] [manuscript]. [ca. 1961] (Libraries ...

Henry, Lucienne

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Sargeson, Frank

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Middenway, Ralph, 1932-

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Somerville, J. D. (James Dugald), 1868-1960

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Somerville was an ex-railway engineer and surveyor. The notes were prepared to assist a Mr. Weatherstone who was engaged in research on the Bourke and Wills expedition. From the description of Papers. 1941-1944. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225827495 ...

David, T. W. Edgeworth (Tannatt William Edgeworth), 1858-1934

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Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David was Professor of Geology and Palaeontology at the University of Sydney from 1891 to 1924. From the description of Geological chart, [1930?] [manuscript]. [1930?] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 505958091 Geologist. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225763397 Geologist. Worked for the NSW Government Geological Survey 1882-1891; Professor of Geology and Phy...

Aurousseau, Marcel, 1891-1983

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Aurousseau was a geographer, geologist and writer. He was awarded the University Medal when he graduated Bachelor of Science, University of Sydney and was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, University of Newcastle in 1973. From the description of Papers of Marcel Aurousseau. 1914-1984. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 221132890 ...

Clark, C. M. H. (Charles Manning Hope), 1915-1991

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Historian. Professor of History, Canberra University College (1949-60) and Australian National University (1960-1975). Author of "Select documents in Australian history" (2 vols, 1950-55), "A History of Australia" (6 vols, 1962-87) and other works. From the description of Papers of Manning Clark [manuscript]. 1907-1992. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225847272 ...

White, Patrick, 1912-1990

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Author and winner of Nobel Prize for Literature. See Who's who in Australia 1988, pp. 926-7. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Sydney, N.S.W. to Dr George Chandler, Canberra, A.C.T. 1977. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225829845 From the description of Letters to Janice Kenny [manuscript]. 1977-1978. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225831588 Alice Halmagyi was Patrick White's doctor and friend. From the description of L...

Woolnough, W. G. (Walter George), 1876-1958

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Geologist. Educated University of Sydney. Lecturer, Universities of Sydney and Adelaide, 1898-1912, first Professor of Geology at University of Western Australia, 1912-1919. Member of expeditions to Funafut (1897), Fiji (1901, 1905), Northern Territory (1911). In 1930 he was appointed by the Commonwealth Government to tour the oilfields of the U.S.A. and Argentina and in 1932 he made the first aerial survey of oil possibilities in Australia. From the description of Papers of Walter G...

Aurousseau family.

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Wheen, A. W. (Arthur Wesley), 1897-1971

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A. W. Wheen, Rhodes Scholar and winner of the Military Medal during World War I, was the translator of E. M. Remarque's novels, in particular All quiet on the Western Front. In later life Wheen worked as Keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. He died in March 1971. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1920-1940. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225819094 ...

Garran, J. C. (John Cheyne), 1905-1976

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