Papers relating to Lawrence Hargrave [manuscript]. 1856-1977.

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Papers relating to Lawrence Hargrave [manuscript]. 1856-1977.

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The papers include: manuscript of his Hargrave biography, c.1972; research material, 1856-1972, including correspondence with Hargrave's daughters and granddaughter and some original family papers; a photocopy of Helen Gray's (Hargrave's eldest daughter) scrapbook about her father, 1902-1949; original and copy print photographs, c.1860-1968, of Hargrave, his family, his residences and inventions, including his models (many of which were destroyed in World War II); and a family tree covering 1686 to 1920.

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Shaw, W. Hudson (William Hudson), 1910-

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Qantas Airlines executive and aviation historian. Shaw was instrumental in securing the return to Australia in the 1960s of Hargrave's models from Germany and his journals and drawings from England. His biography "Lawrence Hargrave: explorer, inventor and aviation experimenter" was published in 1977. From the description of Papers relating to Lawrence Hargrave [manuscript]. 1856-1977. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225851477 ...

Hargrave, Lawrence, 1850-1916

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Aeronautical pioneer. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1847-1914. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225851470 Aeronautical engineer and astronomer. After participating in several explorations into New Guinea, Hargrave worked as an assistant astronomical observer at the Sydney Observatory, Australia 1878-1883. He then devoted his time to research in aeronautics and human flight. From the description of Papers, 1910-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat re...