Rapaul Volcanological Observatory monthly reports, 1937-2007 [microform]. 1937-2007.

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Rapaul Volcanological Observatory monthly reports, 1937-2007 [microform]. 1937-2007.

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The reports are made by the Volcanologist and/or Assistant Volcanologists, usually Ts., carbon, c.4pp., signed, covering volcanic activity across the Territory, earthquakes and tremors, seismograph readings, tilt readings, Observatory general, visitors and fieldwork, as follows: Territory of New Guinea, Department of Lands, Surveys, Mines and Forests, Rabaul, Weekly Vocanological Reports, Dec 1937-Oct 1941; Territory of New Guinea, Department of Lands, Surveys, Mines and Forests, Volcanological Reports to Central Administration and Prime Minister's Department (Weekly Report and Special Reports), 1937-1942; Government Secretary, H. Page, Central Administration, Rabaul, Daily Volcanological Report, Jun-Jul 1941; Assistant Volcanologist Rabaul, C.L. Knight, Weekly Report, Jun 1941-Jan 1942; Territory of New Guinea, Volcanological Observatory, Rabaul, Monthly Volcanological Report, 1950-1973; Volcanological Bulletin (weekly and fortnightly), Nov 1954-Jan 1958; Rabaul Bulletin (Geological Survey of Papua New Guinea, Volcanological Section), Nos.1-34, Jan-Dec 1973; PNG, Department of Mining and Petroleum, Geological Survey of Papua New Guinea, Rabaul Volcano Observatory, Monthly Report, 1974-1999, Feb 2005, Jan 2007.

5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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Following the eruptions of Vulcan and Tavurvur in 1937, Dr C.E. Stehn and Dr W.G. Woolnough recommended establishment of an observatory in Rabaul. Norman Fisher, the Territory government geologist who was sent to assist them, remained in Rabaul to continue the investigation, publishing a key report in 1939 in the first issue of the Territory of New Guinea's, Geological Bulletin. An observatory was designed by Dr Fisher and built under his supervision in 1940 at its present site on Observatory Ri...

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