Series 2 - Correspondence from Phillip Law to Robert D. Hill, and other records


Date Range1947 - 2001
Quantity17.5 cm, 26 Inventory Items
ProvenanceRobert Dickson Hill
Description

Series 2 contains an extensive set of correspondence from Antarctic explorer and administrator, Phillip Law, to Robert Hill. Other correspondents in this Series are Robert Hill's wife, Judy Hill, and Phillip Law's wife, Nel Law. The correspondence between the Hills and the Laws spanned a period of some fifty years, from c.1947-2001, encompassing personal as well as professional subjects.

Robert Hill was a few years ahead of Phillip Law at the University of Melbourne in the 1930s. Phillip Law, whose family was active in the university community in Carlton, became a lifelong friend, and the Laws regularly stayed with the Hills during their trips to the United States. Both men went on to work as lecturers in physics at the University of Melbourne during the 1940s. According to the family, Robert Hill recommended Phillip Law for a senior role in the new Antarctic Division at External Affairs. A supply list drawn up by Phillip Law for a group sking trip in 1942 to Mt Hotham in the Victorian High Country is said to have exemplified his talent for organisation and team management to Robert Hill, also a regular member of Melbourne University ski trips made during the 1940s. This supply list is available in Inventory Item HILR00042, Series 2.

Many of the Christmas cards in Series 2 feature photographic reproductions depicting Antarctic and ocean scenes. These photographs relate to Phillip Law's work at the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions [ANARE].

Series 2 also includes a small amount of other material, most of it by, from or about Phillip Law. This material include copies of scholarly papers and drafts, as well as newspaper clippings. There are also two unsent letters that look to be from Robert D. Hill to Phillip Law (see Inventory Item HILR00039).

Most of the records in this series have been digitised. The digitised images are not yet available to the public. Undigitised records in this Series are Inventory Items HILR00044, HILR00045 and HILR00046.


Inventory Listing

Four Aerogrammes and Two Letters
c.1947-1948

This inventory item contains:

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Phil [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra. Dated 21/5, date-stamped [194?].

Aerogramme to Dr R. D Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra. Dated 20/9/1947.

Letter to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Phil and Nel [Law]. Letter is written on back of University of Melbourne letterhead. Dated Monday 3/11, date-stamped [1947].

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Phil [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra. Dated 15/1/1948.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Nel and Phil [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra. Date 18/4/1948.

Letter to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Phil [Law], addressed ‘At sea, nearing Auckland, Saturday 6 August'. Envelope is date-stamped 1948.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range c. 1947 - 1948    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier HILR00021 Box Number 2 Series 2
Six Aerogrammes and Other Assorted Correspondence
1948-1950

This inventory item contains:

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Phil and Nel [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra. Dated 5/11/1948.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil and Nel [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra, Anzac Day. Date-stamped 28/4/1949.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil [Law]. Dated 21/5, date-stamped 1949.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil and Nel [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra, Anzac Day. Dated 2/7, date-stamped 1949.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil and Nel [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra, Anzac Day. Dated 30/08/1949.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil and Nel [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra, Anzac Day. Dated 31/10/1949.

Postcard captioned ‘Rhodes Cottage, Muizenburg’, to Bob and Judy [Hill], addressed to Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A from Phil [Law]. Sent from Capetown. Dated 17/12/1949.

Hand-made greeting card with illustration of penguins on the cover. Message inside card reads ‘Xmas Cheers Dears! From Nel and Phil’, and is addressed to ‘Dear Hills and Happy Little Bobby’. Dated 19/12/1949.

Loose letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra. Dated 8/7/1950.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1948 - 1950    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier HILR00022 Box Number 2 Series 2
Five Aerogrammes and Other Assorted Records
1951-1955

This inventory item contains:

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. [Crossed out and annotated with: aBrookhaven, Natl Lab [National Laboratories], Upton, L. I. [Long Island], NY [New York]]. From Phil [Law]. Undated, date-stamped 19/6/1951.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil and Nel [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra. Dated 1/6/1952.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Phil [Law], 10 Copelen St, South Yarra. Dated 14/7, date-stamped 1952.

Postcard of American Airlines aeroplane, sent to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, care of Brookhaven, National Laboratories, Brookhaven, Long Island, NY [New York], from Phil [Law]. Dated ‘6am Thursday’, date-stamped 21/8/1952.

Letter to Dr Robert D. Hill, Brookhaven, National Laboratories, Brookhaven, Long Island, NY [New York] from Nell and Phil [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra. Dated 31/8/1952.

Aerogramme to Dr Robert D. Hill, 511 W. Oregon St, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Phil and Nel [Law]. Dated 22/11/1954. Address has been cut out.

Loose letter to Dr R.Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, from Phil [Law], Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs, 187 Collins St, Melbourne, C1, Victoria Australia. Dated 1/12/1954. Front page features reference ‘PGL: EH.’

Multiple documents originally clipped together. Documents are as follows:
-Aerogramme marked ‘Personal’ sent to Professor R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from P. G. Law, Department of External Affairs, 187 Collins St, Melbourne, Australia. Letter is dated 5/10/1955. Features reference ‘PGL: EH’. Subjects include confidential plan to establish an Institute of Technology in Melbourne in the near future, and the likelihood of a position of chair of Physics becoming available;
-Cover letter sent to Professor R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.. Letter is signed by ‘Phil’ [P. G. Law]. Features sender’s address: Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs, 187 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria. Letter is dated 5/9/1955. Features reference ‘PGL: EH’. Enclosed is the following confidential document: ‘Report on Voyage of M. V. "Kista Dan", January-March 1955’ by P. G. Law, Director, Antarctic Division. Format of report resembles daily diary, in relation to a voyage in Antarctic waters. Heavily annotated. Annotation at the beginning of the report reads ‘Dr R. D. Hill - Confidential’. Pages 1-16.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1951 - 1955    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and Reports
Inventory Identifier HILR00023 Box Number 2 Series 2
Three Letters, A Greeting Card and Other Records
1956-1957

This inventory item contains:

Letter to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil [Law]. Envelope is date-stamped 26/10/1956, and features printed address as follows, Commonwealth of Australia, National Antarctic Research Expedition, 187 Collins St, Melbourne, C.1. Attached to this letter are the following two records:
- Colour transparency depicting the home in Camberwell, Melbourne where the Laws then lived ('Astolat'). During processing, this transparency was removed from the file and rehoused separately. Researchers interested in viewing this transparency are advised that the relevant UMA control code is CT/274 (transparency);
- Reprinted article entitled ‘Cosmic-Ray Increase Observed at High Southern Latitudes on February 23, 1956’, written by A. G. Fenton, K. G. McCracken, Physics Department, University of Tasmania, Hobart, and N. R. Parsons, P. A. Trost, Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs, 187 Collins St, Melbourne, reprinted from Nature, Vol 177, Pages 1073-1074, 23/6/1956.

Card that begins ‘Dears’ from Nel [Law]. Dated 22/12/1956. Includes attached photograph entitled ‘Scott’s "Discovery" at Winter Quarters, McMurdo Sound 1902’. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed in a mylar sleeve during processing.

Typed letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law]. On letterhead of Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs, 187 Collins St, Melbourne, C1. Dated: 21/5/1957.

Letter to Professor R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil [Law]. Envelope features following stamped address Commonwealth of Australia, Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, 187 Collins St, Melbourne C.1.. Address and date read ‘At sea, Thursday 26 December 1957’ [26/12/1957].

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1956 - 1957    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Published Papers or Articles, Photographic Film Negatives and Mounted Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier HILR00024 Box Number 2 Series 2
Four Letters and Two Aerogrammes
1958-1959

This inventory item contains:

Aerogramme to Professor R. D. Hill at the Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from P. G. Law, Department of External Affairs, Antarctic Division, 187 Collins Street, Melbourne. Dated: 30/4/1958.

Two letters, both of which begin ‘Dear Bob and Judy’, from Phil [Law]. Letters are on letterhead of the Brighton Hotel, California at Connecticut, Washingon 8, D.C.. Details of letters are as follows:
- Letter dated Saturday 30/5, in an envelope date-stamped 1958. Envelope is addressed to Professor R. D. Hill, University of Illinois, Physics Department, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. Envelope also includes newspaper clipping, ‘Twenty Named For Interim Council of New University’, Age, 21/5/1958;
- Letter dated 'Thursday', in an envelope date-stamped 28/5 [1958]. Envelope is addressed to Professor R. D. Hill, University of Illinois, Physics Department, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A..

Letter to Professor R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil [Law]. Letterhead reads Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs, 187 Collins St, Melbourne C.1., Victoria. Envelope features following stamped address Commonwealth of Australia, Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, 187 Collins St, Melbourne C.1.. Dated 18/8/1958.

Loose letter to Bob [Hill] at University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Phil [Law], 187 Collins St, Melbourne. Dated: 25/11/1958. Front page features reference ‘MF 2741’ and is marked confidential. Subjects include a vacant job as Chair, possibly in Physics, at ‘Melbourne’ [probably Melbourne University].

Aerogramme to Professor R. D. Hill, University of Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from P. G. Law, Antarctic Division, 187 Collins Street, Melbourne. Dated: 9/6/1959.

Aerogramme to Professor R. D. Hill at the Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from P. G. Law, 187 Collins Street, Melbourne. Dated: 24/6. Date-stamped: 1959.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1958 - 1959    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier HILR00025 Box Number 2 Series 2
Four Letters, Two Postcards and one Greeting Card
1960-1964

This inventory item contains:

Two letters enclosed in an envelope addressed to Professor R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.. Addressed stamped on envelope reads, Commonwealth of Australia, Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, 187 Collins St, Melbourne C.1. Details of letters are as follows:
- Letter to Bob [Hill], care of E. H. Burhop, Physics Department, Imperial College, University of London, London, from Phil Law. Address on letter reads Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs, 187 Collins St, Melbourne C.1., Victoria. Dated 5/10/1960;
- Letter to Bob, Judy and Bobby [Hill] from Phil [Law], Davis Station, Australia, Aboard Magga Dan. Dated 30/1. Envelope is date-stamped 1960.

Letter to Professor R. D. Hill, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A from Phil [Law]. Address stamped on envelope is Commonwealth of Australia, Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, 187 Collins St, Melbourne, C1. Dated 26/10/1961.

Postcard depicting beach party on a Jamaican beach. Addressed to Professor R. D. Hill, care of Stanford Research Institute, Palo Alto, California [320], sent from ‘Phil’ [Phil Law]. Date-stamped 13/8/1962. Includes personal and professional subject matter including attendance at Logistics Symposium (Antarctic).

Greeting card featuring Antarctic insignia, contained in an envelope addressed to Professor R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Nel and Phil [Law]. Card includes attached photograph entitled 'Oates Land Survey 1962 (P.G. Law)'. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed in a mylar sleeve during processing. Envelope is date-stamped 12/12/1962.

Postcard depicting a photograph of M.S. Nella Dan unloading off Davis. Postcard is addressed to Professor R. D. Hill, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Phil [Law], Macquarie Island. Dated [9]/12/64.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1960 - 1964    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and Mounted Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier HILR00026 Box Number 2 Series 2
Three Letters, one Newspaper Clipping and one Postcard
1966

This inventory item contains:

Loose circular letter to Bob [Hill] from Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury, Victoria 3126. Dated 28/3/1966. Letter is to inform that Phil has resigned as Director of Antarctic Division, and is returning to the field of education, in role of Vice President of Victoria Institute of Colleges.

Letter to Robert D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Phil [Law], Victorian Institute of Colleges, 258 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne. Dated 20/7/1966. Subject is mostly the Victorian Institute of Colleges.

Multiple documents originally housed in envelope addressed to Dr. R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California. Details printed on envelope read ‘International Council of Scientific Unions, Ninth Meeting of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, San Diego, Chile, September 20-24 1966’. Details are as follows:
-Newspaper clipping, ‘"Australia too smug", says Dr [Law] - Our [Education] is [behind] U.S.A.’. Article extensively represents Law’s views on education in his capacity as vice-president of the Victorian Institute of Colleges;
-Postcard of Brazilian fishing harbour, begins ‘Dear Judy, Bob and Bobby’, from Phil [Law]. Dated/addressed 'London 1/10/66' [1/10/1966].

Letter to Robert D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Phil [Law], Victorian Institute of Colleges, 258 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne. Date-stamped 29/12/1966.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1966    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier HILR00027 Box Number 2 Series 2
Five Aerogrammes and one Christmas Card
1967-1970

This inventory item contains:

Aerogramme to Dr and Mrs Robert D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Dr P. G. Law, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Melbourne, 3126. Dated 19/12/1967. Subjects include recent death and disappearance of Harold Holt.

Aerogramme sent to Dr and Mrs Robert D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., from P. G. Law, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria 3126 Australia. Dated Friday 17/1/[1969]. Subjects include Victoria Institute of Colleges and other educational developments including references to ‘student unrest’.

Christmas card, to Judy and Bob [Hill] from Nel and Phil, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria 3126. Dated Xmas 1969.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, from P. G. Law, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria, 3126. Dated 30/3/1970.

Aerogramme to Dr and Mrs Robert D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Dr P. G. Law, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Melbourne, 3126. Dated 25/6/1970.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Dr P. G. Law, Vice-President Victoria Institute of Colleges, 258 Little Bourke St, Victoria, 3000. Dated 22/7/1970.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1967 - 1970    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier HILR00028 Box Number 2 Series 2
Two Aerogrammes, Three Letters, one Greeting card and one Postcard
1970-1974

This inventory item contains:

Greeting card, uninscribed. Attached to greeting card are the following two records:
- Handwritten note to Judy and Bob [Hill] from Nel [Law]. Dated 3/10/1970, addressed from Mexico City;
- Postcard of Puerto Marques, Acupulco, Mexico, to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill from Phil [Law]. Dated Friday.

Aerogramme to Dr and Mrs Robert D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Dr P. G. Law, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Melbourne, 3126. Dated: 14/12/1970.

Circular loose letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria 3126. Dated: 15/3/1972. Subject is Nel’s heart operation.

Two letters enclosed in an envelope, addressed to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, sent from Victoria Institute of Colleges, 582 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne 3004. Details are as follows:
- Letter to Dr and Mrs Robert Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California from Phil [Law], Victoria Institute of Colleges, 582 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne 3004. Dated: 15/7/1974;
- Letter to Dr Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California from Phil [Law], Victoria Institute of Colleges, 582 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne 3004. Dated 22/7/1974.

Aerogramme sent to Dr and Mrs Robert Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.. Sent from Dr P. G. Law, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury Victoria Australia 3126. Dated 3/9/1974. Subjects covered in letter include conference attendance, the Commission on Advanced Education in relation to the 1976-78 funding levels of an organisation Phil Law was involved with, and economic downturn in Australia.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1970 - 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier HILR00029 Box Number 2 Series 2
Five Letters, one Aerogramme, one Postcard and one Christmas card
1975-1979

This inventory item contains:

Circular letter to Bob and Judy from Phil [Law]. Address on envelope is 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. Sent from Victoria Institute of Colleges, 582 St Kilda Rd, Victoria Australia 3004. Dated 9/1/1975. Author states his intention to ‘inform our overseas friends about the activities of Nel and myself during 1974’. Letter covers personal and other subjects, and includes references to the Victoria Institute of Colleges.

Loose letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria Australia 3126. Dated 20/10/1975.

Typed circular letter to Dr and Mrs Robert D. Hill, Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, from Phil and Nel [Law]. Address shown on letter reads 16 Grove, Canterbury, Victoria, 3126 Australia. Address shown on envelope reads Victoria Institute of Colleges, 582 St Kilda Rd Melbourne Victoria, 3004, Australia. Dated 1/10/1977.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., 93108 from P. G. Law, 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Dated 6/3/[1978].

Postcard captioned ‘Le Mont Blanc 4807m [metres]’. Sent to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Phil and Nel [Law]. Address and date read ‘Oslo, 6 June’. Date-stamped 1978.

Christmas card, featuring two Antarctic postage stamps, in envelope. To Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Nel and Phil [Law], ‘Serendipity’, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, 3162, 82 5575. Undated, date-stamped 24/10/1979.

Envelope containing two letters, both to Bob and Judy [Hill], 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Phil [Law], ‘Serendipity’, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, 3162, 82 5575. Letters are dated: 13/5, and 22/[12]. Envelope is date-stamped 15/5/1979.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1975 - 1979    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier HILR00030 Box Number 2 Series 2
Three Aerogrammes, Three Letters and Three Newspaper clippings
1980-1985

This inventory item contains:

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, 93108, U.S.A. from [Phil] Law, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia 3126. Dated 9/3. Date-stamped 1980.

Aerogramme to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Dr P. G. Law, A.O., C.B.E., 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria, 3126 Australia. Dated 30/12/1981.

Letter to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 W. [West] Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. from Phil [Law], addressed and dated ‘M.S. Thala Dan - At sea - 7 March.’ Envelope is date-stamped [1982].

Aerogramme to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Dr P. G. Law, A.O., C.B.E., 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria, 3126 Australia. Dated 20/12, date-stamped 1983.

Letter to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. 93108 from Dr P. G. Law, A.O., C.B.E., 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria, 3126 Australia. Dated 7/12, envelope date-stamped 1984. Attached to this letter are the following two documents:
- Newspaper clipping. Title of article has been cut off. The clipping is about Professor Skilbeck, former director of Curriculum Development Centre, Canberra;
- Newspaper clipping entitled ‘A Place in the Sun’, by Wayne Gregson. Undated.

Two loose circular letters folded together with a newspaper clipping. Details are as follows:
- Letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law], ‘Serendipity’, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, 3162, 82 5575. Dated 30/7/1985;
- Letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law], ‘Serendipity’, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, 3162, 82 5575. Undated;
- News paper clipping is a book review entitled ‘Tales of Endurance in Hostile Latitudes’, Age. Dated 12/11/1983. Looks to relate to a book written by Phil Law entitled Antarctic Odyssey. Review is written by Osmar White.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1980 - 1985    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier HILR00031 Box Number 2 Series 2
Four Letters and Other Assorted Records
1985-1989

This inventory item contains:

Letter to R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. 93108 from Nel and Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove. Dated 17/10, envelope date-stamped 1985. Also contains newspaper clipping entitled ‘Scientists Tap Coral Sunscreen’ Age, Thursday 17/10/1985.

Two documents originally housed in an envelope addressed to Dr and Mrs Robert D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., date-stamped 12/1/1987. Documents are as follows:
- Letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Dated: 9/1/1987. Subject is Teachers’ College reunion and Nel Law’s state of health.
- What looks to be a class list in relation to a school reunion, annotated, entitled ‘Melbourne Teachers College - 1931 -1986’. Includes light-hearted references eg to ‘Old Contemptibles’. Annotations begin ’26.10.86’, and include handwritten note from Ken Goodman to Phil Law.

Greeting card in envelope. Cover of card features illustration of Emperor Penguins designed by Nel Law. Card to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Nel and Phil [Law]. Undated, date-stamped 8/10/1987.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., from [Phil] Law, 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Date-stamped 23/11/1988.

Circular letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Looks to have been written at Christmas 1988. Attached to this letter is a photocopied document entitled ‘The Sinking of M. V. "Nella Dan"’ by Phillip Law. No publication details are provided. Annotation on front page reads ‘Bob and Judy - the details - Phil.’

Loose letter to Bob and Judy from Phil [Law]. Sent from ‘Serendipity’, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, 3126, Victoria Australia. Dated 12/1989. Personal and professional subjects include wall chart created by Australian Surveying and Land Information Group of voyages of ANARE ships during Law’s period of Antarctic service and a map documenting other aspects of ANARE exploration of the Antarctic; completed manuscripts for which Law is seeking publishers, including Nel Law’s diary of summer voyage 1960/1961; Law’s consultancy to the Museum of Victoria regarding a planned national Antarctic museum.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1985 - 1989    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier HILR00032 Box Number 2 Series 2
Two Aerogrammes, Two Letters, Two Christmas Cards and Other Records
1990-1992

This inventory item contains:

Christmas card sent to Bob and Judy [Hill] from ‘Phil’ [P. G. Law] with an illustration of penguins. Phil Law’s address reads ’16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria Australia 3126. Dated [1990]. Subjects include trouble from an eye operation, prevailing economic depression. Author also refers to a publication in the ANARE Club Journal "Aurora". Enclosure referred to is not extant, but see published article listed above, entitled ‘The Last Voyage of HMAS "Labuan"’ by Phillip Law.

Christmas card sent to Bob and Judy [Hill] from ‘Phil’ [P. G. Law] with an illustration of penguins. Card features printed illustration of penguins which looks to be by Nel Law. Phil Law’s address reads ’16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria Australia 3126. Dated [1990]. Brief message, of a personal nature.

Aerogramme to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara California, from P. G. Law, AO, CBE, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria 3126. Dated 19/2/1990.

Letter to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, 93108, U.S.A.. Sent from Phil [Phil Law], addressed ‘Serendipity’, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria 3126 Australia. Dated 7/5/1990. Subject is news of Nel Law’s death on Sunday 29/4/[1990]. Phil Law refers to a diary kept by Nel Law of her visit to the Antarctic in the summer of 1960-61. Phil Law also refers to Nel Law as the first Australian woman to visit Antarctica, first of any nationality to visit the French Territory of Adelie [accent on first ‘e’] Land.

Aerogramme to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara California, from P. G. Law, AO, CBE, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria 3126. Dated 16/7/90.

Circular letter to Bob and Judy [Hill], 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., from Phil [Law]. Sent from ‘Serendipity’, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria Australia 3126. Dated: 1/7/1992. Subjects include Royal Society activities in honour of Phil Law’s 80th birthday, Law’s role in the opening of Co-operative Research Centre for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, and Law’s role in establishing the planned national Antarctic museum. Also refers to mid-winter dinner of ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, involving expeditioners returned from the Antarctic), which Law attended. Attached to letter is the following enclosure: proceedings of Royal Society of Victoria Inc -Philip Law, 80th Birthday Symposium 'Achievements in Education, Antarctica, Marine Science and Australia’s Future’. Symposium was held Thursday 23/4/1992.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1990 - 1992    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and Minutes and Agendas
Inventory Identifier HILR00033 Box Number 2 Series 2
Three Letters and Four Aerogrammes
1992-1995

This inventory item contains:

Letter to Dr R.D. Hill 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara California from ‘Phil’ [Law]. Dated 25/7/1992.

Letter to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Phil [Law]. Dated 23/12/1992.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Dr P. G. Law, A.O., C.B.E., 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia 3126. Dated 21/4/1994.

Aerogramme to Dr Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara California, from Dr P. G. Law, A.O., C.B.E., 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria 3126. Dated 17/7/[1994?].

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, 93108, U.S.A. from Dr P. G. Law, A.O., C.B.E., 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia 3126. Dated 15/8/1994.

Circular letter to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Phillip Law. Dated 12/1994. Subject is Christmas greeting.

Aerogramme to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Phil Law, 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Dated 8/5/1995. Also includes enclosed letter. Recipient’s name and sender’s name are illegible. Sender may be Robert Hill. Date: c.1995. Photocopy.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1992 - 1995    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier HILR00034 Box Number 2 Series 2
Three Aerogrammes, Six Letters and Other records
1995-2001

This inventory item contains:

Aerogramme to Dr and Mrs R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from Dr P. G. Law, A.O., C.B.E., 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Dated 28/5/1995.

Letter to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., from Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Dated 12/1995. Looks to be a circular letter.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. 93108 from Dr P. G. Law, A.C., C.B.E., 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Dated 31/3/1996.
Also includes enclosed letter to Phil [Law] from Bob [Hill], Santa Barbara California. Dated 16/7/1996. Note that first page of this letter has the phrase ‘This was rewritten - other side - rejected’ written over the main text.

Two letters originally folded together. Details are as follows:
-Letter to Bob [Hill] from Phil [Law], ‘Serendipity’, 6 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Dated 23/7/1996;
-Typescript labelled ‘Adirondack Hike -11 June 1996’. Looks to consist of daily account of a hike, and to have been written by Phil Law. Annotation on first page reads ‘Bob -You won’t believe this!’. Three pages. Photocopy.

Empty envelope addressed to R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.. Features reference ‘PGL’96’. Date-stamped 29/7/1996.

Loose letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Dated 11/1998.

Loose letter to Bob [Hill] from Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Dated 27/4/2000.

Aerogramme to Dr. R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. 93108 from Dr P. G. Law, A.C., C.B.E., 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury Victoria 3126. Date-stamped 31/1/2001.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1995 - 2001    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier HILR00035 Box Number 2 Series 2
Five Letters and Two Aerogrammes
circa 1950 - circa 1990

This inventory item contains:

Letter to Dr R. D. Hill, Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A., from Phil [Law], 10A Copelen St, South Yarra. Dated 16/5. [c.1950s] Envelope features stamped address as follows Commonwealth of Australia, Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, 187 Collins St, Melbourne C.1.

Also contains handwritten note that begins ‘Dear Both’ from Nell [Law].

Newspaper clipping entitled ‘Oliphant Rebukes Professor on Atom Charge’. No publication details or date provided. Annotated note reads ‘This is the usual sort of rubbish which we get as publicity - I shall not bother to send it’.

Loose letter to Judy and Bob [Hill] from Phil [Law]. Dated Sunday 25/2. [c.1950s]. Address reads ‘HMAS "Labuan", at sea, approaching Fremantle from Heard Island’.

Loose letter to Bob [Hill] from Phil [Law]. Letterhead of Commonwealth of Australia, Department of External Affairs, Australia House, Strand, London, W.C.2. Dated Friday 1/8.

Loose letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law]. On letterhead of Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, Department of External Affairs, Antarctic Division [the following address has been crossed out:] "J" Block, Albert Park Barracks, St Kilda, S.C.3 Victoria [address written over is:] ‘"Krista Dan"At sea January 18’ [18/1/?].

Loose letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law], 122 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell. Dated 30/6.

Loose letter to Bob [Hill] from Phil [Law]. Written on University Club, Sydney, letterhead. Dated 24/8.

Aerogramme to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. from P. G. Law, 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Melbourne, 3126. Dated 6/3.

Aerogramme to Dr Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara California, from ‘Phil’ [Law]. Dated 15/8. [c.1990].

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range c. 1950 - c. 1990    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier HILR00036 Box Number 2 Series 2
Seven Christmas Cards, Three Greeting Cards and Other Records
Undated

This inventory item contains:

‘Compliments Slip’ of the Vice-President, Victoria Institute of Colleges, 582 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne Victoria Australia 3004. Inscription reads ‘Bob - I thought pages 7-18 might interest you. Cheers - Phil [signed - P G Law].’ Enclosure referred to is not extant.

Christmas card to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law]. Card issued by Victoria Institute of Colleges, 582 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne Australia 3004. Undated. Pasted into card is a printed photograph entitled 'Industrial Design "Not so much a study as an attitude"'.

Christmas card to Bob, Judy and Bobbie [Hill] from Nel and Phil [Law]. Sent from 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury, Victoria, 3126. Undated. Pasted into card is a printed photograph entitled 'Going South'.

Christmas card to Judy, Bob and Bobby [Hill] from Nel and Phil [Law]. Sent from 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury, Victoria 3126. Undated. Pasted into card is a printed photograph entitled 'Nel Sketching in Antarctica, 1961, by Phil'.

Christmas card to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Nel and Phil [Law]. Sent from 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury, Victoria 3126. Undated. Printed card includes reproduction of a photograph entitled 'Beset'.

Christmas card to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Nel and Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove Canterbury, Victoria 3126. Undated. Pasted into card is a printed photograph entitled 'The Student'.

Christmas card to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil [Law]. Front of card reads ‘Seasons Greetings - ANARE club’. No addresses or dates. Pasted into card is a photograph entitled 'En Route to Twintop, near Mawson'. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed, open, in a mylar sleeve during processing.

Christmas card to Judy and Bob [Hill] from Nel and Phil [Law], 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury Victoria 3126, Australia. Undated. Illustration inside card is captioned ‘Wandering Albatross’.

Greeting card with picture captioned ‘Castle Rock, 1400 feet, near Discovery’s Winter Quarters 1902’, to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Phil and Nel [Law]. Undated.

Greeting card with picture captioned ‘Castle Rock, 1400 feet, near Discovery’s Winter Quarters 1902’, to Judy and Bob [Hill] from Nel and Phil [Law]. Undated.

Greeting card with illustration of Emperor Penguins designed by Nel Law. To Judy and Bob [Hill] from Nel and Phil [Law] at 16 Stanley Grove, Canterbury, Victoria, 3126 Australia. Undated.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats General Correspondence and Mounted Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier HILR00037 Box Number 2 Series 2
Seven Greeting Cards
Undated

This inventory item contains:

Undated greeting card which features Antarctic insignia and read as follows ‘The Antarctic Club, founded 1929’. Card without named recipient, from Nel and Phil [Law]. Pasted into card is a photograph entitled 'Kista Dan in Vincennes Bay - Wilkes Land, 1958'. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed in a mylar sleeve during processing.

Card to Bob, Judy and Bobbie [Hill], from Nel and Phil [Law]. Pasted into card is a photograph entitled 'Scotts "Discovery" at Winter Quarters, McMurdo Sound, 1902.' For preservation purposes, this card has been housed in a mylar sleeve during processing.

Card to Bob, Judy and Bobbie [Hill] from Nel and Phil [Law]. Undated. Pasted into card is a photograph entitled ‘Aerial View of Shelf Ice, Queen Maud Land, 1950’. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed in a mylar sleeve during processing. Annotated marginal note read 'M.V. "Norsel".’

Card without named recipient, from Nel and Phil Law. Undated. Pasted into card is a photograph entitled ‘Approaching Oates Land. Photo by P. G. Law’. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed in a mylar sleeve during processing.

Card to Judy, Bob and Bobbie, from Nel and Phil [Law]. Undated. Inserted into card is an uncaptioned photograph of a ship named ‘Kista Dan’. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed in a mylar sleeve during processing. Attached to card is a handwritten sheet that reads ‘Greetings to Bob and Judy from Heard Island, Phil’.

Card to Judy, Bob and Bobby, from Nel and Phil [Law]. Undated. Inserted into card is a photograph, caption reads ‘Our camp on the sea ice, February 1955’. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed in a mylar sleeve during processing.

Card to Bob, Judy and Bobby from Nel and Phil [Law]. Undated. Pasted into card is a photograph signed by P. G. Law, entitled ‘Hurricane 1966’. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed in a mylar sleeve during processing. Card features annotated note written by Phil Law on the reverse.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder Formats General Correspondence and Mounted Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier HILR00038 Box Number 2 Series 2
Letters from Robert Hill to Phil Law and other Assorted Correspondence

This inventory item contains:

Christmas card. No recipient or message, card features only P. G. Law’s signature. Card issued by Victoria Institute of Colleges, 582 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne Australia 3004.

Christmas card, front cover features insignia of ANARE club. No addressee or date. Signed Phil and Nel Law. Pasted into card is a photograph inscribed ‘ANARE [Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions] Station Macquarie Island’. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed, open, in a mylar sleeve during processing.

Compliments slip, Victoria Institute of Colleges, 562 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne Australia 3004. Blank.

Loose letter to Bob and Judy [Hill] from [Toms? Trome? Othas?]. Subjects include recent stay at Urbana and visit with the Hills, Cambridge address including Department of Radiotherapeutics, reference to address for Dr Low-Bur, University of California Medical Centre, and views upon ‘target’ theory-wavelength effect. Written on letterhead of Alexander Hotel, Jackson Square, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Addressed Iowa City. Undated.

Christmas card featuring insignia of the Antarctic Club. Card has no recipient or message. It has been signed by Nel and Phil Law. Pasted into card is a photograph depicting a seal in front of a ship called the 'Nella Dan'. For preservation purposes, this card has been housed, open, in a mylar sleeve during processing.

Greeting card featuring picture of Bell Tower, New College, Oxford, to Bob and Judy [Hill] from Dick and Valda, Heather and Ellyn, Oxford. Undated, looks to have been written at Christmas, 1983.

Loose draft letter addressed to ‘Phil’ [Phil Law]. Tenor of the letter suggests the author was Robert D. Hill. Looks to be a sympathy letter in relation to the death of Nel Law. Dated 8/5/1990.

Loose letter that begins ‘Dear Phil’, sent from ‘Bob and Judy’. Legible address shown on letter is Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Dated 24,/9/1992. Subjects of this eloquent letter include Bob Hill’s reading of and response to Phil Law’s book about the first "Anare" voyage. Photocopy.

Empty envelope addressed to R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.. Features reference ‘PGL’96’. Date-stamped 29 /7/1996.

Empty envelope addressed to Dr R. D. Hill, 612 Alston Rd, Santa Barbara, California. Date-stamped 28/4/[c.2000].

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range c. 1983 - c. 2000    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera and Mounted Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier HILR00039 Box Number 2 Series 2
News Clippings by or about Phil Law
1961-1989

This inventory item contains:

Article entitled ‘Helicopters to the Rescue’ by Philip Law, Walkabout, August 1961. Pages 10-13. Attached to article is a blank Compliments slip of Phillip Law, Director, Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs, 187 Collins St, Melbourne Australia.

Newspaper clipping entitled ‘Uncommon Men - Phillip Law’ by John Hetherington, the Age. Dated 30/1/1965.

‘Australia /// Antarctica - Last Inter-Continental Air Link’, Story and Pictures by Phillip Law. Walkabout, March 1966. Pages 27-30. Article begins ‘This is the story of the flight that pioneered the world’s final inter-continental air link - between Australia and Antarctica’.

Two newspaper clippings. Details are as follows:
-‘New Humanities Men Enter the Workforce’. Concerns new humanities’ courses offered by Victorian Institute of Colleges. Undated. Looks to be an extract from the Age;
-‘$200 fine over varsity assault - Sequel to row at La Trobe’, Age. Dated Wednesday 9/2/1972. Concerns fine issued to student for having assaulted Phillip Law.

Extract of Herald. Dated 28/12/1977, page 4. Includes article entitled ‘A scientist-explorer looks at administration and says: Adventure waits behind the desk’, by Kenneth Joachim.

Newspaper extract from Eos. Dated 3/1/1989. Sheet includes review of Antarctica: The Next Decade, reviewer is Peter D. Rowley. Details of publication include ‘Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, The Weekly Newspaper of Geophysics’.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1961 - 1989    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats News Clippings
Inventory Identifier HILR00040 Box Number 2 Series 2
News Clippings by or about Phil Law
1990-2001

This inventory item contains:

Three newspaper clippings taped together. Details as follows:
-Death notice for ‘Willee, Kathleen Ann [Woody]’. Date of death 29/4/1990. Publication details unknown;
-Death notice for Nel Law [two entries]. Date of death 29/4/1990. Publication details unknown;
-Obituary entitled ‘Antarctic was a challenging landscape for pioneer artist’, Age. Dated 2/5/1990.

‘The Melbourne Graduate’, Periodical Newsletter of the Graduate Union of the University of Melbourne Incorporated. Vol 45, No 1, February 1992. Front cover features article entitled ‘Dr Phillip Law - 80th Birthday Symposium - The Royal Society of Victoria’. Article concerns upcoming symposium to honour Phil Law, to be held Thursday 23/4/1992.

Published book review of A Man for Antarctica: The Early Life of Phillip Law by Kathleen Ralston. Review appeared in Australian History Studies, 107, 1996, and reviewer is Chris Cunningham, University of New England. Annotated on reverse.

Newspaper clipping, ‘University’s children welcomed back on campus’, Julie Tester, UniNEWS. Dated 6 /11/1998. Page 3.

Published obituary for Dr Frank John Kerr, physicist and astronomer. No publication details provided. Annotation in margin reads ‘April 2001 - Bob - Frank was in my year for Physics III. He was my partner for prac.[practicum] work and took charge (thankfully) of any experiments involving electronics. Four of us got 1st Class honours - Frank, Gavan Ardle, myself and one other whom I cannot recall. I did not know of his illustrious career in U.S.A.. Did you know of him there? Phil.’

Newspaper clipping. Review of A Man for Antarctica -The Early Life of Phillip Law by Kathleen Ralston. No publication details or date provided.

Three newspaper clippings originally stapled together. Details are as follows:
-‘Order of Australia - Companions in the General Division (AC).’ People specified in clipping include Phillip Garth Law. No publication details or dates provided;
- Published photograph of Phil Law, aged c.80 years old, featuring caption that reads '"It is the pinnacle of my whole life" - Dr Law'. No publication details or dates provided;
-‘Award still a thrill to those with their own records of success’ by Leonie Lamont. Subject is recipients of the AC award. No publication details or dates provided.

Newspaper clipping, photograph of Mr P. G. Law, in his capacity as Director of the Antarctic Division. No details of publication or dates are provided.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1990 - 2001    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats News Clippings
Inventory Identifier HILR00041 Box Number 2 Series 2
Law's Films of Heard Island, Six Black and White Photographs and Assorted Documents
1947-1996

This inventory item contains:

Reprint entitled ‘D-Layer Ionospheric Echoes at Macquarie Island’, written by G. Major, reprinted from Nature, Vol 175, Page 862, 14 May 1955. Letter to Dr R. D. Hill, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.. Originally housed in an envelope featuring the following printed address: Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition 1947, Department of External Affairs, Canberra. Envelope is date-stamped 25/12/1947.

Flier entitled ‘Why Learn Esperanto?’ which looks to have been issued by the British Esperanto Association, 140 Holland Park Avenue, London W.11.

Small ‘Kinko’s’ notepad. Only the top sheet features inscriptions, which consist mainly of mathematical equations, a Ballarat address and a reference to Burhop papers.

Report entitled ‘Australian Antarctic Activities 1963-64’ reprinted from The Polar Record, Vol 12, No 8. Pages 595-598. Front page features reference ‘ANARE Reprint GNG/84’. Subjects include journeys, research at stations, and personnel in the Antarctic in winter 1964.

Small loose file note, written on what looks to be section of an envelope. Notes begin ‘LAW REF, JGR 101, p4115 (1996) Feb [February].'

‘1984 Schedule’. One page typescript dated 1/9/1983. Schedule features details regarding lunch meeting place, proposed dates for 1984, financial arrangements etc. Phil Law’s name is given as an active member. Photocopy.

Six loose photographs. Reverse of each photograph features the stamp of the Australian Department of Information, a file reference and an inscription. Black and white prints (150mm x 106mm). During processing, these photographs were removed from the file and rehoused separately (reference copies retained on file). Inscriptions on photographs are as follows (to view photographic records, cite UMA control code listed in square brackets following inscription):
'L10923 Bob - Macquarie I [Island?] Camp in winter' [BWP/31,553];
'L11834 Bob - Heard I [Island] Camp - early winter' [BWP/31,554];
'L10494 Bob - One of the [Ballery] Islands' [BWP/31,555];
'L11835 Bob - Heard I [Island] Camp in Winter' (BWP/31,556];
'CU497-7 Bob -The Ballery Is [Islands?] (4000 [feet?] Young I [Island]) From the Wyatt Earp' [BWP/31,557];
'Bob - Heard Island 9000 [feet?] "Big Ben" from the LST [landing-ship-tank]' [BWP/31,558].

‘Law’s films of Heard Island’. Film strips, positive, 15.5mm. Film strips have been cut up into forty pieces of varying sizes. Subjects depicted include mountains, ships, ocean, people, etc. Originally housed in a sealed, inscribed envelope, stamped on reverse with the following address ‘Mrs Robert D. Hill, 702 W. Washington St, Urbana, Illinois’. The photographic strips was rehoused in a plastic sleeve during processing.

Handwritten list with the following headings: Food, Utensils, Ski Gear, Check before trip, Clothing. Also includes a miscellaneous section. Annotated note on reverse reads ‘January 5, 1988, This was Law’s list before taking the hiking trip - probably in 1942 or somewhere about then. He used to prepare in detail what each member should take. I am sure he carried over this organisation into the Antarctic years. RDH [Robert D. Hill].’

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1947 - 1996    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Ephemera, Notebooks, Loose Notes, Published Papers or Articles, Published Reports, Photographic Film Negatives, Loose Photographic Prints and Schedules and/or Timetables
Inventory Identifier HILR00042 Box Number 2 Series 2
One Reprinted Article and Seven Loose Photographs

This inventory item contains:

'The Australian Antarctic Expedition to Mac-Robertson Land, 1954,' Phillip Law, The Geographical Journal, Vol CXX, Part 4, December 1954. Reprint, pages 411-419. Annotation on front cover reads 'With compliments, [signed] P. G. Law.'

Also includes seven loose photographs. Reverse of each photograph features the stamp of the Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs as well as an inscription. Black and white prints (163mm x 113mm). These photographs were originally inserted in the pages of the reprinted article described above. During processing, these photographs were removed from the file and rehoused separately (reference copies retained on file). Inscriptions on photographs are as follows (to view photographic record, cite UMA control code listed in square brackets following inscription):
'Norsel Harbour from the air' [BWP/31,559];
'Norsel at Norsel Habour' [BWP/31,560];
'Huskey on pile of whale meat on shore - Norsel in background' [BWP/31,561];
'Maudheim camp - 3m [metres?] inland (or rather in from edge of floating shelf ice) from Norsel Harbour' [BWP/31,562];
[Uninscribed photograph] [BWP/31,563];
'In thick pack [sic] - on way down - 100 miles off coast' [BWP/31,564];
'Norsel Harbour' [BWP/31,565].

Black and white prints (117mm high x 164mm wide).

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1954    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Papers or Articles and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier HILR00043 Box Number 2 Series 2
One Reprinted Article and Two Printed Lectures

This inventory item contains:

'Nutrition in the Antarctic' by P. G. Law, M. Sc., F. Inst. P., F.R.G.S. The Ninth Annie B. Cunning Lecture on Nutrition, delivered before the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in Melbourne on 11/10/1956. Printed lecture, nine pages, printed on letterhead of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1957. At the time this Guide to the Records of Robert D. Hill was compiled, this printed lecture was available in hard copy as a book/pamphlet at the State Library of Victoria.

'Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition Buildings in Antarctica,' Philip Law, Polar Record, Vol 8, No 55, January 1957. Reprint, pages 329-332. Handwritten annotated notes read 'With compliments, P. Law' and 'Hill.'

'Melbourne Junior Chamber of Commerce - Lecture Series -This Business of Science - The I.G.Y. [International Geophysical Year] and Commerce', Phillip Law, Director, Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs. Dated Monday 15/7/1957. Typescript document, pages 1-20. Annotation on front cover reads 'Hill.' The I.G.Y. is described as 'the first comprehensive, world-wide scientific programme in history' [page 2]. Law’s focus in this document is developments in Antarctica, weather patterns/atmospheric research, and developments in radar technology.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range c. 1956 - 1957    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier HILR00044 Box Number 2 Series 2
Two Typescripts and Two Reprinted Articles
1957 - 1966

This inventory item contains:

Two typescript documents folded together. Format of both documents is daily diary entries regarding journeys in Antarctic waters. Details are as follows:
-'Antarctic Voyage of M.V. "Thala Dan" 1958', Phillip Law, Director, Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs. Paper 58 (2). Paper is marked restricted and confidential. Pages 1-19. Note that Phillip Law published an article with the same title but different content in the Royal Geographical Society’s Geographical Journal;
-'Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions - Relief of Macquarie Island December 1957' by the Director of the Antarctic Division Department of External Affairs. Paper 58 (1). Paper is marked restricted and confidential. Pages 1-10 plus two appendices. Note that this article could be part of a draft for a book that Phil Law co-authored, entitled ANARE: Australia’s Antarctic Outpost.

'Techniques of living, transport and communication', Phillip Law, Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs, Melbourne. ANARE reprint of a chapter from Antarctica, A New Zealand Antarctic Society Survey, edited by Trevor Hatherton (Methuen and Co Ltd, London et al, 1965). Pages 55-80. Includes interleaved compliments slip of the Director of the Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs, Australia.

'Movement of the Amery Ice Shelf - [MS. [manuscript] received 29/5/1966],’ Phillip Law, The Polar Record, Vol 13, No 85. ANARE reprint, pages 439-441.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1966 - 1990    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier HILR00045 Box Number 2 Series 2
Four Reprinted Articles and Other Written Documents
1966 - 1990

This inventory item contains:

'Probing the Mysteries of Antarctica', Phillip Law, Hemisphere, Vol 10, No 6, June 1966. ANARE reprint, pages 3-7. Three extant copies. Note that this article features the same title as a book by Phillip Law.

'Geography in the Antarctic', Phillip Law, The Australian Geographer, March 1967. ANARE reprint, pages 145-159.

'ANZAAS [Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science] - Problems in the Co-ordination of CAE’s [Centres for Adult Education], Universities and Teachers' Colleges in Australia', 27 May 1971. No author is listed. Typescript, pages 1-20. Note that a copy of a paper with the same title is extant in the Records of Phillip Garth Law, National Library of Australia, MS 9458 / MS Acc12.074 (see Inventory Item 5-7, Series 5 - Talks and Lectures 1971, Numbers 1-17).

'A Future Policy for the Antarctic', Phillip Law, AO, CBE, FTS, FAA, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Volume 10, No 4, 1985. Published copy, pages 336-348. Annotation on first page reads ‘Bob - This replies to your query. Phil.'

'The Last Voyage of HMAS "Labuan",' Phillip Law. Hand-written annotation on first page reads '"Aurora" December 1990'. Photocopied extract, pages 6-8. The Labuan was a Royal Australian Navy ship, described as a 'landing-ship-tank' or LST, provided for voyages to Heard Island and Macquarie Island, where the ANARE was establishing permanent stations. Article includes account of the many problems incurred on voyage aboard the Labuan, and includes references to mobile floating vessels called DUKWs. Note that this article features the same title as a lecture which Phillip Law delivered at the Geelong Scout Association Annual Meeting in July 1976, which appears to have been published in Aurora, the ANARE Club journal.

Creator Robert Dickson Hill
Date range 1966 - 1990    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Drafts, Published Papers or Articles and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier HILR00046 Box Number 2 Series 2

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