Series 7 - Antarctic Correspondence - Subject Files


Date Range1940 - 1999
Quantity148.3 cm, 113 items
ProvenancePhillip Garth Law
Description

Notes, reports, meteorological records, navigational records, correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, typescripts, lists, submissions, minutes, meeting papers, publications. Records from Accession ASAP 27/3/88 arranged into sections, using the following (Title) Qualifiers: ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division); Antarctic Names Committees; Australian National Committee for Antarctic Research (ANCAR); Australian Academy of Science, General and other committees; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR); Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects.

ArrangedBy organisation, institution and subject

Inventory Listing

7-1 Antarctica 1950
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Diary notes from 1949-1950 Norsel voyage for 1950 Norwegian-Swedish-British Antarctic Expedition to Queen Maud Land; ANARE 1948-1955 - typescript technical notes on magnetic wire recorder, chemical measurement of ozone, critical illumination, electricity supply; notes for and by P.G. Law on construction and design of (Antarctic) huts c. 1952; notes from visit to Cambridge on (Antarctic) equipment-NBSAE, August 1952; weather reports and meteorological records for Heard and Macquarie Islands between 1948 and 1951; typescript notes on Heard Island c. 1949; navigational records, Kista Dan voyage, undated; lists of expeditions, bird banding recoveries 1951-1953; typescript (by K.G. Brown), "Data Concerning Newly-born Leopard Seal", undated (1952), and miscellaneous notes.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1948 - c. 1953    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/001 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-2 Data on Antarctica - Amery Ice Shelf Articles
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Typescripts of articles with map and some notes. "The Amery Ice Shelf and its Hinterland" by M. Mellor and G. McKinnon, undated 1950s; "Glaciology on the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica" by W. Budd, undated 1960s. Includes radiogram from Japanese typescripts.1950s-1960s

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1950 - c. 1969    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/002 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-3 Data on Antarctica - General
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Manuscript and typescript notes on Antarctic geography, ANARE activities and personnel, glaciology, health, Soviet and Chinese scientists in Antarctica, ANARE biological research, lists of wintering parties 1948-1967, DEA correspondence (1960s), Antarctic Division posts and salaries, correspondence from P.A. Elliot (1979) and recent notes and working papers to 1984. Includes typescripts; translations of Soviet papers c. 1960, "Radio Communication in Antarctica" by D.F. Styles, lecture 24 May 1962.1940s-1980s

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1940 - c. 1987    Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/003 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-4 ANARE 1949-1950 - Correspondence concerning T.G. Heath
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Inwards and outwards correspondence, with notes and duplicate letters, T.G. Heath and M. Scoble, P.G. Law to Sir D. Mawson, and press cuttings.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 5 October 1949 - 31 August 1950    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/004 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-5 ANARE 1954 - Kista Dan Cables
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Copies of voyage cables sent and received, Kista Dan voyage, early 1954.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1954    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/005 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-6 ANARE 1954 - Field Party Radiograms
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Duplicate book of P.G. Law's handwritten messages to field parties and others, during 1954 Mawson trip. Includes some inwards voyage cables.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 5 February 1954 - 24 February 1954    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/006 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-7 ANARE 1950-1957
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Typescripts, notes, correspondence and departmental memoranda. Includes: typescript notes by D. Mawson, "My Comments on the document 'Australian Policy in the Antarctic' dated 21/6/57" (signed D. Mawson), 1957; P.G. Law's notes on Antarctic Treaty and International Scientific Commission (Antarctic), undated 1957; notes and photographs of ship Patanela, undated; budget and planning notes for Vestfold Hills Station, 1957; draft typescript "Five-Year Programme for Antarctic Research" 1954; notes on ANARE Planning Committee Meeting 16 June 1954; list of Heard Island personnel, 1947-1953; planning details for 1954 ANARE trip to MacRobertson Land; ANARE Report, Review of Work in Physical Science, April 1952-April 1953; notes on New Zealand - assistance with Macquarie Island 1953; notes on meteorological value of Heard Island and other stations, 1952; notes on cosmic rays (on USA trip); planning notes regarding Adelie Land expedition on MV Tottan in 1952; notes on P.G. Law's trip to Europe, undated 1952? notes on requirements for Antarctic vessel 1950-1951; inwards and outwards correspondence with A.H. Tange (classifications and salaries), Departmental Minister (Cabinet submission), Director of Department of Interior (merit of Antarctic Stations), Minister (meteorological value of Antarctic Stations), Dr B. Roberts and Scott Polar Research Institute (work of ANARE), British Foreign Office, Sir D. Mawson (especially on Antarctic ship), Department of External Affairs (London). Correspondence dates 2 October 1950-27 April 1955.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1950 - c. 1957    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/007 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-8 ANARE 1956 - Visit to Mirny
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Typescript notes and instructions on visit to Soviet Station at Mirny. Includes 19 personal reports of the visit by expedition members: Bathurst, Leckie, J. Burt, J. McCarthy, Tonagh, Schlossbach, Lied, R.M. Jacklyn, L. Gardner, M. Christensen, J. Hollingshead, P.M. McGregor, W.G. Bewsher, McKenzie, Cooper, R. Thompson, H. Ayres and others.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range February 1956    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/008 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-9 ANARE 1958 - Osmar White's Despatches
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Set of typescripts of press and other despatches issued by O. White during Thala Dan voyage to Antarctica.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 16 January 1958 - 14 March 1958    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/009 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-10 ANARE 1959-1962
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Typescript notes, DEA memoranda and reports and correspondence. Includes: ANARE Planning Committee Minutes, 7 December 1962 and 16 May 1961; Antarctic Treaty-Consultative group report, 1962; charter agreement for Thala Dan, 4 January 1961; typescript paper, "ANARE Programme on Terrestrial Biology", 1959; lists of publications and work on biological and medical topics, 1949-1960; copy of text of Antarctic Treaty, undated 1959; correspondence among P.G. Law, G.M. Budd, F. Jacka, R. Carrick, S.E. Ingham (concerning dispute over G.M. Budd's contributions to publications on Elephant Seals), 26 June 1962-8 October 1962.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1959 - 1962    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/010 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-11 ANARE 1959-1965 - Ship Charters
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Ship charter agreements with Lauritzen Line for Thala Dan, Magga Dan and Nella Dan. Includes passenger lists, itineraries, lists of wintering parties.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 4 July 1959 - 21 September 1965    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/011 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-12 ANARE 1963 - Volkswagen Brochure
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Brochure prepared by Volkswagen (Australasia) Pty Ltd on use of VW Beetle in Antarctica. Prepared with assistance of ANARE.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1963    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/012 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-13 ANARE 1965-1966
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Passenger lists, loading lists, Director's instructions for 1965-1966 relief voyages, and itineraries.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1965 - 1966    Quantity 1.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/013 Box Number 20 Series 7
7-14 ANARE Voyage and Station Reports 1950-1966
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Set of ANARE reports, some in draft typescript form. Includes reports from Heard and Macquarie Islands, research reports, Director's overseas visit reports, reports on ANARE expeditions (mostly by P.G. Law) - incomplete.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1950 - 1956    Quantity 2.9 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/014 Box Number 21 Series 7
7-15 Department of External Affairs 1949-1959
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Antarctic Division Reports, Submissions and memoranda. Includes: ANARE Executive Planning Committee Report on "Future Operations of ANARE 1959-1964", undated 1959; memo and notes from and to A.H. Tange (regarding classification of Director of Antarctic Division); manuscript "Public Relations and the Antarctic Division" by P.G. Law, undated 1950s; Planning Committee Report on "Suggested ANARE Programme for 1959 and 1960"; Director's report on trip to USA and UK, May 1958; copies of report by K. Mather on Australian Visit to Soviet base at Mirny, 17 September 1957; departmental note on "The British Commonwealth and Antarctica", 29 November 1956; manuscript note to J.K. Waller on "IGY Bases on Knox Coast", late 1955; Planning Report on "A Five-Year Plan for Antarctic Research at Mawson" undated 1954?; notes on budgets and press reports; navigational records from Kista Dan trip to Mawson 1955; plans for Mawson Station; draft cabinet submission, "The Maintenance of Australian Antarctic Research Stations in 1955"; Planning Committee notes, 25 November 1953; draft cabinet submission no. 53 (1) (on establishment of Mawson Station); correspondence to A. Watt, Department of External Affairs, October 1951; Press release, "Life on Heard Island" by A. Scholes, March 1949; typescript, "The Australian Antarctic Territory" by J.S. Cumpston, undated; correspondence to Department of External Affairs (proposal for Antarctic Institute in Melbourne), 11 July 1949.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1949 - 1959    Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/015 Box Number 21 Series 7
7-16 Department of External Affairs 1952 - Australian-French Antarctic Co-operation
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Report on inter-governmental meeting on French-Australian Co-operation in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean, held at Ministry of Overseas France, Paris, 25 July 1952. Report in French and English translation. Includes notes on the meeting by P.G. Law.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range July 1952    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/016 Box Number 21 Series 7
7-17 Department of External Affairs 1953-1955 - Draft Cabinet Submission
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Financial estimates for Antarctic Research Stations, and draft Cabinet submission on funding for 1955.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1953 - 1955    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/017 Box Number 21 Series 7
7-18 Department of External Affairs 1959-1963
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Antarctic Division Reports, submissions, manuscript notes and memoranda. Includes: notes of phone conversations between P.G. Law and Mr Moodie 1962-1963 (concerning estimates, ship charter and helicopters); Cabinet Submission on "Scientific Research by the Antarctic Division"; notes on visit to Europe, undated 1962; notes on F. Jacka and Physics Section, 1952-1962; draft report on Inter-Departmental Committee, June and July 1962; financial estimates; correspondence to Mr Collings (on salaries and classifications); Cabinet Submission "The Antarctic Division's Research Programmes", 8 May 1961; draft typescript "The Provision of Polar Ships for the ANARE"; draft typescript "The Antarctic Division and Scientific Research"; Department of External Affairs memoranda and notes; memoranda to Secretary (DEA) on "Polar Decorations - Thompson and Petersen", 8 September 1961; memorandum to R.G. Menzies on scientific work by Antarctic Division, 10 May 1961; correspondence from F. Jacka and "O" (concerning Mrs Law's trip to Antarctica), March 1961; notes, memoranda and correspondence between P.G. Law, Mr Birch, A.H. Tange and others, with reports on salaries and scientific work for 1961; notes from Professor T.M. Cherry, President, Australian Academy of Science; correspondence from F. Jacka (Scientific Future of Antarctic Division), 13 December 1960; draft section of Cabinet Submission (with appendices) on "Future Antarctic Policy", "Organization of ANARE", "The Scientific Status of the Organization Administering the ANARE" and memoranda and messages on Cabinet Submission, late 1960; Planning Committee notes for Biological Sub-Committee (minutes), 22 June 1960; departmental messages between P.G. Law and Acting Secretary (ANARE future programme); notes from telephone conversation with D. Hay, 3 September 1959 and letter to J.M. Rayner (on future programme), 20 September 1959; Planning Committee correspondence and memoranda between P.G. Law and Mr Heydon, 1958-1959; note to Secretary (DEA) "Science and the ANARE", 20 August 1959.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1959 - 1963    Quantity 2.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/018 Box Number 21 Series 7
7-19 Department of External Affairs 1963-1965
ANARE and Department of External Affairs (Antarctic Division)

Antarctic Division Reports and Cabinet Submissions. Includes copy typescripts:

"Detailed Examination of Internal Audit Report-Antarctic Division", undated 1965?
"Air Support for the ANARE", undated 1965?
"The Provision of Polar Ships for the ANARE", undated 1965?
"A Proposal for the Reorganization of the ANARE", undated 1965;
"ANARE-The Next Ten Years", 23 July 1965;
"A Proposal for the Reorganization of the ANARE", 26 April 1965;
"Australian Antarctic Policy-A Review by the Director of the Antarctic Division", 5 April 1965;
memoranda to K.G. Brennan (on classification of Director's position), 15 April 1965;
cabinet submission notes (ANARE scientific programmes), c. May 1963;
correspondence with A.H. Tange (classification of Director's position), April 1963.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1963 - 1965    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/019 Box Number 21 Series 7
7-20 Australian Committee on Antarctic Names - First Meeting 21 October 1952
Antarctic Names Committee

Minutes of first meeting at Canberra, 21 October 1952. Includes copies of notes from: Antarctic Place-names Committee (England?); USA Department of Interior Policy Statement, undated; typescript notes by P.G. Law, "A Summary of the Shelf-Ice Terminology Controversy", 20 October 1952, "Notes on Meeting between Mr Law and Mr Lambert, Director, National Mapping Section", 9 April 1953 (? ), and correspondence from D. Mawson and J.H. Roscoe, 11 January 1953-19 April 1953.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1952 - 1953    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/020 Box Number 22 Series 7
7-21 Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) and Heard and McDonald Islands Names Committee of Australia (HMINCA)
Antarctic Names Committee

Department of Supply and Department of External Affairs. Reports, memoranda, correspondence and papers. Includes: HMINCA Constitution (and draft constitution), 1971; ANCA Constitution 1971; Inwards and outwards correspondence with D.F. Styles, R.V. Garland, ANCA, G.W. McKinnon, J.H.S. Osborn, Board of Geographical Names, US Department of the Interior, M.F. Burrill, The Nomenclature Board of Tasmania, A.S. Cooley, W. McMahon, Sir K. Anderson, W.J. Gibbs to I. Homewood, P. Hasluck, New Zealand Antarctic Place Names Committee, R.P. Gough, F.G. Alberts, Joint Research Department UK Foreign Office, B. Roberts, L.R. McIntyre, R.G. Casey to M. Aurousseau, Douglas Mawson (19 May 1952-1 December 1971). Also includes: ANCA minutes of meetings between 1966 and 1971, HMICA naming proposals, ANCA Reports and naming proposals, assorted Committee papers from local and overseas sources (mainly USA, New Zealand and UK), map of Macquarie Island 1960s and ANCA Papers numbers 66/2-70/2 and 1971 papers.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1960 - 1971    Quantity 3.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/021 Box Number 22 Series 7
7-22 Antarctic Names Committee of Australia 1972-1976
Antarctic Names Committee

Department of Science and Department of Supply ANCA papers, reports, minutes of meetings and correspondence. Includes: inwards and outwards correspondence with J.J. Webster, B.P. Lambert, G.W. McKinnon, P. Howson, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, B. Roberts, Department of Science, S. Douglas, M. Aurousseau, I.R. McLeod, R.V. Garland, Department of Supply (4 January 1972-10 December 1976). Also includes ANCA Reports, minutes of meetings between 1971-1976. ANCA Papers numbers 72/1-75/3, and papers for meetings of 31 June 1972-7 December 1976.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1972 - 1976    Quantity 3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/022 Box Number 22 Series 7
7-23 Antarctic Names Committee of Australia and Heard and McDonald Islands Names Committee of Australia 1974-1976
Antarctic Names Committee

Correspondence concerning P.G. Law's Chairmanship. Inwards and outwards correspondence with Department of Science, J.J. Webster, C.R. Cameron, Joe Lines (NATMAP), W.L. Morrison, A. Renouf, K. Enderby, Prime Minister's office, S. Murray-Smith, and S. Murray-Smith with W.L. Morrison.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 3 June 1974 - 5 October 1976    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/023 Box Number 22 Series 7
7-24 Antarctic Names Committee of Australia 1977-1980
Antarctic Names Committee

Department of Science, Antarctic Division. Correspondence reports and minutes. Includes: inwards and outwards correspondence with Department of Science, S.E. Stallman, Scott Polar Research Institute, C. Madden, J.J. Webster, A.G. Bomford, G.W. McKinnon. Also includes minutes of meetings 1977-January 1980 and committee papers.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 27 January 1977 - 20 July 1979    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/024 Box Number 22 Series 7
7-25 Antarctic Names and Polar Medal Committee 1980-1986
Antarctic Names Committee

Minutes of meetings and correspondence, including: inwards correspondence from S. Stallman, A.G. Bomford; outwards correspondence to B. Jones (8 January 1981-8 May 1984). Also includes minutes of meetings 3 December 1984-30 June 1986, reprints of articles and photocopy of proposals for the Australian Antarctic Service Medal, May 1986.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1980 - 1986    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/025 Box Number 22 Series 7
7-26 ANCAR - Minutes and Circulars
Australian National Committee for Antarctic Research (ANCAR)

Membership lists, minutes of meetings 29 March 1968-2 August 1983. Includes Chairman's (P.G. Law) correspondence with: P.D. O'Connor, H.A.W. Southon, Australian Academy of Science and others. Includes memoranda and circulars.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range July 1966 - August 1983    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/026 Box Number 23 Series 7
7-27 ANCAR - Government Green Paper on Scientific Research in Antarctica
Australian National Committee for Antarctic Research (ANCAR)

Includes copy of Green Paper "Towards New Perspectives for Australian Scientific Research in Antarctica" 1975, typescript and other comment notes on Green Paper (several drafts), ANU Workshop Reports on Antarctic Research 1975. Includes Chairman's (P.G. Law) correspondence with: P. Schwerdtfeger, R. Garrod, U. Radok, Department of Science and Consumer Affairs, C. Cameron, B.P. Lambert, G.M. Badger and others.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 2 May 1975 - 4 December 1975    Quantity 1.9 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/027 Box Number 23 Series 7
7-28 ANCAR - Circulars, Reports and Correspondence
Australian National Committee for Antarctic Research (ANCAR)

ANCAR circulars and reports. Correspondence with P. Schwerdtfeger, Department of Science, Australian Academy of Science, Antarctic Division, R.J. Tingey, G.M. Budd (with others - Research Proposal 1979), J.J. Webster, correspondence on ARPAC, P.D. O'Connor, correspondence on ANARE programs, R. Oliver, Center for Law and Social Policy (USA), K.R. Kerry on German Antarctic North Victoria Land Expedition 1979, I.R. McLeod, U. Radok, ANCAR Biology Subcommittee, and others.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 14 April 1977 - 20 June 1983    Quantity 3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/028 Box Number 23 Series 7
7-29 ANCAR - Reports of Subcommittees on Future Programmes
Australian National Committee for Antarctic Research (ANCAR)

ANCAR Reports 1979, subcommittee reports 1978-1979. Some correspondence and earlier draft reports from 1973-1974.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 19 May 1978 - 30 May 1979    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/029 Box Number 23 Series 7
7-30 ANCAR - Antarctic Research Policy Advisory Committee
Australian National Committee for Antarctic Research (ANCAR)

ANCAR dealings with ARPAC (Department of Science and Environment) including correspondence, ARPAC Reports 1979, Ministerial Statements, conference reports, ARPAC Minutes of Meetings 1979-1980 and photographs of ARPAC members, Melbourne, 14 May 1979.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range June 1979 - March 1983    Quantity 1.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/030 Box Number 23 Series 7
7-31 ANCAR - ARPAC Upper Atmospheric Physics Committee and ANCAR dealings with ARPAC
Australian National Committee for Antarctic Research (ANCAR)

Correspondence with D. Caro, J.H. Carver, G.R.A. Ellis, F. Jacka, K.D. Cole, G.W. Paltridge, Australian Academy of Science. Includes applications and proposals from La Trobe and Adelaide Universities and University of Tasmania, June 1979.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range June 1979 - August 1980    Quantity 1.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/031 Box Number 23 Series 7
7-32 AAS - Report on XII SCAR Meeting, Canberra, August 1972
Australian Academy of Science, General and Other Committees

Copy of report by P.G. Law to Australian Academy of Science, with correspondence.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range August 1972 - October 1972    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/032 Box Number 24 Series 7
7-33 AAS - Iceberg Project Committee
Australian Academy of Science, General and Other Committees

Correspondence, memoranda and reports on iceberg towing and tracking. Reports and proposals by P. Schwerdtfeger, E.V. Tuck, J.G. Job. Includes AAS Report and correspondence with above mentioned, J. Deeble, H. Southon and others.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 3 February 1975 - 19 June 1978    Quantity 1.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/033 Box Number 24 Series 7
7-34 AAS - Antarctic Treaty Recommendations
Australian Academy of Science, General and Other Committees

Reports and correspondence on the draft Convention for Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and on Special Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. Correspondence with P. O'Connor, K.R. Kerry, R.G. Chittleborough and others. Includes extracts from Antarctic Treaty 1979.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1978 - 1979    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/034 Box Number 24 Series 7
7-35 AAS - General Correspondence and Circulars
Australian Academy of Science, General and Other Committees

Newsletters, memoranda, correspondence and election of Fellows (W.F. Budd).

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range February 1978 - May 1983    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/035 Box Number 24 Series 7
7-36 AAS - National Committee for Global Atmospheric Research Program (and Polex South)
Australian Academy of Science, General and Other Committees

Reports and submissions on: Polex South proposals 1973 (H.R. Phillpot, W.F. Budd, A. Weller, E.W. Bierly and U. Radok), Twenty Fifth Session of World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, September 1973, National Committee for GARP, 1973, GARP and Polex proposals 1975-1976. Includes some correspondence and committee memoranda.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range March 1973 - June 1976    Quantity 2.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/036 Box Number 24 Series 7
7-37 AAS - Fourth International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Adelaide, August 1982
Australian Academy of Science, General and Other Committees

Correspondence, including AAS planning contributions, organising committees, circulars, conference programmes, preparation of proceedings of conference. Correspondence with R.L. Oliver, J. Jago and others.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1 May 1980 - 13 January 1984    Quantity 3.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/037 Box Number 24 Series 7
7-38 SCAR - Organisation of SCAR
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Draft typescript notes of report, undated.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1966 - c. 1980    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/038 Box Number 25 Series 7
7-39 SCAR - Report of 11th Meeting, Oslo 1970
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Draft report, with appendices, from 11th International SCAR Meeting, Oslo, 17 August-20 August 1970.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 17 August 1970 - 20 January 1971    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/039 Box Number 25 Series 7
7-40 SCAR Circulars Numbers 321-385
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Set of circulars with covering letters. Includes additional material on planning for Polex-South (GARP 1974), Report of 13th SCAR Meeting (1974, Wyoming).

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 20 March 1974 - 21 November 1977    Quantity 3.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/040 Box Number 25 Series 7
7-41 SCAR Circulars Numbers 385-433
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Set of circulars with covering letters. Includes 15th SCAR meeting (Chamonix 1978).

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 21 November 1977 - 25 November 1980    Quantity 2.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/041 Box Number 25 Series 7
7-42 SCAR - Logistics Reports by D.F. Styles
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Working paper for SCAR Logistics Sub-committee on Cooperative Air Transport.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range July 1976    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/042 Box Number 25 Series 7
7-43 SCAR - 15th Meeting, Chamonix France 1978
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Minutes of meetings, reports and circulars for sub-committees, papers for working groups, 15th SCAR Meeting at Chamonix, France, 22 May-27 May 1978.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range March 1978 - May 1978    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/043 Box Number 25 Series 7
7-44 SCAR - 16th Meeting, Queenstown New Zealand 1980
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Correspondence, programme, circulars including the final report of the Ad Hoc Group on Mineral Exploration and Exploitation and material on southern oceans terminology.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 25 April 1980 - 25 October 1980    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/044 Box Number 25 Series 7
7-45 SCAR - Minutes and Correspondence
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

General correspondence with Direccion Nacional del Antarctico (Buenos Aires), SCAR, Antarctic Division (Australian Department of Science), AAS, J.L. Farrands, Scott Polar Research Institute, G.E. Hemmen, R.G. Chittleborough, Division of National Mapping (Australia), H.R. Phillpot, D.J. Lugg, I.R. McLeod. Includes: report on 14th SCAR Meeting, Mendoza, Argentina, 18 October-22 October 1976, P.G. Law's proposed amendments to SCAR Constitution, March 1977, "Report on Australian Antarctic Medicine and Medical Research" by D.J. Lugg 1977. Preliminary report on "Environmental Impact of Mineral Exploration-Exploitation in Antarctica" by H.R. Phillpot, August 1977 and minutes of assorted SCAR meetings.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 11 January 1977 - 21 May 1979    Quantity 1.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/045 Box Number 25 Series 7
7-46 SCAR - Minutes and Correspondence
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

General correspondence with SCAR, G.E. Hemmen, AAS, Antarctic Division (Department of Science), National Committee on Antarctic Research, J.B. Jago, P.D. O'Connor and others. Includes minutes of assorted SCAR meetings, draft reports on meetings 1980-1983, draft report of 16th SCAR Meeting and report on proceedings of 16th Meeting by P.G. Law 1980, and several papers and reports on BIOMASS Data Centre 1980s.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range December 1979 - June 1983    Quantity 1.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/046 Box Number 26 Series 7
7-47 Role and Functions of SCAR-Hewitt Committee
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Recommendations, final report, correspondence with F.J. Hewitt, G. Laclavère, G.E. Hemmen, R.M.M. Abal.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range August 1979 - October 1980    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/047 Box Number 26 Series 7
7-48 Antarctic Wives' Association - Badge Designs
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Original drawings of design for badge, with photograph of snow petrel. Drawings by Nel Law. Includes notes on exhibition of paintings, undated.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1965    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/048 Box Number 26 Series 7
7-49 Department of Science - Report of the Advisory Committee on Air and Sea Transport for Antarctica, March 1975
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects
Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1975    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/049 Box Number 26 Series 7
7-50 Department of Science - Antarctic Division headquarters, Tasmania
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence, submissions and papers on transfer of Antarctic Division headquarters to Hobart. Includes notes and submissions by P.G. Law, N.K. Hamilton and J. Coates, and correspondence with R.B. Fenton, R. Blackwood, W.L. Morrison and others.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range September 1973 - May 1977    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/050 Box Number 26 Series 7
7-51 Department of Science - Antarctic Division Transfer to Hobart
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence, submissions, press cuttings and other papers. Major correspondents include J.J. Webster, R.B. Fenton, W.J. Gibbs, A. Sklovsky, A.A. Street, W.L Morrison, R.J. Southey, D.F. Blight, C.H.B. Priestley, A. Peacock, J.R. Smith, D. Lugg, G. Harper, C. Blaylock, W.C. Wentworth, M. Nathan, N. Linton-Smith, A.D. Whalley, J.G. Gorton, K. Connolly, A. Bodey, P.S. Fisher, A. Grassby, E.G. Whitlam, B. Lloyd, U. Radok, D. Anderson, W. Connolly, ANARE Club, R. Robertson, H. Ennor.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 3 January 1973 - 8 June 1977    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/051 Box Number 26 Series 7
7-52 Department of Science - Antarctic Marine Science Seminar, 1 February-2 February 1978
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Circulars, plans for working groups, agenda and reports. Papers on Antarctic Marine Research Program and Marine Resources (K. Kerry).

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1978    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/052 Box Number 26 Series 7
7-53 Antarctic Supply and Research Ship - Correspondence with W.J. Hood
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with naval architect, W.J. Hood, working papers, submissions to Department of Science including designs, business details and other tender documents.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1978    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/053 Box Number 26 Series 7
7-54 Australian Antarctic Ship - Correspondence and Defence Department Reports
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with ARPAC, D.L. Powell and Department of Science and the Environment. Department of Defence CSE Report 17 (February 1980) with P.G. Law's notes. Blueprint ship designs.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1980    Quantity 3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/054 Box Number 26 Series 7
7-55 Department of Science - "Review of the Nella Dan Situation", report December 1985
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Copy of report with covering letter.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range December 1985 - February 1986    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/055 Box Number 27 Series 7
7-56 Antarctic Film - Sequence and Camera-Rolls Contents, Film Australia
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Two booklets of contents listings of sequences from an Antarctic film, undated mid 1960s (?).

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1960 - 1969    Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/056 Box Number 27 Series 7
7-57 The Antarctic Project - Correspondence
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Commonwealth Schools Commission, C. Vening, Antarctic Section (Department of Foreign Affairs), Antarctic Division (Department of Science), J. Béchervaise, M.L. Yaxley, H. Crawford, Education Department Curriculum Centre (Tasmania) and others.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 20 May 1981 - 11 March 1986    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/057 Box Number 27 Series 7
7-58 The Antarctic Project - "The Discovery and Exploration of Antarctica" by T. Gascoigne
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Revised edition with further corrections by P.G. Law, undated 1980s.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1980 - 1988    Quantity 1.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/058 Box Number 27 Series 7
7-59 The Antarctic Project - Publications
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence and annotated draft publications from the Antarctic Project, including Antarctica: Discovery and Exploration, From Snow to Icebergs, and The Scientist at Work.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1985 - 1986    Quantity 3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/059 Box Number 27 Series 7
7-60 The Antarctic Project - Publications
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Annotated draft publications from the Antarctic Project, including Antarctica: Discovery and Exploration, International Relations in Antarctica, Macquarie Island, The Geology and Mineral Resources of Antarctica, The Aurora Australis, It Happened in Antarctica, and The Southern Ocean Ecosystems.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1985 - 1986    Quantity 2.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 7/060 Box Number 27 Series 7
7-61 Kista Dan
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Contains four files relating to the Kista Dan Project at the Museum of Victoria, the proposal for the establishment of an Australian National Antarctic Museum, and despatches by journalist Tom Hungerford on voyage of 1955.

7/61.1 - Kista Dan general file contains correspondence, news clippings, reports and ephemera relating to Kista Dan Project. Also includes draft proposals for the establishment of an Australian National Antarctic Museum, 19 May 1982-18 August 1997.

7/61.2 - Kista Dan correspondence file contains correspondence, particularly by P.G. Law in his role as Honorary Curator, Antarctic Studies, Museum of Victoria. Includes copy of plans and dimensions of ship, signed by J. Lauritzen, 2 April 1952, and correspondence concerning the Magga Dan, 2 April 1952-26 August 1998.

7/61.3 - Kista Dan project report file contains project report by Les Reading and correspondence relating to Kista Dan Project. Includes promotional brochure for J. Lauritzen Lines, "Special Vessels for Ice-Filled Waters", May 1955-17 June 1998.

7/61.4 - Copies of Despatches by Journalist Tom Hungerford from the Voyage of Kista Dan to Australia in 1955;

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 2 April 1952 - 26 August 1998    Quantity 9.5 cm, 4 files
Formats General Correspondence, Diagrams, Drafts, Ephemera, Reports, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Published Reports, Photocopied Documents, Facsimile Transmissions and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier 7/061 Box Number 50 Series 7
7-62 Antarctic Names and Medal Committee
Antarctic Names Committee

Three files relating to the Antarctic Names and Polar Medal Committee (later, Antarctic Names and Polar Medals Committee and Antarctic Names and Medal Committee respectively), and the Polar Medal Enquiry, including minutes of meetings, guidelines and correspondence from G.W. McKinnon, S.E. Stallman and others, and copies of earlier correspondence relating to the Antarctic Names Committee.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1 July 1975 - 6 January 1998    Quantity 8.5 cm, 3 files
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Maps, Minutes and Agendas, Loose Notes, Published Papers or Articles, Photocopied Documents and CV
Inventory Identifier 7/062 Box Number 51 Series 7
7-63 Nella Dan
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Three files relating to the sinking of the Nella Dan, the making of a video film, and notes by journalist Tony Morphett on voyage of 1964.

7/63.1 - Nella Dan Correspondence, 9 December 1983-4 October 1994.
7/63.2 - Nella Dan Sinking Reports, April 1988.
7/63.3 - Copies of Daily Notes by Journalist Tony Morphett on Voyage of Nella Dan 1964.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 18 February 1964 - 4 October 1994    Quantity 2.5 cm, 3 files
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, News Clippings and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/063 Box Number 51 Series 7
7-64 Significant Correspondence
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Ten files including correspondence (and copies of outward correspondence), collected by P.G. Law, noted as "Significant Correspondence", originally arranged by year and subsequently arranged by subject. Includes:

7/64.1 - Lord Casey and ANARE, 21 June 1976-2 November 1977;
7/64.2 - Correspondence re. Appointment of a New Director for the Antarctic Division, 13 July 1984-23 October 1984;
7/64.3 - Correspondence with Antarctic Division re. Rebuke to Pat Quilty for Taking Me by Helicopter to Marine Plain, near Davis, January 1998, 26 February 1998-19 May 1998;
7/64.4 - AAP Sponsorship of Expeditions to Restore Mawson's Hut, 16 June 1998;
7/64.5 - Dr Noel Orton Medical Officer, Wilkes 1961;
7/64.6 - Crash of U.S. Neptune Aircraft at Wilkes 1961, Noel Orton's File, 1961;
7/64.7 - Limited Edition of Lithographs of Framnes Mountains Antarctica and of Heard Island by Fred Elliott, 3 September 1996-4 November 1997;
7/64.8 - First Landing on Nelly Island, Vincennes Bay 1956, 20 May 1993;
7/64.9 - ANARE Leopard Seal Logo, undated

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1961 - 16 June 1998    Quantity 5 cm, 9 files
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, Reports, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Sketches and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 7/064 Box Number 52 Series 7
7-65 SCAR Papers
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Final list of participants for Antarctic Treaty First Consultative Meeting, Canberra, 1961 and photographs of participants (also of Treaty, Buenos Aires, 1962 or 1963?); autographed menu of XV SCAR conference, Chamonix, 1978; copy of DEA document "Overseas Travel - P.G. Law" regarding Law's attendance at SCAR Conferences, 22 May 1962; outward correspondence regarding SCAR conferences; copy of "Report on XI SCAR Meeting - Oslo - August 1970", by P.G. Law, and autographed menu of XVI SCAR conference, Queenstown, 1980.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range July 1961 - October 1980    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, Reports, Loose Photographic Prints and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/065 Box Number 52 Series 7
7-66 Restoring Mawson's Huts
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with AAP regarding launch of the AAP Mawson's Huts Foundation, and with William Blunt (Australia's Antarctic Heritage) regarding Project Blizzard 1984-85, an earlier restoration project. Includes copies of "The Conservation of Sir Douglas Mawson's Hut Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica: A Conservation Plan" and a copy of the Project Blizzard Preliminary Report.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range December 1984 - March 1997    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/066 Box Number 52 Series 7
7-67 Mawson's Hut - Efforts to Restore It
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Inwards and outwards correspondence regarding preservation of Mawson's Huts in Antarctica, including correspondence with the Department of Foreign Affairs, National Trust of Australia, Museum of Victoria (loan of items from Mawson's Hut in the possession of P.G. Law), William Blunt (Project Blizzard), office of the Prime Minister (Malcolm Fraser), and others; and ephemera relating to the Mawson Institute of Antarctic Research.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 15 April 1961 - 31 March 1997    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, News Clippings and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/067 Box Number 52 Series 7
7-68 Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal (University of Adelaide and South Australian Museum)
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with D. Shaw (campaign co-ordinator), Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal, a joint project of the University of Adelaide and South Australian Museum, P.G. Law patron.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 14 November 1990 - 9 September 1997    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 7/068 Box Number 52 Series 7
7-69 AAP Mawson Huts Foundation (Appeal for Restoration of Mawson's Huts)
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with AAP Mawson's Huts Foundation, Great Moments and AAP Information Services.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 2 April 1997 - 30 April 1998    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, Reports and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier 7/069 Box Number 52 Series 7
7-70 Sir Douglas Mawson
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence, news clipping, articles and notes by P.G. Law and others on Sir Douglas Mawson, including correspondence with F. Jacka and R. Ferguson (Mawson Institute of Antarctic Research) and S. Wallace (Daniel Manic Memorial Lecture). Includes copies of book reviews of Mawson's Antarctic Diaries, F. and E. Jacka (eds), photographs of Mawson and a copy of David Caro's lecture "Is Australia an Antarctic Power?", 15 May 1984.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range July 1950 - January 1995    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Loose Photographic Prints and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/070 Box Number 52 Series 7
7-71 ABC Antarctic Radio Series Tim Bowden
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Tim Bowden (ABC Social History Unit) on "Australians in Antarctic" series for ABC Radio, and with Robyn Williams for talk on the Antarctic Wilderness for "Ockham's Razor" on ABC Radio. Includes preparatory notes for the ABC Antarctic Radio Series by P.G. Law, September 1986

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 12 May 1986 - 30 October 1990    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Loose Notes and Talks and/or Speeches
Inventory Identifier 7/071 Box Number 52 Series 7
7-72 Map - Law Era
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence relating to the production, launch and distribution of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions 1947-1966 Map (referred to by Law as Law Era Map) in 1989, mainly with Australian Antarctic Division, including corrections sent to Andrew Jackson in 1991.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 21 February 1986 - 1 October 1991    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier 7/072 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-73 Nella Dan Video
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence relating to the production of film about the Nella Dan, with John Moore and Carole Wilkinson. Includes handwritten notes by P.G. Law, "Nella Dan Video Commentary" and "Script for Nella Dan Video".

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 14 November 1993 - 21 October 1996    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier 7/073 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-74 Antarctic Division Filing System 1965
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

P.G. Law's copy of Department of External Affairs - Antarctic Division Melbourne - List of File Headings.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range December 1965    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Formats Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/074 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-75 Documents re. Various Administration Measures in the Antarctic Division
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence and documents collected by P.G. Law relating to administrative measures taken by the Antarctic Division, including correspondence with Tim Bowden and Rex Moncur, and copies of DEA correspondence by P.G. Law to Mawson station and Wilkes station, and F. Jacka.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 23 November 1954 - 10 November 1998    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera and Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/075 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-76 Museum Victoria Antarctic Section - Mawson Station Sleeping Hut
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with the Australian Antarctic Division, Museum of Victoria and Senator Ian Macdonald regarding the proposed purchase of a Mawson Station sleeping hut by the Museum.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 24 August 1997 - 30 June 1998    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 7/076 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-77 International Conference on Antarctica Punta Arenas Chile April 1977
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

P.G. Law's notes and program for international conference on Antarctica, held Punta Arenas, Chile, April 1977 and letter by Julio Beyer M. received by ANARE in July 1960 about an aluminium ring inscribed "Inform ANARE Melbourne" found on a bird in Chile.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range July 1960 - April 1977    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, News Clippings and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier 7/077 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-78 Automatic Weather Stations - Lewis Island - Chick Island
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Copy of "A New Automatic Weather Station in Antarctica" by P.G. Law, and copy of handwritten notes on Lewis Island Automatic Weather Station.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1958 - c. 1961    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/078 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-79 Visit to USA by Law and Thompson re. Take-over of Wilkes Station
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Copies of DEA correspondence relating to visit to USA by P.G. Law and Richard Thompson regarding the take-over of Wilkes Station, some documents copied from Australian Archives Series MP 1002/1.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range May 1957 - November 1958    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/079 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-80 Correspondence with British Experts - Brian Roberts, Colin Bertram
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Copies of DEA correspondence between P.G. Law and Brian Roberts and Colin Bertram of the Scott Polar Research Institute, some documents copied from Australian Archives Series MP 1002/1.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 7 October 1952 - 28 November 1956    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/080 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-81 Despatches from Voyages
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Copies of Alan Campbell-Drury's diary of ANARE voyage (3 January 1964), DEA press reports of 1955 and 1956 voyages, and copies of P.G. Law's despatches from 1957 voyage, some documents copied from Australian Archives Series MP 1002/1.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1955 - 1964    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/081 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-82 Letters - D. Mawson, J.K. Davis, H. Wilkins, Law
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Copies of correspondence between D. Mawson and J.K. Davis, D. Mawson and P.G. Law, H. Wilkins and J.K. Davis, some documents copied from Australian Archives Series MP 1002/1, and some from Antarctic Division Library (Davis Papers).

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 11 January 1952 - 21 October 1958    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/082 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-83 Antarctic Treaty
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Copies of correspondence between P.G. Law and T.W. Cherry regarding attendance of Law at ACIGY conference in Barcelona.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range August 1956 - July 1961    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/083 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-84 Report by Dr David Lewis on His Expedition to Prydz Bay, AAT
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Norman Linton-Smith about the Oceanic Research Foundation Report "The Initial Scientific Reports of the Mawson Anniversary and Frozen Sea Expeditions", July 1984.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1984    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/084 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-85 Letters to Ministers
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Inwards and outwards correspondence with James Webster, Graham Richardson, Barry Jones, Clyde Cameron and others, including copies of draft cabinet submissions about Antarctic Research Stations in 1954-1955, and P.G. Law's submission to the Antarctic Science Advisory Committee in 1986; letters to other government agencies and departments, particularly about reclassifications, 12 November 1954-20 July 1987.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1953 - 1987    Quantity 1.2 cm, 2 files
Formats General Correspondence and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/085 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-86 Submission by P.G. Law to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works Regarding the Proposed Transfer of the Antarctic Division to Hobart
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, copy of P.G. Law's submission, his evidence given and copy of response sent to Director, Norsk Polar Institut, Oslo in 1991.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 23 October 1975 - 19 June 1991    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Reports and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/086 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-87 ANARE Airfield in Antarctica
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with P. Quilty, Antarctic Division about P.G. Law's letter to Senator Robert Hill regarding the possible establishment of an ice airfield in Antarctica to support ANARE operations, and copy of related report by Valery Klokov.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 9 May 1996    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/087 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-88 Heard Island
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence, notes, newsletters and reports on private expedition to Heard Island convened by William Blunt; copy of report "Rescue of I. Holmes from Gotley Glacier, Heard Island 21st February, 1971"; correspondence with W. Deacock on film of Heard Island; copy of letter from P.G. Law to Bureau of Mineral Resources on closing of Heard Island Station and copy of notice left at Heard Island when it was closed in 1955.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1954 - 1988    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, Reports, Loose Notes and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/088 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-89 Brian B. Roberts
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Dr Brian Roberts (Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge), copy of "A Personal Appreciation" written by P.G. Law (included in Polar Record obituary, January 1979), obituaries and ephemera relating to his funeral.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 27 September 1976 - 25 February 1988    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 7/089 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-90 Ship Charters and Reports
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Copies of DEA correspondence between P.G. Law and K. Edwards (Wesfarmers) and K. Lauritzen (J. Lauritzen & Co.), some documents copied from Australian Archives Series MP 1002/1.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 12 March 1953 - 25 March 1959    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/090 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-91 General Correspondence re. ANARE
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence between P.G. Law and various government ministers, John Béchervaise, ANARE Club Queensland, Tim Bowden, Fred Spence, Australian Antarctic Division, M. Kirton, ANARE Station Leaders, Jim Hasick, Bill Bewsher, Pat Lee, Syd Kirkby and others, mainly ex-ANARE expeditioners.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 11 June 1975 - 20 June 1997    Quantity 5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, News Clippings and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 7/091 Box Number 53 Series 7
7-92 Documents Detailing Frustrations with Canberra Bureaucrats
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Copies of correspondence and memos, including handwritten notes, re. approval for P.G. Law's overseas visits, 1952; appointment as Director, Antarctic Division, 1951; public relations; application for entertainment allowance, 1955-1958; problems with the Executive Planning Committee and the DEA, 1959; salary; publications; involvement in university affairs, 1965; scientific classifications in the Antarctic Division, 1965; copy of Draft Cabinet Submission on the maintenance of Australian Antarctic Research Stations in 1955.

Includes handwritten notes re. DEA Confidential files obtained by K. Ralston under FOI (refer 1/060), and photocopy of "Law's Diary of Frustrations", detailing his frustrations at dealing with the DEA, 1961-1965.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 6 December 1951 - 20 January 1966    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Memoranda, Loose Notes and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/092 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-93 Doug Leckie's Report to RAAF on Aircraft Operations 1954
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Photocopy of "A Report on the Participation of the Royal Australian Air Force in the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition 1954" by D.W. Leckie.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range May 1954    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats Reports and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/093 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-94 Repeated Exclusion of Law's Name from Antarctic Division Publications, and from Articles by Others
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence and notes on the exclusion of 13 years of ANARE work, in an article published in Aurora in 1991, and other Antarctic publications, 1994.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 4 April 1991 - 18 October 1994    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/094 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-95 P.G. Law's Retirement from Antarctic Division and Appointment as VP of the VIC
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects, Victoria Institute of Colleges (VIC)

Copies of DEA correspondence relating to P.G. Law's resignation, and transcript of farewell speech, delivered 29 March 1966.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 29 December 1965 - 7 December 1977    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/095 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-96 ANARE Jubilee
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence, ephemera and certificates relating to the ANARE Jubilee celebrations held in 1997, celebrating 50 years of ANARE. Includes minutes of Jubilee Working Group, Antarctic Division and ANARE Club Meetings.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 31 May 1994 - 27 October 1997    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, Minutes and Agendas and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/096 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-97 Antarctic Museum
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Rex Moncur (Antarctic Division), Barry Cohen MP, and Department of Premier and Cabinet regarding the establishment of an Antarctic Museum.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 21 August 1987 - 1 October 1997    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/097 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-98 ANCAR
Australian National Committee for Antarctic Research (ANCAR)

Copy of memorandum from P.G. Law to P.D. O'Connor (Australian Academy of Science) and R. Garrod (Antarctic Division); Australian Antarctic Research, Guidelines for Future Research, prepared by ANCAR, Canberra, May 1979.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 5 April 1976    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Formats Reports and Memoranda
Inventory Identifier 7/098 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-99 Hobart Antarctic Museum
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

News clippings and correspondence with Louise Crossley and Peta Colebatch (International Antarctic Centre, Hobart), the Museum of Victoria and Robin Gray (Premier of Tasmania) regarding the establishment of an Antarctic Museum in Hobart. Includes copy of exhibition concept for International Antarctic Centre, June 1989.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1986 - 1989    Quantity 1.4 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, Reports, News Clippings and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/099 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-100 International Antarctic and Southern Ocean Centre
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Peter Hodgman (Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Tasmania) and Dennis Franklin (Polar Scientific and Logistic Services) regarding the establishment of the International Antarctic and Southern Ocean Centre in Hobart. Includes copy of report "Antarctic and Southern Ocean Centre Development", prepared by AVV Business Communications, April 1996.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1994 - 1997    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/100 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-101 Paul Marcotte Cape Adare Project
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

News clippings, correspondence and notes about Paul Marcotte, a Canadian adventurer who P.G. Law was advising in his quest to spend a year alone in Antarctica. Project abandoned early 1999.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1997 - 1999    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, News Clippings and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier 7/101 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-102 Larsemann Hills Place Names
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Notes from Antarctic Names and Medal Committee, typescript "Place-Names at Larsemann Hills" and "First Landings at Larsemann Hills" by P.G. Law, and notes from the Division of National Mapping, undated.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1987    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Maps and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier 7/102 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-103 P.G. Law Personal Confidential
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Charles Swithinbank, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, regarding advertisement for Director, Antarctic Division (13 February 1970-24 February 1970), and correspondence (not signed or despatched) with Dr W.H. Connolly, President, VIC, 25 November 1968.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 25 November 1968 - 24 February 1970    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and CV
Inventory Identifier 7/103 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-104 Melbourne Antarctic Museum
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Papers and correspondence regarding the development of the proposal for a two-stage development of an Australian Antarctic Museum (later Australian National Antarctic Museum) in Melbourne, including correspondence with John Cain (Premier of Victoria), Andrew Reeves, Museum of Victoria, F. Jacka (Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research), Hannelore Lauritzen, Prof. J.W. Warren, Norwegian Ambassador and various government departments; copy of "Proposal to Australian Bicentennial Authority Victoria Council for Establishment of an Australian National Antarctic Museum", February 1986.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 3 October 1983 - 16 November 1988    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Reports and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier 7/104 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-105 ACASH Committee Correspondence
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Andrew Reeves, Museum of Victoria, regarding the Australian Antarctic Advisory Centre Committee. ACASH was at one point the proposed name for the Centre, c. 1988, Australian Centre for Antarctic Science and History.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 23 January 1990 - 6 February 1990    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 7/105 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-106 ACASH
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Museum of Victoria and other papers regarding the Australian Antarctic Advisory Centre Committee, including copy of "A Proposal for an Antarctic Museum", P.G. Law, 31 August 1983, copy of talk on ABC Radio by P.G. Law, 1 October 1983. ACASH was at one point the proposed name for the Centre, c. 1988, Australian Centre for Antarctic Science and History.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 9 June 1983 - 24 October 1994    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Reports, News Clippings and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier 7/106 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-107 ACASH Committee Minutes
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Minutes of meetings for Antarctic Museum Promoting Committee and correspondence with Andrew Reeves, Museum of Victoria, and D.C. L. Gibbs, including copy of "A Short History of the Development of the Australian Antarctic Museum Project". ACASH was at one point the proposed name for the Centre, c. 1988, Australian Centre for Antarctic Science and History.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 9 April 1984 - 29 November 1989    Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Reports, Minutes and Agendas and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier 7/107 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-108 Moves to Establish an Antarctic Museum (ACASH)
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Draft typescript "The Australian Centre for Antarctic Science and History (ACASH)", undated; manuscript notes for "A Short History of the Development of the Australian Antarctic Museum Project"; draft typescript "Last Continent Antarctica: Proposal for a National Travelling Exhibition", undated; copy of notes by W.F. Budd, 19 November 1988, and other papers regarding the establishment of an Australian Antarctic Museum.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1983 - c. 1988    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/108 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-109 Museum
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Correspondence with Richard Ferguson (Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research), Prof. Norman Tulloch, Andrew Reeves, Museum of Victoria, Race Mathews and various government departments, regarding the establishment of an Australian Antarctic Museum. Also includes correspondence regarding proposals for the Mawson Collection (24 July 1990).

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 6 October 1983 - 9 May 1994    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, News Clippings and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier 7/109 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-110 Summary of Voyages, Various Highlights and Adventures
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Manuscript notes titled "John Manning", "Landings", "1955 (Kista Dan)" (photocopy), "Supplementary Antarctic Information", "Exploration History", "200 Stories Never Told" and "1951 Labuan"; list of captains; letter from Norman Harding, Department of Minerals and Energy, National Mapping Section, 19 January 1973.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1973 - c. 1998    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Maps, Loose Notes, Loose Photographic Prints and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/110 Box Number 111 Series 7
7-111 Landings
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Manuscript notes on various landings made by P.G. Law, including "Antarctic Work Subsequent to 1954", "Coastal Exploration in Antarctica: My Antarctic Voyages 1954-1966" (includes chapter headings and chronology), "Kerguelen", "Ships, Boats and Pontoons", "Macquarie Island, December 1957", "Hurd Point" and "Macquarie Island March '52 Tottan"; excerpts from chapter 9, You Have to be Lucky, various annotated maps, typescript "The Balleny Islands - A Challenge".
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1948 - c. 1998    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats Maps, Loose Notes, Loose Photographic Prints and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier 7/111 Box Number 111 Series 7
7-112 Antarctic Voyage on Kapitan Khlebnikov
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Ephemera collected by P.G. Law on "Antarctica Australis" cruising expedition to Antarctica, 28 December 1997-21 January 1998, including diary type report produced afterwards including reminiscence by P.G. Law, "Antarctica Revisted", pp. 61-68.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 26 November 1995 - 21 January 1998    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 file
Formats Ephemera and Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/112 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-113 Inquiry into the Management of the Antarctic Division

Correspondence from M.J. Talberg, secretary of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of Public Accounts, Commonwealth of Australia, regarding an inquiry into the management of the Antarctic Division.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 7 June 1988    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 7/113 Box Number 54 Series 7
7-114 Reports of Voyages and Stations 1947-1953

Copies of ANARE reports of voyages during 1947 to 1953, some with annotations, including minor correspondence.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1947 - 1953    Quantity 1.6 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/114 Box Number 87 Series 7
7-115 Reports of Voyages and Stations 1954, 55, 56, 57

Copies and drafts of ANARE reports of voyages during 1954 to 1957, some with annotations.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1954 - 1957    Quantity 1.9 cm, 1 file
Formats Drafts and Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/115 Box Number 87 Series 7
7-116 Reports of Voyages and Stations 1958-59-60-61

Copies of ANARE reports of voyages during 1958 to 1961.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1958 - 1961    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/116 Box Number 87 Series 7
7-117 Reports of Voyages and Stations 1962-63-64-65

Copies of ANARE reports of voyages during 1962 to 1965.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1962 - 1965    Quantity 1.4 cm, 1 file
Formats Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/117 Box Number 87 Series 7
7-118 SCAR - Symposium on Antarctic Oceanography
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Official list of delegates attending the SCAR Symposium on Antarctic Oceanography, Santiago, Chile, September 13-16, 1966.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1966    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Formats Lists
Inventory Identifier 7/118 Box Number 87 Series 7
7-119 Antarctic Correspondence
Miscellaneous Antarctic Subjects

Inwards and outwards correspondence relating to Antarctic matters, from: Senator Ian Macdonald, Senator Crichton-Browne, F. Jacka, Richard Ferguson, Film Australia, Alan Gilchrist.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1988 - 1998, Mainly 1988-1992    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 7/119 Box Number 87 Series 7
7-120 Antarctic Treaty

Publications relating to the Antarctic Treaty including correspondence from David Mason, and copies of the first nine Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1978 - c. 1995    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Reports and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/120 Box Number 87 Series 7
7-121 Reports of Voyages Plus Press Reports

Copies of ANARE reports of voyages during 1954 to 1968, plus press releases about Antarctic voyages.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1954 - 1968    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Reports
Inventory Identifier 7/121 Box Number 111 Series 7

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