Series 9 - Photographs - Antarctic and ANARE


Date Range1940 - 1998
Quantity30 items
ProvenancePhillip Garth Law
Description

Black and white photographs taken by P.G. Law, ANARE photographs, press photographs, photo card letters, colour photographs, photograph albums, of Antarctic subjects, SCAR meetings and ANARE club functions. This series is held by P.G. Law.


Inventory Listing

9- Assorted Photographs and Cards

Loose photographs grouped in envelopes including: RMIT Graduation; Royal Society of Victoria, International Polar Year 2007-2008; Nel's Pictures - Peter McCallum; PGL and Julie, PGL and Ian Mackie at Kinglake, Ian and Wendy; Wendy Coates; Bust of Paul-Emile Victor

Correspondence with: Pat Lee; Tony Gould

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder Inventory Identifier 9/046 Box Number 116 Series 9
9-1 Selected Antarctic Photos (Mawson)

Mostly of Mawson Station from its establishment to Law's last visit. Includes Mawson wintering party (1954), Robert Dovers, Jim Brooks, Kista Dan, Adelie penguins, first landing at Magnetic Island (1954), P.G. Law raising flag at Vestfold Hills (1954). Most items removed by P.G. Law and placed with other items in series 9.

Previously in box FB8.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1954 - c. 1956, Mostly 1954    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/001 Box Number 141 Series 9
9-2 Oates Land Photos (by P.G. Law)

Includes P.G. Law at Vestfold Hills (enlargement) and series of photos of Oates Land, taken from sea and air, undated.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1958 - c. 1962    Quantity 2 envelopes
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/002 Box Number 8 Series 9
9-3 Antarctic Photos

Mostly camps, ships, penguins and birds. Includes photos of Mawson Station (1954), Horseshoe Harbour, Lauritzen line ships (1954-1961), Adelie and Emperor penguins and other birds. Most photos by P.G. Law. Contains some items formerly in 9/5 and 9/6.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1948 - c. 1988    Quantity 5 envelopes
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/003 Box Number 8 Series 9
9-4 Antarctic Photos - Portraits and Studies of P.G. Law

Portraits and studies of P.G. Law-mostly in Antarctica. Includes P.G. Law at: Iceberg Gap, Mawson Station (1958), aboard Magga Dan (1960), McMurdo (1960s) and later portraits (1980s?). Contains some items formerly in series 10.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1950 - c. 1980, Mostly early 1950s-1960s    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/004 Box Number 8 Series 9
9-5 Antarctic Photos

Boxed assortment of photos of P.G. Law and others in Antarctica and at various Antarctic meetings, committees and functions. Includes Antarctic photos: From Lichen Island and ascent of Mt Henderson (1955), A. Hall, P. Shaw and J. Béchervaise and others (sledging party, 1955), photo card letter from Knud Lauritzen (September 1956), Kerguelen Island (1954), McMurdo (1964), Mawson station (1955), Maudheim (1950), Kerguelen (1951), aboard Kista Dan (1954), Dumont d'Urville party (1961?), Wilkes (1959), Ian Burnside with P.G. Law (1959?), and others (1950-1975) Includes committees, meetings and group photos: First Antarctic Treaty Conference (Canberra 1960?), ANCAR (1972), Antarctic Club Dinner (1957), at Penfolds Winery(?), Delivery of "Beaver" aircraft (1955), P.G. Law with K. Kizaki, P.G. Law with Ken Morrison, P.G. Law with T. Dalton (all c. 1955), ANARE Moomba float, and others.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1955 - 1998    Quantity 1 box
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/005 Box Number 8 Series 9
9-6 Antarctic Photos

Boxed assortment of Antarctic photos. Includes unused photos for book, ANARE photographs and reproductions. Includes Antarctic photos from Dumont d'Urville party (late 1950s), Fred Jacka (1950s?), Kista Dan beset (1954), aerial photographs Mawson Station (1954-1960s), Lauritzen ships, Macquarie Island (late 1940s-early 1950s), Heard Island (1950s), MacRobertson Land, near Mawson, Kista Dan crew and Antarctic party (1950s), Horseshoe Harbour (1954), ANARE aircraft, whale surfacing astern of Kista Dan, Jim Brooks working, Summers, Schwartz, Dovers and Harvey at Mawson Station, Magnetic Island (and sunken motorboat), penguins, Sooty Albatrosses (Macquarie 1963), Sabrina and DUKW christening, Law with W. Bryden and Capt. Pedersen (Dibble Iceberg Tongue), "LST" departure for Heard Island, Farewell to Mr Donovan (ANARE Club, undated.), set of Kerguelen Island photos including French party, the Chapel and arrival of Kista Dan (1954), Huts at Hurd Point, helicopter over Oates Land, Mt Erebus from the air, Patanela (1956), coastal icebergs near Mawson (1958), departure photographs, four group photos from Buenos Aires Symposium (November 1959), Bob Dovers with weasel, Scullin and Murray Monoliths, Bob Summers in caravan, unloading operations mostly at Mawson and Heard Island. Also includes edit cuttings from 16mm. Cine film (possibly at Kerguelen Island, c. 1954) and colour photo of Antarcticans 1985 (I. Pedersen, A. Campbell-Drury, E. Macklin and G. Smith, January 1985). 1940s-1963 and 1985

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1940 - c. 1985    Quantity 1 box
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/006 Box Number 8 Series 9
9-7 Official Farewells and Functions

Group photos and studies of P.G. Law. Includes P.G. Law on Wyatt Earp (December 1947), ANARE send-offs (1950s), delivery of Antarctic caravans, MacRobertson launch, Antarctic men at party (Law's residence 1960s), Nella Dan departure (1976), P.G. Law and P.E. Victor (1976), J. Béchervaise (1979) and others.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1947 - c. 1979    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/007 Box Number 8 Series 9
9-8 Group Photos - Antarctic function

Group photos of ANARE Director, (P.G. Law) at various functions. Includes departures of Thala Dan (1960s) and Nella Dan (1976?), expedition farewells (1959? and 1964), P.G. Law with Mr Styles, P.G. Law with members of British Petroleum Co. Ltd (1956), P.G. Law with members of W. Adams Tractors Pty Ltd (1957). Also includes stills from GTV9 interview with P.G. Law (27 October 1957), and P.G. Law rededicating Nella Dan plaque at Polly Woodside Maritime Museum in 1996. Contains some items formerly in 9/4.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1956 - 1998    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/008 Box Number 8 Series 9
9-10 Nella Dan Wreck

Colour and black and white photos of Nella Dan in Hobart and aground in Buckles Bay, 7 December 1987. Photos by G. Ferguson 1987. Also includes Nella Dan launching, 1961, and dedication of plaque, 1990.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1961 - c. 1990    Quantity 1 folder
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/010 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-11 Antarctic Division Photos

Photo album of Antarctic Division Headquarters, Melbourne. Includes building, offices, workshops and laboratories, undated.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1950 - c. 1966    Quantity 1 album
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/011 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-12 ANARE Emblem

Enlargement of original design by Nel Law, undated. Removed by P.G. Law and placed with Nel Law material (series 18).

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1954    Quantity 1 file
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/012 Box Number 10 Series 9
9-13 Antarctic Division Photos (1970s)

Group photos. Includes P.G. Law and R. Dalton at Dalton's retirement (April 1974), P.G. Law chairing Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (September 1978), Antarctic Division Orientation Week (October 1978) 1974-1978

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1974 - 1978    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/013 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-14 SCAR Photos

Mostly group photos of P.G. Law with other SCAR meeting attendants. Includes SCAR meetings in: New Zealand (1961), Canberra (1959), SCAR Scientific Committee, Australia (1961?), Paris (1964), Wellington (1966?), Tokyo (1968) and Buenos Aires (undated).

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1950 - c. 1980    Quantity 2 envelopes
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/014 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-15 SCAR Photos

Folder photograph album from 13th SCAR meeting, Wyoming 1974. Mostly group photos of members 1974.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1974    Quantity 1 album
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/015 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-16 SCAR Photos

Folder photograph album from 14th SCAR meeting, Mendoza, Argentina, October 1975 (incomplete). Includes several of P.G. Law 1976.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1975 - 1976    Quantity 1 album
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/016 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-17 ANARE Photographic Exhibitions

Photos of exhibits for International Geophysical Year in Antarctica, undated, including ANARE Moomba float.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1958 - c. 1959    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/017 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-18 MacRobertson Launch

Dibble Iceberg Tongue near Lewis Island (P.G. Law).

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1958    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/018 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-19 Flag Raising

Various photos of P.G. Law raising the Australian flag in Antarctica, and P.G. Law in cosmic ray laboratory on board Wyatt Earp. Contains some items formerly in 9/1.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1947 - 1955    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/019 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-20 Lichen Island

Various photos of Lichen (Lorten) Island. Contains some items formerly in 9/5.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1955    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/020 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-21 Stations

Photos of various Antarctic stations, including Heard Island, Wilkes station, Casey station and Mawson station. Contains some items formerly in 9/1 and 9/3.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1956 - c. 1967    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/021 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-22 Aircraft Rumdoodle

Photos of wreck of Dakota aircraft near Mawson and Rumdoodle Airstrip. Contains some items formerly in 9/3 and 9/5.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1960    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/022 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-23 ANARE Jubilee, Midwinter Dinners and Other Celebrations

Photos of ANARE Jubilee, Melbourne, October 1997; Antarctic Exhibition Brisbane, July 1997; various Midwinter Dinners in 1997. Includes some correspondence regarding the Midwinter Dinners and autographed menu cards.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1997    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/023 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-24 Antarctic History

Photos of Douglas Mawson, J.K. Davis, Shackleton and Law, undated.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1954 - c. 1956    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/024 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-25 Magnetic Islands and Vestfold Hills

Various Antarctic photos, including Magnetic Islands, Vestfold Hills, Larsemann Hills and Amery Ice Shelf.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1954 - c. 1955    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/025 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-26 Panoramic Photos McMurdo Station

Panoramic photos of McMurdo Station by Rear Admiral David Tyree, United States Navy, undated.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1960    Quantity 1 tube
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/026 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-27 Antarctic Photos 1987-

Antarctic research ship Hero; P.G. Law on Antarctic voyage on Kapitan Khlebnikov, January 1998; 1958 Mawson Reunion, 1998; Law Base, Larsemann Hills, c. 1987; Cape Adare, January 1997, including photos of interior of Borchgrevink's Hut by S. Kirkby.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1987 - 1998    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/027 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-28 New Guinea Negatives and Prints
Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1948    Quantity 1 envelope
Formats Photographic Film Negatives and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/028 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-29 ANARE Shipping 1947-1997

Photographic poster of ANARE ships used in the period 1947-1997, featuring photos by P.G. Law, produced by Australian Antarctic Division.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1997    Quantity 1 item
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/029 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-30 Wyatt Earp Photos
Correspondence and Research Notes for The Antarctic Voyage of HMAS Wyatt Earp by Allen & Unwin, 1995.

Boxed assortment of photos of ship Wyatt Earp and voyage, including photos of personnel, photos by P.G. Law, colour prints of Balleny Island; ephemera from P.G. Law's voyage on TSMV Duntroon (including autographs); transcripts of actuality broadcast from the Wyatt Earp; Naval Historical Review, December 1978, featuring article on Wyatt Earp; correspondence with Noel Haysom (1991), Department of Defence (1990), Hydrographic Service (Royal Australian Navy) and others; typescript notes on Antarctic expeditions (by Trevor Heath ? based on Stuart Campbell's notes ?); miscellaneous Antarctic photos; tracings made in chart room of Wyatt Earp during voyage by P.G. Law; news clippings

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1948 - 1994    Quantity 2 boxes
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Photographic Glass Negatives, Loose Photographic Prints, Photocopied Documents and Drawings
Inventory Identifier 9/030 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-31 Awards

Colour transparencies of P.G. Law's ANARE Jubilee gold medal.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 21 June 1997    Quantity 2 envelopes
Formats Photographic Transparencies
Inventory Identifier 9/031 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-32 Photos removed by PGL between 1999 and 2003, possibly from 9/001-9/008

Until consigned to the National Library of Australia in 2003, Phillip Law's photographic collection was in active use, as Phillip Law serviced many requests for images and researchers. He removed images from originally assigned series/sequence items (or units of management) and in some cases further identified them, inscribing a description on a recycled envelope. Inscriptions on envelopes include: Larsemann Hills and Law Base; ANARE Logo designed by PGL; Antarctic Names and Medals Committee 1985; Print and Neg (No 8) Law design sleeping cubicle; Three generations of directors of the Antarctic Division; Scenic - Icebergs; PGL - Groups with friends; Science; Exploration. May include some new additions since 1999.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range c. 1950 - c. 2000    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/032 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-33 Photos removed by PGL between 1999 and 2003, possibly from 9/010-9/031

Until consigned to the National Library of Australia in 2003, Phillip Law's photographic collection was in active use, as Phillip Law serviced many requests for images and researchers. He removed images from originally assigned series/sequence items (or units of management) and in some cases further identified them, inscribing a description on a recycled envelope. Inscriptions on envelopes include: Cosmic Ray Hut Mt Hotham; 1st Antarctic Treaty Meeting Canberra 1959 & 2nd Treaty Meeting Canberra 1961; SCAR Conferences; Australian National Committee on Antarctic Research 1972; Heard Island Station; 1950 Norsel NBSAE; Knud Lauritzen; ANCA Antarctic Names Committee of Australia; Kista Dan, Thala Dan, Nella Dan; "Near miss" collision between ship and iceberg in 1961; Minister R.G. Casey farewells Kista Dan; SCAR; Wyatt Earp 1948. May include some new additions since 1999.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Quantity 3 cm, 1 file Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/033 Box Number 9 Series 9
9-34 Establishing Mawson Station

Eight loose photographs, both black and white and colour, showing the establishment of Mawson Station in 1954.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1954    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/034 Box Number 114 Series 9
9-35 Portraits - Antarctic

Loose photographs of Phillip Law in Antarctica.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1947 - 2000    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/035 Box Number 114 Series 9
9-36 Antarctic Division Directors

Two colour photographs of Rex Moneur, Trony Press and Jim Bleazel

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range February 2004    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/036 Box Number 115 Series 9
9-37 ANARE Club Picnic at Toolangi 2005

Loose colour photographs by Dick McNair.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 2005    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/037 Box Number 115 Series 9
9-38 PGL 90th Birthday ANARE Party, MCG 20-4-02

Black photograph album containing colour photographs from Phillip Law's 90th Birthday party at the MCG.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 20 April 2002    Quantity 5 cm, 1 album
Formats Mounted Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/038 Box Number 115 Series 9
9-39 Mawson Jubilee

Brown photograph album containing photographs of the Mawson Jubilee function at the Royal Society, 16 November 2004 and the Mawson Jubilee ANARE garden party at Parliament House, 20 November 2004.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 16 November 2004 - 20 November 2004    Quantity 5 cm, 1 album
Inventory Identifier 9/039 Box Number 115 Series 9
9-40 Macquarie Island Station

Two colour photographs of Macquarie Island Station, David Windsor, December 2004.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range December 2004    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/040 Box Number 116 Series 9
9-41 PGL at Larsemann Hills 1998

Loose prints and negatives of Phillip Law at Larsemann Hills.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1998    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 envelope
Formats Photographic Film Negatives and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/041 Box Number 116 Series 9
9-42 2003 ANARE Midwinter

Loose colour photographs.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 2003    Quantity 1 cm, 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/042 Box Number 116 Series 9
9-43 Events

Photograph of Polar Medalists, survivors from Mawson Station 1954, Phillip La, Doug Leckie and Bill Storer with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Society of Victoria 15 March 2006; photographs from the Tasmania Midwinter Festival, Hobart 17 June 2006; group photograph from the Mawson Station Jubilee Lunch, 13 February 2004.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 13 February 2004 - 17 June 2006    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 envelope
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/043 Box Number 116 Series 9
9-44 Miscellaneous Antarctic Photographs

Loose photographs, includes photographs of seals, penguins and Mirny Station.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 1956 - 2004    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/044 Box Number 116 Series 9
9-45 Royal Society of Victoria 15 March 2006

Photograph taken at the Royal Society of Victoria, 15 March 2006, meeting for "Intrepid", Duke of Edinburgh present, also ANARE Polar Medalist survivors.

Creator Phillip Garth Law
Date range 15 March 2006    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 item
Formats Mounted Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 9/045 Box Number 116 Series 9

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With support from National Library of Australia and Rotary Club of Balwyn
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