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Hector M. Kingsbury fonds [moving images]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1927-1937].

Reference:

R8526-0-6-E

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

188862

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Hector M. Kingsbury fonds
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Date(s):

[ca. 1927-1937].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

22 film reels (5 h, 33 min).

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

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Fonds consists of films shot by Hector M. Kingsbury and by Michael Leahy during the gold rush in New Guinea. Many first contact situations are recorded.

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Kingsbury, Hector M

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Kingsbury, Hector M : Hector M. Kingsbury, geologist, partook in a number of gold prospecting expeditions into the New Guinea Highlands in the 1930s together with Australian miner Michael Leahy. Kingsbury and his group were among the first to penetrate the densely populated but almost entirely isolated valleys of the New Guinea Highlands. The expeditions were recorded by Leahy and Kingsbury, using both photo and film. Australia. National Library of Australia. Papers of John Russell Black (1908-1988). July 1992. 11 Feb. 2002. . 1269

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(Electronic) See MISACS for item-level descriptions.

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General note:

Received in 1983 and 1984 from Donald M. Kingsbury.

Language note:

Documents are silent.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1983-0334 MISA
1984-0160 MISA
MR5484 (1984-04-04)
MR5758 (1983-11-16)
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