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Press statement between Argentina and the UK

Inter-governmental document relevant to Antarctic cooperation, Falkland Islands, Islas Malvinas, sovereignty, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, CCAMLR, United Kingdom. Provides document and source information.

Bill Bush

Pressure equalising funnel

Used when liquids have to be introduced into vessels under vacuum. Also known as a dropping funnel which is a type of laboratory glassware used to transfer fluids. They are fitted with a stopcock which allows the flow to be controlled. Dropping funnels are useful for adding reagents slowly, i.e. drop-wise. This may be desirable when the quick addition of the reagent may result in side reactions, or if the reaction is too vigorous

"Previous consideration of Antarctica as a world park"

Government document relating to the evolution of environment protection proposals, Friends of the Earth, UNEP, Australian Conservation Foundation, Greenpeace, Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition. Provides document only. Draft of Attachments A and B to Australian Government, Cabinet memorandum 6507 "Antarctica - possible world park". Final document at NAA.gov.au Barcode 31430695.

Bill Bush

Printed stationery

Two sheets of printed stationery –Home Hut (off) Native Flora Reserve Alice Springs Northern Territory

Olive Pink

Proclamation made from the air over the Antarctic continent near Proclamation Island during the first BANZARE voyage

Government document relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, acts of possession, Australian Antarctic Territory, Enderby Land, Kemp Land, Mac. Robertson Land, British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, John King Davis. Provides document or extract, source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as AU25011930]

Bill Bush

Proclamation read by Douglas Mawson at Scullin Monolith, Mac. Robertson Land during the second BANZARE voyage

Government document relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, acts of possession, Australian Antarctic Territory, British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition. Provides document or extract, source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as AU13021931]

Bill Bush

Proclamation read by Douglas Mawson on Proclamation Island during the first BANZARE voyage

Government document relevant to territorial claims, sovereignty, acts of possession, Australian Antarctic Territory, Enderby Land, Kemp Land, Mac. Robertson Land, British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, John King Davis. Provides document or extract, source information and Bill Bush notes. [Published by Bush as AU13011930]

Bill Bush

Professors and candidates for degrees 1923

Photographic except taken from the Illustrated Tasmanian Mail, 19 April, 1923 - Photographs of Professors and candidates for degrees 1923. Professor Williams, Professor McAulay, Professor Dunbabin, Professor McDougall, Professor Copland, Professor Flynn, Professor Burn. Students Mr. C. K. Wilkins, (B.A.), Miss Erica G. Headlam, (M.A.), Mr. W. Parker Listner, (M.A.) 1919, (LL.B) 1923, Mr. B. Telford, (LL.B.), Mr. G. L. Doyle, (LL.B.), Mr. H. Guy, (LL.B.) Miss A. M. Wherrett, (B.A.) Miss B. J. Miller, (B.A.)
Miss B. White-Parsons, (B.A.) Mr. H. G. Harris, (B.A.) Mr. D. G. Salier, (B.Sc) Mr, L. F. Briggs, (B.A.) Mr. M. E .W. Stump, (B.Sc.) Miss J. L. Hurst, (B.A), Mr. T. Hytten, (B.A.) Mr. Bryan W. S. Page, (B.Sc.)

University of Tasmania

Prostantera striataflora

Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink, Alice Springs, 1958. Arid regions (of Australia) Native Flora Reserve, Alice Springs. Identified by Olive Pink as botanical name Prostantera striataflora one "popular" name was the silly one of mint bush.

Olive Pink

Prostanthera

Identified as Prostanthera striatiflora . Watercolor on card sketched by Olive Pink near power station at Alice Springs on 7 June 1958
'has aromatic scent (leaves?) (very honeyed flower)

Olive Pink

Psoralea

Watercolour on card with pencil, painted by Olive Pink at Edwards Creek, South Australia 1930. Identified by Olive Pink as Psoralea

Olive Pink

Psoralea patens

Watercolour on paper painted by Olive Pink at Edwards Creek, South Australia, 5/8/30. Notes on paper - "plants grow to about 4ft high". note on flower details "twice actual size or more" Identified by Olive Pink as Psoralea patens.

Olive Pink

Pussy Tails

Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, (location unknown), 1960. Described by Olive Pink as " popular name Pussy Tails" (ugly?)

Olive Pink

Ragged Jack

Colour photograph shows view of forest and mountain ranges from Mayday Mountain

Rail and road bridges across Meander River

Colour photograph. A man sits on grass near a bicycle close to the men’s bathing sheds on the banks of the Meander River at Deloraine, beneath railway bridge and a short distance from the Bass Highway that crosses the river on a road bridge further upstream.

Hal Wyatt

Rails in the forest

Colour photograph shows rusted International Harvester locomotive on disused rails covered with bracken in a semi-cleared area of land

Railway carriage at Deloraine

Colour photograph of red painted railway carriage hooked up behind wagon laden with cut and split timber in a railway siding at Deloraine. Two men standing beside the carriage (with DB10 painted on the side), one man wearing hat, studying a viewfinder camera, the other is looking up the track.

Hal Wyatt

Receipt

Receipted account for 1 guinea paid to W.J. Ring for tuition of Master Ralph. Dated 1830

John Terry

Recipients of Degrees at Commemoration

Photographic except taken from the Illustrated Tasmanian Mail, 22 May, 1929 - Recipients of University of Tasmania Degrees at Commemoration, Mr A.K. Fulton (B.A), Mr T. Hytten (MA), Miss F. Stops (B.A), Mr D.S. Smith (B.E), Miss Y.I. Guilbert (B.A), Mr O.H. Biggs (B.Sc)

University of Tasmania

Recommendation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs approved by Royal Decree authorising the "Thorshavn" expedition of 1933-34 to claim certain territory for Norway

Government document relevant to Norwegian territorial claims, sovereignty, Norway, Dronning Maud Land, exploration and discovery. Provides copy of document or extract, with source information and Bill Bush notes. (Published by Bush at NW10111933)

Bill Bush

Recommendation of the Ministry of Justice and Police in support of a bill for a law amending law no. 1 of 27 February 1930 concerning Bouvet Island and Peter I Island by including Queen Maud Land

Government document relevant to Norwegian territorial claims, sovereignty, Norway and territories administration. Provides copy of document or extract, with source information and Bill Bush notes. (Published by Bush at NW28051948)

Bill Bush

Recommendation of the Ministry of Justice and Police in support of a law amending law no. 1 of 27 February 1930 concerning Bouvet Island and Peter I Island by including Queen Maud Land

Government document relevant to Norwegian territorial claims, sovereignty, Norway, Dronning Maud Land and territories administration. Provides copy of document or extract, with source information and Bill Bush notes. (Published by Bush at NW12041957)

Bill Bush

Reflections on artificial lake

Three people stand near a car parked beside an artificial lake, in front of a dwelling with a steep pitched A-frame roofline, gum trees on surrounding rise, with old farming equipment and freshly painted wagon wheels in garden. Australian flag flying on flagpole.

Graeme Raphael

Registrar, James Henry Robert Cruickshank and his wife Mary

Black and white, 35mm slide of the University of Tasmania's Registrar, James Henry Robrert Cruickshank and his wife Mary.
Cruickshank was born on 24 May 1840 in Bombay, and he died on 26 January 1916 m Hobart. Cruickshank received his first commission in 1858, and served in the Bombay Presidency until he retired in 1885 when he immigrated to Tasmania, as one of the 'Non-Effective Officers . Cruickshank and his family arrived in Launceston on the Flinders on 15 May 1885.36 He was appointed Registrar of the University of Tasmania in succession to George Richardson on the 1 August 1892, and he held this post until his death on 26 January 1916. Cruickshank was given a land grant of 100 acres in the Parish of Wickham in the County of King Island on 13 June 1885 but he did not settle there. He had married Mary Emma Wright in 1865 in Bombay. Mary Emma was born on 24 May 1846 in Rochester Kent, and she died on 17 October 1940 at 'Burnside' Glenorchy Tasmania. The couple had nine children, the youngest of whom was Margaret Winifred Cruickshank. Margaret was born on 12 July 1888 in Hobart, and she died on 4 March 1980 in Hobart. She was married to Percy Hamilton Scott in 1922 in Hobart. Two years before her death Margaret was interviewed by John Roberts, as part of the University of Tasmania oral history recording program. Margaret told of her early life in the 1900s as the daughter of the Registrar of the new university. Her reminiscences are particularly valuable, as they provide a rare window into the early life of the university: interview available here https://sparc.utas.edu.au/index.php/interview-with-mrs-margaret-scott

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