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MS 845

The W. E. H. Stanner Collection - Survey of Rock Art Sites

Access

Closed access – Library Director’s permission (A2) ; Closed copying & quotation Principal and/or Depositor’s permission (Bl)

Scope and Content Note

Date range: 1952, 1957-1960

Extent: 1 box original - do not issue; 1 box preservation copy – issue according to access instructions.

Fitzmaurice River field notebooks, sketch books, photographs, and associated material. Survey of rock art sites.

Biographical Note

See MS 3752 finding aid for biographical details.

Series Description

BOX 1 (reference copy)

Item

  1. Letter to W.E.H. Stanner. Signed: H. Clements, dated Melbourne, 25 May 1957, and 3 maps, with sketches. 4p. Holograph.
     
  2. Diary of first visit to Fitzmaurice River. 11 April - 26 May 1958. Holograph notebook, with sketches (pt. col.) and diags. 188p.
    Part 1 (11/4/58 - 5/5/58; p. 1-90); Part 2 (5/5/58 - 26/5/58; p. 91-188)
     
  3. Diary of second visit to Fitzmaurice River. Kirindjingin trip, 3 July – [9] Aug. 1959. Holograph notebook, with sketches, and diags. 124 p.; 2 p. (inverted) at end. P. 110-11, holograph note, dated 30 Aug. 1974, inserted.
    Part 1 (p. 1-69); Part 2 ( p. 70-124)
     
  4. Paiyinimbi, 1958 - lists of drawings. Holograph notebook with sketches, and notes. 79p.. (p. 31-44 blank); 3p. towards end (p.2 - 3 torn).
     
  5. Paiyinimbi, 1958. Holograph sketchbook, with notes. 19p.; 2p.inserted inside cover. 6p. (inverted): Port Keats, NT, 1952.
     
  6. Paiyinimbi, 1958. Holograph sketchbook. 5p. (col.); 1 leaf at end (inverted) with holograph notes.

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  7. Kirindjingin, 1959. Holograph sketchbook. 14p. (pt. col.). Leaf 1: Scale drawing of cave at Kirindjingin, dated 14 July 1959.
     
  8. Map of the Darwin area (Darwin 3109) RAAF edition used on visits to the Fitzmaurice River. 1 sheet.
     
  9. Transcript of diary: First visit to Fitzmaurice River, 11 April - July 1958. 37p. Typescript. Final entry in diary dated 26 May 1958.
     
  10. Transcript of diary: Second visit to Fitzmaurice River, diary of Kirindjingin trip, 3 July – [9] Aug. 1959. 31p. Typescript.
     
  11. The Fitzmaurice River rock paintings. 17p. Typescript (pt.carbon). Dated 30 Sept. 1958. Lecture given at University House, Canberra.
     
  12. The Fitzmaurice River caves and shelters. Dated Pan-Pacific Women's Association, 23 Feb. 1960. 5p.Typescript (carbon). Notes to accompany slides. 6p. (carbon). Lecture given to the Pan-Pacific Women's Association.
     
  13. Holograph notes outlining research work, 1952-8, possibly for a lecture on his discoveries, and the procedures followed in collecting information. 4p., with sketch.

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Guide compiled by J. Seccombe 2001