RAA expedition crew

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Accession Number PR03133
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Folio: 23.8 x 20.5 x 3.3 cm
Object type Diary
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Torres Strait, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea
Date made 1910-1911
Access Open
Conflict Period 1910-1919
Description

Handwritten copy of a diary describing an expedition by soldiers of the Royal Australian Artillery, stationed at Thursday Island, to remote areas of New Guinea, during November-December 1910. It is titled "Diary of a Trip to New Guinea and the Islands in Torres Straits" and was copied by William Tindale. The collection also contains three letters written by Tindale to his sister Ollie between December 1910 and November 1911.