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Title
Papers of Harry Pidcock Mason and John Pidcock Mason, 1916-1923
Creator
John Pidcock Mason
Call number
MLMSS 74
Level of description
fonds
Date

1916-1923
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
422201
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : 2014
Physical Description
(2") box
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

J. P. Mason worked in Rabaul, 1921, with the Department of Agriculture, and in 1922 went prospecting for gold in New Guinea
Scope and Content
I. John Pidcock Mason, 1922-1923.
A. Journal, 1921-1922, recounting experiences on a prospecting expedition in New Guinea, with further descriptive notes.
B. Papers, 1922-1923, including application for permission to prospect for gold, and miner's right, issued Morobe, 1923.

II. Harry Pidcock Mason, 1916-1923.
A. War diary, France, Aug. - Oct. 1916, with diary kept in New Guinea, Apr. 1922 - Feb. 1923. Also contains anatomical notes on the eye.
B. Diary, May - Nov. 1922, kept in New Guinea. Brief account of events included in diary above.
C. Miscellaneous notes, 1923
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-417B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Creator/Author/Artist
Mason, Harry Pidcock
Name
Mason, John Pidcock
Subject
Gold miners--Papua New Guinea--Archives.
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
Soldiers--Australia.
Soldiers--Australia--Diaries.
Place
France
New Guinea

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