A. J. (Arthur James) Vogan papers, ca. 1877-1948

fonds

ca. 1877-1948

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera, Clippings, Objects, Manuscript Cartographic Materials

411694

3.36 metres of textual material (20 boxes, 1 outsize box) - manuscript, printed
516 photographic prints - gelatin silver - 50 x 40 cm or smaller
383 negatives - black and white - 14cm x 8.5cm
18 negatives - glass - 19cm x 14cm
2 bullets
1 handkerchief
1 printing block
2 chopsticks
Shells

Arthur James Vogan was born in Kent, England in 1859 and travelled to New Zealand in 1880. He arrived in N.S.W. ca. 1885 and was included as an artist in the 1885 Royal Geographical Society's 'Bonito' expedition to the Fly River area in British New Guinea. He later worked as an Australian representative illustrator for the Illustrated London News and was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (England). He became an advisor to British Mining interests and travelled extensively in Australia both privately and as a reporter on gold prospects. Vogan wrote ‘The Black Police: a Story of Modern Australia’ (Lond. 1891) and later wrote articles for Pacific Islands Monthly, 1930-37.
In the Boer War he was a Sergeant in the Prince of Wales Light Horse Brigade, 1901 and was instrumental in the capture of Commandant Scheepers in the Cape Colony. His great interest in archaeology led him to travel in the Pacific Islands, mainly New Caledonia, New Guinea and Fiji where he claimed credit for discovering ancient Chinese inscriptions on the wall of a cave in the Yasawa Islands (North-West Fiji).
Vogan died in Manly Hospital aged 89 on February 27, 1948 after a fall 12 days before.

SERIES 01
A. J. Vogan diaries, 1877-1947

SERIES 02
A. J. Vogan scrapbooks, 1878-1947

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A. J. Vogan notebooks, 1901-1947

SERIES 04
A. J. Vogan research notes, ca. 1918-1941

SERIES 05
A. J. Vogan correspondence, 1910-1948

SERIES 06
A. J. Vogan drafts of articles & book chapters, 1910-1948

SERIES 07
A. J. Vogan personal papers, 1880-1948

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A. J. Vogan printed material, ca. 1850-1937

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Literary manuscripts collected by A. J. Vogan, ca. 1840-1937

SERIES 10
A. J. Vogan clippings, ca. 1880-1947

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A. J. Vogan albums, ca. 1884-1935

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A. J. Vogan photoprints and postcards, ca. 1884-1929

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A. J. Vogan photonegatives, ca. 1920

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A. J. Vogan glass negatives, ca. 1893-1925

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A. J. Vogan realia, ca. 1895-1940

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