Edward Jacomb - Family portrait [M2338], 1913-1956

M 2338

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432822

Microfilm : M 2338

microfilm reel 35 mm

Edward Jacomb (1881-1960) read for the bar and studied French law in Paris. He visited Australia in 1906 and obtained work in the New Hebrides. After service in the First World War he returned to the New Hebrides in 1919 but left the Pacific Area in 1920

Contains volumes 1-5 (part 1) of Jacomb's nine volume family and personal biography. The biography titled "Family portrait", was written in 1956 and spans the years 1899-1923. The biography was based on his own diaries while in service in the New Hebrides, but also contains extracts from his mother's diaries, family letters and other letters to himself from settlers in the New Hebrides. The narrative includes descriptions of Jacomb's visit to Australia, his brother's fruit farm at Mildura, travels to Vila, Noumea, Fiji and Norfolk Island, etc. Also includes photographs of New Hebrides and other papers, 1913-1917

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2338
Microfilm copy of originals held by London University Library
Descriptive list available (4 p.)