440425
- TitleMaurice M. Witts - Diary, 1905 Jan. 1 - Dec. 31
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- Call numberPMB 1
- Level of descriptionfonds
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Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--] - Type of material
- Reference code440425
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : PMB 1
- Physical Descriptionne microfilm reel 35 mm
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Maurice M. Witts, an Australian who fought in the Boer War, went to the New Hebrides as a settler in 1904 after a brief sojourn in Fiji. With two cousins, Theo and Arthur Thomas, he planted coconuts in the Hog Harbour area of Espiritu Santo. He returned to Australia about 1913 and lived in the Moss Vale district until his death in 1966 aged 89 - Scope and ContentThe diary gives an account of the life of a copra planter in a remote part of the New Hebrides, and contains numerous observations on the natives of the Hog Harbour area
- General note
PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1
Available for reference
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia B891
Microfilm copy of original in private ownership - Creator/Author/Artist
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