Daniel Pryke - Correspondence and other papers, 1899-1925

PMB 913

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

440777

Microfilm : PMB 913

ne microfilm reel 35 mm

Pryke was one of three brothers - the others being Frank and James - who pioneered the search for gold in Papua New Guinea, beginning in 1896

Papers relating to the search for and mining of gold in Papua New Guinea, some written from the field. The following material appears on the microfilm: 1 -Business and personal correspondence, 1909-1917. 2 -Letters from Pryke to his wife, 1899-1920. 3 -Correspondence, 1903-1920. 4 - Correspondence, 1905-1920. 5 - Correspondence, 1901-1920. 6 -Correspondence, 1901-1925. 7 - Correspondence, 1907-1915. 8 - Correspondence, 1903-1920. Contracts for Native Labour.' 1900-1914. Letters, miner's right, receipts, wage lists 1911, 1908-1911

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 913
Microfilm copy of original held by National Library of Australaia, Canberra, Pryke Collections MS 1826
Available for reference
(Pacific Islands Monthly, August, p. 7, and Hank Nelson, Black, White and Gold: Goldmining in Papua New Guinea, 1878-1930, Canberra, 1976)