George Arthur Vickers Stanley - Miscellaneous papers, 1924-1965

PMB 1049

fonds

441400

Microfilm : PMB 1049

microfilm reels 35 mm

G.A.V. Stanley (Uda Baroma) (b. Sydney, 1904), geologist, bibliographer and historian, went to Papua in 1927 and spent most of his life there until his death in October 1965. He worked with a number of oil companies in Papua and New Guinea and was awarded the DSC for his was service with RANVR and the Far Eastern Liaison Organisation (FELO). In 1962 he returned to Australia to work with the Bureau of Mineral Resources in Canberra

Items mostly relate to surveys undertaken for the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. (APOC), Oil Search Ltd. (OSL) and the Australian Petroleum Co. (APC). Material includes letters, reports, maps, equipment and stores lists, photographs and other documentation related to geological survey work. Guide is available from the Bureau. Reel 1; items 1-10. Reel 2; items 11-19. Reel 3; items 20-26. Reel 4; items 27-42. Reel 5; items 43-51

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1049
Available for access. Not for loan
Original held by The Library, University of Papua New Guinea
Geologists
Historians