Keith H. Waterhouse further papers

MLMSS 11897

fonds

1956-1981, predominant 1956-1969

Textual Records, Clippings

9630977

0.17 metres of textual material (1 box )

After joining Burns Philp as a messenger boy, in 1935 Keith found himself as a 19 year old on the ships, Montoro and Macdhui, doing the round trip to Papua and New Guinea from Sydney. By the late 1930s Keith was Purser with greater responsibility for passengers travelling between Australia and New Guinea. In late 1937, aged 21, Keith spent eight months as acting manager of Malaguna wharf in Rabaul. Keith was a member of the RANR from 1936 and joined the Navy as a Lieutenant in 1939. He served on HMS Liverpool in the Mediterranean and as Secretary to Captains Collins and Burnett on HMAS Sydney in the Indian Ocean. He was transferred off the latter shortly before she sailed on her final ill-fated voyage. After the War, Keith was for many years a stockbroker in Sydney, though always retaining a strong attachment to New Guinea. In the 1960s, he was a Director of Pacific Island Mines, which had mining operations on Misima.
Written by his son, Michael Waterhouse, for Una Voce: Journal of the Papua New Guinea Association (December 2005)

Consists of correspondence, memos, minutes, reports, financial statements, prospectuses and newspaper clippings relating to mining companies and firms such as Mines Search Pty. Ltd., Pacific Island Mines and Platina Developments in areas including New Guinea, Broken Hill, Redbank (N.T.) and Pine Creek (N.T.).

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