General Log, Southern Highlands Expedition, Papua New Guinea - 1968-69

Archive Collections / Graeme Lloyd Pretty / Series AA 255/14 / General Log, Southern Highlands Expedition, Papua New Guinea - 1968-69
  1. "Field work in Papua New Guinea, 1968/69.
    General Log
    Graeme Pretty & Anthony Crawford for
    Papua-New Guinea Public Museum, Port Moresby".

    This notebook commences on 24/12/1968 (departure from Adelaide) and finishes on 10/2/1969 (Canberra).
    The first three pages are notes about places to look out for and reminders of things to do.
    This is followed by a two page summary describing the purpose of the expedition and funding sources.
    The rest of the notebook is basically a day to day diary which mentions people met, places stayed, places visited, activities, the weather etc.
    There is a loose sheet between the 15th January 1969 pages with further notes about 15 January.
    There are several loose notes in a sleeve at the end of the notebook giving names, addresses and phone numbers of several contacts, a book reference and a list of things to do.

  2. Disc labelled "G. Pretty Daily Jottings General Log". This is a Word document transcription of the two notebooks named "Daily Jottings" and "General Log" done by Phil Fitzpatrick in September 2009.
    A copy of The "General Log" Word document is saved at Y:\Information Services\Confidential\Archive Collections\AA 255 PRETTY, Graeme\Southern Highlands Expedition PNG 1968-69\AA255-14-12 - General Log.

CreatorGraeme Lloyd Pretty
ControlAA 255/14/12/1-2
Series AA 255/14