Manam Island
Rabaul Volcanological Observatory : Volcanological records
Date: 1937-1996
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1295
Description: selected files of reports, observations and correspondence from the various sites. Source of title - Transcribed The Observatory, set up in 1937, monitors the activity of the 14 active and 23 dormant volcanoes on the three volcanic arcs in Papua New Guinea. Monitoring is carried out from the Observatory and six outstation observatories at Manam, Karkar, Langila, Ulawun, Esa'ala and Lamington. Quantity: 6 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2008
Volcanological records
Date: 1952-1969
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1295-1
Description: Papers relating to Bam and Manam Island Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Volcanological records
Date: 1958-1969
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1295-2
Description: Papers relating to Bam, Long and Manam Island Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Taylor, Tony, 1917-1972 : Volcanological papers
Date: 1950-1972
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1362
Description: The papers consist of letters, interviews and reports of eye witnesses giving their observations of the eruption at Mount Lamington on 21 Jan 1951; notes and correspondence on and from Manam Island during eruptions from 1955 to 1960; ciurriculum vitae written by Tony Taylor quite late in life, probably in late 1971 or 1972; field notes made at Manam Island in the days immediately before Tony Taylor's death in Aug 1972. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/catalogue/. Provenance: Most of the documents microfilmed here were gathered by Wally Johnson from desk drawers and files in Tony Taylor's office at the Bureau of Mineral Resources building in Canberra following his death on Manam Island in August 1972. For one reason or another the documents had not made their way onto official files. Subsequently Dr Johnson added documents from other sources to the original 'office' collection.