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Bellchambers, Norman Douglas, b 1930 : Illustrated autobiography of Norman Douglas Bellchambers
- Date
- 1930-1999?
- By
- Bellchambers, Norman Douglas, 1930-
- Reference
- MSDL-2042
- Description
Comprises scan of autobiography of Norman Douglas Bellchambers (senior). Covers his family background in Australia, his childhood in Fiji and Auckland, New Zealand during World War Two, his mining career at New Occidential Gold Mines, Cobar, Emperor Gold Mines, Fiji, Peko Mines, Tennant Creek, Rum Jungle Uranium Mines, Northern Territory, Central Mine, Mt Hope, The New Chesney Mine and The Pipeline Authority Cobar, and the Elura Mine. Also covers his family life, participation in rugby union and rugby league, cricket, the Citizen Military Force, Royal Australian Engineers, Cobar Brass Band, and retirement to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Includes various supporting documents relating to his life experience, letters, photographs, sporting curriculum vitae and records, certificates. Concludes with obituary.
Accompanying material - Backfile contains printouts of two scans of photographs. One of Bellchambers as an Army cadet, 1944. Also Parramatta Marist Brothers Cadet Detachment marching, 1944-1945.
Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).
Processing information: Special characters in file name were removed during preconditioning before preservation.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 Electronic document(s), Autobiographies, Manuscripts, Electronic documents, Electronic records (Digital records)
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