Physical anthropology - Pacific Area

Date: 1951-1961

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1335

Description: Comprise the journals of the first expedition (Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tahiti) 1951-1953; the second expedition (Tahiti, Cook Islands, Tikehau, Ra'ivavae, New Zealand, Australia, European ethnological museums) 1954-1955; the third expedition (Society Islands, Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji) 1957-1958; the fourth expedition (Tuamotu Islands, Tahiti, Moorea, Hawaii, Fiji) 1959; the fifth expedition (Tahiti) 1960. Marshall describes the journals as a compromise between a personal diary and field notes. More detailed data was kept separately. Page numbers of his field notebooks are entered in square brackets for cross referencing purposes Source of title - Transcribed from collection Marshall undertook 12 expeditions to Polynesia between 1951 and 1989. Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu. Provenance: The journals of the first to fifth expeditions are held at University of South Pacific, Cook Islands Campus. The remainder are at the Bernice Bishop Museum, Honolulu

Date: 1819

By: Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulces de, 1779-1842

Reference: MS-Papers-11210

Description: Folder contains research notes made by the natural historian Gaimard in his journal and copied by Freycinet recording a physical examination of a Maori chief, Piro, who had arrived from the Bay of Islands ('Baie a'ilens') in Port Jackson accompanying Samuel Marsden toward the end of 1819. Includes detailed measurements of every part of Piro's body, both in metric and imperial units. Also included is extract taken from Southey's History of Brazil concerning the tribesmen of the Madeira River who keep shrunken heads ('tetes condensees') of their enemies, together with a short description by Gaimard, and copied by Freycinet of a Maori head which he had acquired. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 folder(s) 4 pages. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Stamp on cover of original folder reads Archives de Laage, and gives its original reference number as Carton 13 dossier 278 objet A.B.C.D. The original Archives de Laage has not been identified.

Date: 1884-1892

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

By: Flower, William Henry (Sir), 1831-1899

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2843

Description: Selected correspondence relating to natural history in Australia and New Zealand Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1994

Date: 1857-1977

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

By: Natural History Museum (London, England)

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2768-2769

Description: Selections from the papers of Edward J Dunn, Sir William H Flower, Gergory M Mathews, Rosemary Powers and George Williamson, principally relating to physical anthropological researches in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1993