Stuart Campbell - diaries, 1930, 1935-37, undated

MLMSS 7200/Box 1X

fonds

1930, 1935-1937, undated

421739

0.13 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
Textual Records - (typescript)

Stuart Campbell was chief pilot of Douglas Mawson's expeditions to Antarctica, 1929-31. In the 1930s he did important aerial survey work in Papua New Guinea and served in the RAAF during World War 2.

22 November-4 December 1930. ; A typed transcription entitled 'The Voyage to Antarctica Aboard the S.Y. Discovery. Second Voyage of the British, Australian, New Zealand Research Expedition. 1929-1931 Under leadership of Douglas Mawson. Aircraft. Gypsy Moth'. This is a fragment only of Campbell's diary of this expedition. The original diary covers the period 22 November 1930 to 27 March 1931.
1935-1937; Typed transcription of Campbell's diaries entitled 'First Expedition to the Upper Fly and Sepik Rivers 1935.1936. Aircraft. Short Scion Amphibion. Second Expedition to Upper Fly and Sepik Valleys. 1936. 1937. Aircraft. Sikorsky Amphibian. Waco Amphibian'.
Undated; Typescript entitled 'Some Notes on the People Inhabiting the Mountain Area between the Fly and the Sepik Rivers in New Guinea'.
Undated; Incomplete typescript pieces dealing with Campbell's New Guinea flights.

Earlier accessions of Stuart Campbell's papers are located at MLMSS 4491 and MLMSS 4491 ADD-ON 1860 (microfilm copy at CY 4445: 157 frames).