Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1937-1940. (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert Barry Furlong worked as Manager of the Lamussong plantation for Burns, Philp and Co. in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea from 1937 until his death in 1944. Burns Philp were an Australian shipping line and merchant operating in the South Pacific. Furlong married Agnes Marion Courtney (aka Kit) and lived on Lamussong plantation. They had a daughter Hilary in 1941, and Kit and Hilary were evacuated to Australia in 1941. Robert 'Bob' Furlong was killed on 17 March 1944 at Kavieng Wharf during World War Two.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1937-1940
Collection alternatively titled as: Robert Furlong Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, photographs, ephemera.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Folder 1: Miscellaneous ephemera
Folder 2: Photographs and postcards
Folder 3: Letters to/from Burns, Philp and Co. and Furlong
Folder 4: Letters from Bob Furlong to Kit, 1937 to 1940
Item 5: Annotated copy of 'The New Guinea Handbook', Canberra: Gov't Printer, 1937.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Unrestricted access.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Burns, Philp & Co. (Subject)
- Furlong, Robert Barry, 1901-1943 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, 8-Aug-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.