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Arthur de Ramon Penfold - Records

Title
Arthur de Ramon Penfold - Records
Repository
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
Reference
MS 4515
Date Range
1900 - 1956
Description

Papers relating to Penfold's work as Director of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences and as Technical Director of the Plastics Institute of Australia as well as his researches into the chemistry of essential oils including correspondence (8 folders); typescript and roneoed notes; articles relating to essential oils, plastics and synthetic fibres; material relating to the William Ricketts Sanctuary, Mt Dandenong; newspaper cuttings; photographs of Canberra and Braidwood in the 1920s; a distinct group of papers relating to his visit to China in 1956 headed by C.P. Fitzgerald, including correspondence, notebooks, typescript articles and notes, newspaper clippings and photographs [MS 4515].

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This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
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