Archival Resources Details

John Howard Lidgett Cumpston - Records

Title
John Howard Lidgett Cumpston - Records
Repository
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
Reference
MS 613
Date Range
1852 - 1981
Description

Includes: manuscripts and material concerning Cumpston's publications; journal articles, correspondence, diaries, newspaper cuttings, reports, addresses, lectures, maps, certificates; material relating to the Cumpston family. Much of the material concerns health issues and information collected during Cumpston's time as Director-General of the Commonwealth Department of Health. Also includes a copy of "Memoirs of a British Agent" by R. H. Bruce Lockhart (1933) with inserts of Cumpston's comments of Lockhart's text and correspondence from Frank Anstey discussing Lockhart's career and memoirs.

Quantity
14 boxes and 3 folios (2.16 m)
Access
Available for reference

People

EOAS ID: archives/BSAR03068.htm

This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
Reference: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/indigenous-weather-knowledge/indigenous-seasonal-calendars/gariwerd-calendar#bom-anchor-list__item-kooyang-season-of-eels

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