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RefNoRHB/1/12/5
LevelItem
TitleFamily scrapbook compiled by Heather Hanbury Brown, vol 5, Aug 1973 - Oct 1978
DateAugust 1973 - October 1978
DescriptionInscription on the first page summarises the contents as follows: 'Australian Citizenship & the Corridors of Power'

Contents listed as:
IAU [International Astronomical Union] Sydney.
Opening of Opera House - Mervyn's visit - Minimurra [Minnamurra?].
India - Raman Professor for 3 months - HHB via UK for CCC's [Clement Clapton Chesterman] knighthood.
Middle age gear change: HHB to work; children at university - various graduations.
"The Intensity Interferometer" published.
Lord Howe Island. Cairns trip. 1975
IAU Grenoble (1976), Britaany, UK, Greece. Marion in Southampton after 21st birthday
Dismantling of Narrabri Observatory.
"Man and the Stars" published - Oxford, Wolfson College.
Italy with Marion & Jake - stolen luggage!
Boy's 21st. M visits for Christmas 1971 - RHB to UK.
Weddings: Roger Molesworth, Sue Rabbas, Bill Cumberland, Claire Hopkins, Ruth Silver
Extent1 volume
FormatPhotograph
Printed
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionScrapbook bound in light blue canvas covered board with gold embossing on the spine
Dimensions380mm x 280mm
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsRequests for reproduction or publication should be directed to the Hanbury Brown family.
CopiesDigital images (tiff files)
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