List of diaries in notebooks and exercise books of voyages, including antarctic voyages. Checked in 2006, according to inscription on front of folder

Bound diary of journey to Antarctica aboard Wyatt Earp - P.G. Law's first Antarctic trip. Mostly consists of records of daily activities with notes on scientific and exploration activities. Also include diary entries from trip to Japan aboard Duntroon.
Loose papers including pen sketches (Antarctica), plan of laboratory on Wyatt Earp, scripts for ABC radio talks, diary - letter to Mrs Law 22 December 1947 and TSMV Duntroon memento.

Bound diary of journey to Heard and Kerguelen Islands. Mostly records of daily activities and navigational notes, working parties and field trips 21 January 1949 - 28 February 1949.
Notes on trip to Canberra, visit to Governor General, 4 March 1949.

Includes note with signatures, from Heard Island party, undated
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip to South Africa - Cape Town, Pretoria and then to Maudheim base, Norsel Harbour - with sketches of harbour and records of ice shelf features. Mostly records of daily activities, research activities and details of ice bound adventures, 17 November 1949 - 7 March 1950.

Loose items include list of party members, sketch of penguins and hand drawn maps of ice pack coast, Scotia Sea, Selbukta and others. Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic expedition.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound small duplicate book with diary records; general log records with navigational records, sightings of ice floes and coastal ice, and some sketches of Saunders, 30 December 1950 - 7 March 1950.

Includes duplicates of entries for bird log - species, locations and remarks.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip to Macquarie Island, relief expedition; diary records of daily activities, 24 April 1951 - 18 May 1951. Also includes notes and records on equipment rosters, equipment reports, lists of personnel, for Heard and Macquarie Islands and notes on films taken, undated

Loose items: temperature records (December - January 1951) and letter of thanks to Captain, Labuan, from P. Law, 18 February 1951.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip to Heard Island, relief expedition. Mostly daily records and personal and confidential notes on voyage aboard Labuan and Heard Island Station. Includes trip to Kerguelen Island.

Bound diary of trip to Heard Island, relief expedition. Mostly daily records of voyage aboard MV Tottan. Includes trip to Kerguelen Island 9 February 1952-19 March 1952, relief expedition, Macquarie Island - diary records and notes, 24 March 1952-13 April 1952.
Also includes notes on procedures during sailing, planning details, Heard Island activities plans, notes on records received from Heard Island, lists and details of photographs taken (with numbers), notes on seal industry with census figures and notes for submission on sealing: "Submission concerning Establishment of a Seal Industry at Heard Island and Macquarie Island" with Appendices, undated.

Bound diary of trip aboard Kista Dan to Macquarie, Heard and Kerguelen Islands and Antarctic continent. General diary entries, with itinerary and lists of personnel (first page). Includes daily records of activities, excursions and scientific research, exchanges with French party at Kerguelen, notes on pack ice and Horseshoe Harbour, coastal diagrams and maps, establishment of Mawson Station, RAAF flights (including to Kemp Land), record of messages (including J.K. Davis).

Loose items include notes on: "French Raids", dinner with French party, Kerguelen, Horseshoe Harbour, notes from ship Captain, speech notes for ceremony (Naming of Mawson Station), memo for other staff, notes on flight to Kemp Land, notes and letters from R. Dovers (February 1954), photograph of P.G. Law aboard Kista Dan February 1954, (taken by H. Larsen).

Manuscript notes: "Summary of Achievements of 1954 Antarctic Expedition".
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip aboard Kista Dan to Heard Island, Macquarie Island, Vestfold Hills, Larsemann Hills, Glacier Tongue, Lorten, Mawson station and Kerguelen Island. General diary entries with itinerary and personnel lists (last page). Includes notes on geophysical activities, navigational records, sledging party records (with diagrams and maps - Lorten journey), meteorological records (Mawson, February 1955), notes on hut building and maintenance (Mawson), 19 December 1954 - 23 March 1955.

Loose items include: typescript poem (undated), draft of instructions to visitors, Heard and Macquarie Islands (undated), telegram from K. Lauritzen (19 February 1955), note on Mawson Anniversary (12 - 13 February 1955), with typescript of speech by P.G. Law, notes and memoranda to captain and staff, depth sounding record (resembles a human face) (undated), dinner invitation (Kerguelen 11 March 1955), record of alcohol consumption.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip aboard Kista Dan to Macquarie Island, Islets A, C, Mawson and Heard Island. General diary entries with itinerary (first page) and personnel list (last page). Includes navigational records, sea temperatures, daily activities and observations, diagrams of pack ice and fast ice, various islets and aircraft flights (with flight details throughout), maps and observations from Holl Island and surrounds, notes on visit to USSR Station, Haswell Island, activities at Mawson station including Cosmic Ray Solar Flare Effect, plans to visit Enderby Land, visit to Kerguelen Island. Includes log of Antarctic flights and engineering notes on Kista Dan.

Loose items includes notes on photographs, list of Soviet visitors to Kista Dan (31 May 1956), graph and typescript note on "Solar Flare" effects at Macquarie Island, 23 February 1956 (by F. Jacka), memoranda to Captain Petersen and replies (February 1956).
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip aboard Kista Dan to Antarctica including Mawson, Vestfold Hills, Davis and Kerguelen Island. General diary entries with itinerary and flight log (first pages) and personnel lists (last page). Includes navigational records and notes of daily activities, flight to Vestfold Hills with diagrams of ice features and Amery Ice Shelf, arrival at Davis and establishment and naming of Davis Station, diagrams of Davis Station, inland and coastal flights, including to Southern Ice Edge (Shelf), contact with Americans, Mawson Station, including reconnaissance flights, visit to Kerguelen Island.

Loose items include Ice Reconnaissance Map (6 January 1957), texts of press cables from P.G. Law, undated, notes on establishment of Davis Station, record of sea - water temperatures Mawson - Melbourne, December 1956 and February - March 1957, notes on use of explosives, lists of equipment, alcohol consumption, location soundings prior to anchoring off Davis, undated, memoranda from captain.

Photographs (presented by French at Kerguelen Station): Mt Ross Summit, March 1956; P.G. Law at Vestfold Hills, with flag 1957; P.G. Law and first mate, Kista Dan 1957; Davis wintering party and supernumeraries - includes P.G. Law in flight gear and first hut, Davis, 1957.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip aboard MV Thala Dan to Macquarie Island, Lewis Islet, Oates Land, Wilkes, Mirny, Davis, Larsemann Hills, Mawson, Enderby Land, Amundsen Bay, Heard Island and Kerguelen Island. General diary entries with itinerary (first page) and personnel lists (page four). Includes record of sailing, DUKW problems, notes on Mr Tange (Dept. External Affairs), arrival at Hurd Point, Macquarie hut extensions, trip to Lewis Islet and activities at Dumont d'Urville, records of reconnaissance flights, trip to Mirny including description of Mirny Station, Davis Station and flights including to Vestfold Hills, Mawson Station and trips to Enderby Land, Kerguelen visit.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip aboard MV Magga Danto Lewis Islet, Dumont d'Urville, Wilkes Land, Virik Bank, Oates Land and Macquarie Island. General diary entries with itinerary, personnel lists and flight logs (back pages). Includes notes and records on Automatic Weather Station (with report), fauna observations, Ice Shelf, activities at Lewis Island, Wilkes Land activities including excursions and aircraft flights, geophysical observations, first Oates Land landing, with glaciological records and diagrams including Wilson Hills, aircraft flights, return via Macquarie Island. Loose items include: diagrams, notes on operations (Lewis Island and Wilkes Land), diary notes on excursion to (near) Mt. Dwyer undated, crew list, blueprint of Wilkes Station buildings and antennae, typescript instructions on ice observations.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip aboard Magga Danto Virik Bank, Lewis Island, Davis station, Mawson station, Wilkes Land, Ivanoff Island and others. General diary entries with itinerary and personnel lists and flight log. Includes entries on pack ice at Virik Bank, visit to Dumont d'Urville, helicopter flights, Lewis Island activities including fauna survey and Automatic Weather Station, draft correspondence to R.G. Casey (24 January 1960), Davis Station including operations lists, cable from Royal Geographical Society re Founders Medal (1960), Davis excursions and flight to Mawson and return to Davis, Wilkes Land including helicopter crash (13 February), press cables on helicopter crash, visits to Davis Island, Chick Island and Henry Island, with glaciological diagrams, cable of congratulations from R.G. Menzies (9 March 1960). Loose items include: photograph of ANARE ski plane, undated, memoranda to staff, typescript of Fauna Report, Davis Island (by N.R.J. Dingle, February 1960), map of Adelie penguin rookeries and petrel nest sites, notes on Lewis Island Automatic Weather Station (January 1960).
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip aboard Magga Dan to Macquarie Island, Wilkes Land, Fremantle, Mawson, Chick Island, Dumont d'Urville, Oates Land. General diary entries with personnel lists (front) and flight logs (back). Includes entries on rookeries at Macquarie Island, typescript song lyrics, notes on F. Jacka and F.W.G. White concerning reorganisation of scientific staff (ANARE), general fauna observations, Wilkes Land excursions and activities, atmospheric records, Fremantle including meeting with J. Gorton and DEA conversation, Mawson station and changeover, Nel's activities, Chick Island programme, detailed typescript, flight to Wilkes Land, helicopter reconnaissance flights, drawings of ice features and notes on being beset by pack ice, visit to Dumont d'Urville, Oates Land including helicopter flights and drawings of Aviation Islands, return via Macquarie Island (29 November 1960-19 March 1961). Loose items include: map of Wilkes Station, press cuttings including Magga Dan in pack ice, map of landing sites (near Aviation Islands, sketched by McLeod), telegram from J. and D. Cook, correspondence from Helicopters Utilities Pty Ltd to P.G. Law concerning Automatic Weather Station, Chick Island, 26 February 1961. Also includes notes on: survival packs, Mawson meteorology, and Antarctic science, undated.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary record of trip aboard Thala Dan to Macquarie Island, Lewis Islet, Cape Carr Tongue, Cape Goodenough, Wilkes Land, Chick Island, Mikhaylov, Lewis Island, Commonwealth Bay, Mertz-Ninnis glaciers, Oates Land. General diary entries with itinerary and personnel lists (front pages). Includes entries on Macquarie Island, Lewis Island soundings and pack ice problems, aircraft and helicopter flights with coastal notes, Cape Carr and ice features, notes on "Domed Bergs", Wilkes Land including notes on USARP activities, problems with DUKWs, pack ice problems at Wilkes, activities at Chick Island, with diagram of inland features and of Cape Mikhaylov, trip to Commonwealth Bay, Dumont d'Urville visit with notes on station design, flights over George V Land, with notes on photographs and coastal descriptions, Oates Land, with diagrams of Cape North area, panoramic views from Thala Island, map of Thala Island, photograph. lists and helicopter flight logs, ship engine problems, return via Macquarie Island (1 December 1961-8 March 1962). Loose items include lists, telegrams, press cutting of Nel farewelling Nella Dan, copy of poem "The Quitter" by R. Service. Also includes notes on: survival packs, vehicles at Wilkes, typescript poem "Sledgers Lament", cable on Kharkov tractor, Lewis Island bird census, geological notes, minerals, Ship's Ice Log 22 December-25 February, typescript notes and map Wilkes Land. Photograph Wilkes Land Wintering Party (photo labelled), 1962.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip aboard MV Nella Dan to Heard Island, Mawson station and Davis station, Kerguelen and Macquarie Islands. General diary entries with itinerary, personnel lists. Includes notes on the Fuchs-Hillary controversy (20 January), Heard Island, Long Beach and Atlas Cove landings, Mawson changeover, notes on contact with Mirny Station, Mawson field trips, Davis Station and changeover, telegram cables on ill seaman, typescript cable, Budd's Heard Island Story (Assault on "Big Ben") (24 February 1963), fauna observations, pack ice problems and abandonment of push to Wilkes Land, return via Heard Island and Kerguelen with notes on French activities and signatures of Kerguelen party (9 January 1963-24 March 1963). Loose items include: notes on landings and changeover operations, designs for ANARE Badge, typescript itineraries. Also includes notes on Stations' needs, transcripts of poems by Macey, Gardner and Harvey and Storer.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip aboard Nella Dan to Macquarie Island. General diary entries with personnel lists. Includes record of journey, Macquarie Island changeover and Scouts' and Cadets' activities and notes on personnel and equipment.
This item contains references to: Antarctic exploration.

Bound diary of trip aboard Nella Dan to Mawson station, Davis station, Enderby Land. General diary entries with itinerary and personnel lists (front pages). Includes record of voyage, daily activities, navigational records, arrival at Mawson Harbour, excursions to Taylor Glacier, operations lists for Mawson and Enderby Land, notes on use of helicopters including forced landing, operations at Rumdoodle, notes on personnel, Mawson changeover, operations at Davis including closing of Davis Station, trip to Prydz Bay and helicopter flight to Munro Kerr Mountains, including coastal diagrams, flight to Mawson, comments on P. Martin, air operations lists, use of Polaris sledges, Beaver accident, trip to Jagar Island, fauna observations, Kemp Land operations, text of message to Mirny and Molodezhnaya, Rayner-Leckie-Mueller operations and others, notes on fast ice, trips to Magnet and Stefansson Bays, return to Hobart (22 December 1964-15 March 1965). Loose items include cable to Law from Mawson (Amery Ice Shelf), coastal maps of Enderby and Kemp Lands, flight operations map (Enderby and Kemp Lands), cable from Leningrad Arctic and Antarctic Institute (congratulations from Korotkevich, Somov and Balakshin 29 January 1965).

Diary of trip aboard Nella Dan to Wilkes Land, Mawson Station, Davis station, Lewis Island. General diary entries with itinerary and personnel lists. Includes record of voyage, striated iceberg sightings, Wilkes Land operations and helicopter flights, contact with Thala Dan, Mawson operations and changeover, hurricane at Mawson, including grounding of Nella Dan, flight to Munro Kerr Mountains, trip to Bollingen Island, Davis and Lewis Island including fauna observations and navigational notes (29 December 1965-12 March 1966). Loose items include: telegram from S. Kirkby (18 January 1966), DEA cables (Law to Sulzberger) concerning Antarctic Division activities and future planning, cable to Acting Director and Station commanders (from Law, concerning retirement from Antarctic Division), Wilkes Land and Mawson operations lists, press cuttings. Also includes flight log (rear pages).

Bound notebook covering establishment and usage of Cosmic Ray Station, including notes on choice of site and initial construction, records of visits by P.G. Law and others (mostly in diary form). Includes entries by P.G. Law, H. Rathgeber, D.E. Caro, N.R. Parsons, J.R. Bird, F. Jacka, D. Macey, W.E. Eggert, R.J. Webber, A. Gilchrist, R. Dovers, B.S. Warne and others. Records covering establishment, equipment, operations and tests, barometer readings, sledging trips, hut repairs, and article by P.G. Law, "Cosmic Ray Research at Hotham" (tearsheet of published article), Schuss, November-December 1947. Loose items include: manuscript notes on early visit to hut, food stocks, and typescript notes on equipment inventory (1951), early visit to hut and draft report: "Report on Mount Hotham Trip 10.4.1951-14.4.1951" (unsigned).