Papers of Jorma Pohjanpalo, 1928-1977
| Subject | Australia--Discovery and exploration |
|---|---|
| Explorers | |
| Correspondence | |
| Consuls | |
| Diplomacy | |
| Category | 3. World War I |
| Author | Pohjanpalo, Jorma |
| Wilkins, George Hubert | |
| Keywords | Finland |
| Kingsford-Smith, Charles | |
| Current Holder | National Library of Australia |
| Period Of Reference | 1928/1977 |
| Series Number | MS 5015 |
| Item Number | 649277 |
| Access Rights | Request at location |
| Rights | Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan. |
| Country Of Origin | Australia |
| Place | Helsinki |
| Sydney | |
| Language | Finnish |
| English | |
| Description From Source | 0.03 m. (1 folder), Some photocopies.
MS 5015 comprises two letters from Sir Hubert Wilkins to Jorma Pohjanpalo written in 1956 and 1957, four negatives and a photograph of Wilkins, and a 1974 article in Finnish ("The famous modest explorer of the Arctic regions"); small autograph with typed covering note, "Captain Kingsford-Smith's autograph given by himself to Mr. Jorma Pohjanpalo, Secretary of the Consulate for Finland in Sydney, 20 June 1928"; Pohjanpalo's article "Captain Cook and a Finn discovering the South Seas", published in Keskipoljanmaa, Finland, 13 February 1977, together with the English translation; also, the chapter on Australia "Under the southern sun" from Pohjanpalo's memoirs Onpahan eletty, published in Helsinki in 1974. |
| Physical Format | Correspondence |
| Letters | |
| Photographs | |
| Books | |
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