Place	Kalgoorlie Perth
Subject	Australia–Emigration and immigration—History Voyages and travels Aboriginal Australians–Australia–Western Australia Aboriginal Australians–History Missionary settlements Western Australia–History German language–Writing Photographs Archives Correspondence
Category	5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Keywords	Engineers
Current holder	State Library of Western Australia
Series number	MN 3063
Item number	ACC 8916A
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	Copyright Undetermined. Copyright or other restrictions may apply. Available for reference; not for loan.
Country of origin	Australia
Language	German English
Period of reference	1955 to 1976
Description from source	4 cm + 5 magnetic tape reels. Correspondence, miscellaneous files and five sound recordings on magnetic tape. John Alexander Portman arrived in Australia in 1955 on the SS Oronsay. He worked on Aboriginal missions in Western Australia and was also employed as a draftsman in Perth and as consulting engineer in Kalgoorlie. He also produced a collection of photographs.
Physical format	Manuscripts Correspondence Sound recording Photographs
Related resources	https://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b2463618~S2