Papers of Christopher Clark
MSS 002
Collection Title
Papers of Christopher ClarkCollection Identifier
MSS 002Inclusive date(s)
1903 to 2001Extent and Medium
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Subject: Terms(s)
Subject: Person(s)
Subject: Service Unit(s)
Collection Description
This collection comprises manuscript papers and related material produced and accumulated by Chris Clark for three of his published books.
Administrative / Biographical history
Dr Chris Clark (formerly known as Chris Coulthard-Clark) was born in 1951, and raised in the Wimmera district of Victoria. He graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1972, and gained his PhD from the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra in 1991. He was a captain in the Army before resigning to join the Public Service in 1979.
He has been the RAAF Historian since early in 2004 and heads the Office of Air Force History in the Air Power Development Centre at Tuggeranong. Prior to joining the APDC, he was Historian for Post-1945 Conflicts at the Australian War Memorial. Previously, he was a Research Editor with Australian dictionary of biography at the Australian National University, and ran his own historical consultancy. In 1991-93 he was Historical Fellow at the Air Power Studies Centre (as the APDC was once known), and before that Chief of the Air Staff Historian 1987-91.
He has been a Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW Canberra since 2003.
His publications include:
Citizen general staff : the Australian Intelligence Corps, 1907-1914, [by] C. D. Coulthard-Clark (1976)
Heritage of spirit : a biography of Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges K.C.B., C.M.G (1979)
A genealogy of the Bonnett family of Adelaide, compiled by Vi Short, Chris Coulthard-Clark (1983)
Duntroon, the Royal Military College of Australia, 1911-1986 (1986)
No Australian need apply : the troubled career of Lieutenant General Gordon Legge (1987)
Historical perspective of Dr H. V. Evatt (1987)
Gables, ghosts and governors-general : the historic house at Yarralumla, Canberra, edited by C.D. Coulthard-Clark (1988)
Third brother : the Royal Australian Air Force 1921-39 (1991)
Australia's air defence between the world wars : the development of Australian air power and its contribution to defence, 1918-40 (1991)
Action stations Coral Sea : the Australian commander's story (1991)
Edge of centre : the eventful life of Group Captain Gerald Packer (1992)
Diggers : makers of the Australian military tradition : lives from the Australian dictionary of biography / selected and condensed by Chris Coulthard-Clark (1993)
White ensign 1939-1945 : the Navy goes to war, [generated by Australia Post Philatelic Group; written by Chris and Tina Coulthard-Clark] (1993)
Qualitative edge : a role for air power in regional cooperation : the proceedings of a conference held by the Royal Australian Air Force in Melbourne 22 October 1992, edited by Chris Coulthard-Clark (1993)
Shame of Savo : anatomy of a naval disaster, by Bruce Loxton with Chris Coulthard-Clark (1994)
As I recall : reminiscences of early Canberra, by Charles Daley ; edited by Shirley Purchase ; introduction by Chris Coulthard-Clark (1994)
RAAF in Vietnam : Australian air involvement in the Vietnam war 1962-1975 (1995)
Soldiers in politics : the impact of the military on Australian political life and institutions (1996)
From the ground up : the training of RAAF technical ground staff, 1948-1993 (1997)
Garnet Malley and the RAAF's Chinese connection (1997)
Hit my smoke : targeting the enemy in Vietnam (1997)
McNamara VC : a hero's dilemma (1997)
Where Australians fought : the encyclopaedia of Australia's battles (1998)
Breaking free : transforming Australia's defence industry (1999)
Australia's military map-makers : the Royal Australian Survey Corps 1915-96 (2000)
Without peer : Sir William Clarkson, KBE, CMG (1859-1934): Engineer Vice-Admiral, Royal Australian Navy (2002)
References:
UNSW Canberra Humanities and Social Sciences webpage https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/dr..., retrieved 10 October 2016
Dust jackets.
References: Sauce
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
This collection relates to research and writing by Chris Clark for three books A heritage of spirit : a biography of Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges K.C.B., C.M.G, The citizen general staff : the Australian Intelligence Corps, 1907-1914 and Australia's military map-makers : the Royal Australian Survey Corps 1915-96. The majority of the collection relates to the writing of Australia's military map-makers : the Royal Australian Survey Corps 1915-96, and includes correspondence, research notes, drafts, photographs and motion pictures.
Access Restrictions
Other
Access: Check with Curator
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
Copying: Check with Curator
Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
Further material relating to Chris Clark is located in the papers of Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges, at MSS 082.
Separated Material
Further papers of Christopher Clark are held by the Australian War Memorial, in the Chris Coulthard-Clark Papers at MSS0741 and PR87/006.
Archivist notes and method of description
Disclaimer
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.