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Guide to the Papers of Roy G. Bettiens
MSS 025

Collection Title

Guide to the Papers of Roy G. Bettiens

Collection Identifier

MSS 025

Inclusive date(s)

1918 to 1989

Extent and Medium

18 boxes

Creator(s)

Category

Military

Subject: Organisation(s)

Collection Description

The papers chiefly comprise press clippings, notebooks and scrapbooks relating to Australian aviation history, Bert Hinkler and Charles Kingsford-Smith. Included is Molly Rackemann's collection on Charles Kingsford-Smith, donated to Bettiens

Acquisition Details

The collection was donated to the Academy Library in 1986 and 1989

Scope and Content

This collection chiefly comprises press clippings, notebooks and scrapbooks relating to Australian aviation history, Bert Hinkler and Charles Kingsford-Smith. Included is Molly Rackemann's collection on Charles Kingsford-Smith, donated to Bettiens

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: Open Access

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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: Copying of material authored by Roy Bettiens for private study and research is approved.

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Related and Separated Materials

Separated Material

This collection originally included a number of publications. These works have been catalogued separately, and added to the collection.

Bettiens, R. G. (1985). Hinkler: Hyperbole, hypocrisy and humbug versus authenticity and accuracy in Australian history (Limited ed.). Dickson, A.C.T: R.G. Bettiens.

Bettiens, R. G. (1989). Squadron Leader Owen Price, No. 8 Squadron's forgotten hero: Being a research report about RAAF Beauforts and the men who flew in them, the story of the Rabaul episode, an expose of denial of a Victorian Cross for Owen Price and a cover-up to launch the campaign for Owen Price's VC. Dickson, A.C.T: R.G. Bettiens.

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 above. 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.

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