| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/122/5 contains: |
| 1 |
Typed copy of a paper by Peter M. Worsley entitled 'Early Asian Contacts with Australia' |
| 2 |
Documents relating to a lecture by C. P. Fitzgerald entitled 'The Chinese Discovery of Australia?' given at the 23rd International Congress of Orientalists, 27 August 1954 |
| 3 |
Two letters from C. P. Fitzgerald of The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, about a photograph of a Taoist image found at Darwin |
| 4 |
Notes by Cedric Dover in Brentford, Middlesex, about Chinese relations with Australia, and related notes by Joseph Needham |
| 5 |
Joseph Needham's notes listing the dates of English and Portuguese expeditions to Australia |
| 6 |
Joseph Needham's notes from Wei Chü-Hsien [??? / Wei Juxian], 'Chung-Kuo Jen Fa-Hsien Ao-Chou', [??????? / Zhong Guo Ren Fa Xian Ao Zhou], (Hong Kong, 1960) |
| 7 |
Letter from David J. Peters of Oxford, about C. P. Fitzgerald's article entitled 'The Chinese Discovery of Australia?' |
| 8 |
Letter from David J. Peters of Oxford, about a reference to a Chinese discovery of Australia in Prof. Robert Graves, 'The Isles of Unwisdom', (Cassell and Company, 1950), and resultant correspondence |
| 9 |
Typed notes from J. V. Mills on 'Places visited by Chêng Ho [?? / Zheng He]' and the question of whether the Chinese visited Australia before the Dutch |
| 10 |
Annotated typescript and manuscript draft notes from the section of the 'Nautical technology' chapter of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 3', entitled 'China and Australia' |
| 11 |
Related notes and bibliographical references |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
Two letters from C. P. Fitzgerald of The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, about a photograph of a Taoist image found at Darwin |
| Reference |
SCC2/122/5/3 |
| Creator |
Fitzgerald, C. P. |
| Covering Dates |
4 Feb. 1955–20 Jan. 1956 |
| Extent and Medium |
2 sheets; Paper |
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