History of Australian Science Newsletter

No. 34, March 1995 ISSN 0811-4757

News

• The Records of Peter Mason
• World War II Binocular Cleaners
• Australian Forest History Society
• Physics Museum puts collection list on the Net
• The Literature of Australian Natural History
• Harold White Fellowships
• AAS Boosts Bright SPARCS
• Who Are We (revisited)?
• Einstein Memorabilia Rescued

Reports

• ASAP Melbourne Office Update
• Adolph Basser Library Annual Report 1994-95
• Talking about Science and Other Knowledge Traditions in Australia
• ICOHTEC Report

Obituaries

• John Clarke
• Jean Buckley Moran

Publications

• Rock Me Hard...Rock Me Soft... - A history of the Geological Society of Australia Inc.
• Searching for the Snowy - An environmental history.
• Computing in Australia - The development of a profession.
• The Man Who Sold the Milky Way - A biography of Bart Bok.
• Antarctic Artefacts - A selctive description and annotated catalogue of artefacts in the Mawson Collection at the University of Adelaide.

Dates

• Coming events

This newsletter is published by the Australian Science Archives Project twice a year in March and August.

HASN has been published in hardcopy since 1983. From November 1993 it will be simultaneously published in both electronic and hardcopy forms. Back issues will be converted as resources allow. For information on obtaining the hardcopy version contact Tim Sherratt (Tim.Sherratt@anu.edu.au).

Contributions of short articles, reports and notices are welcomed. Items for inclusion in this newsletter should be sent to the editor: