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Papers on the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the Seychelles
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Papers on the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the Seychelles

  • AU ANUA 368
  • Series
  • 1943 - 1992

Contains research papers, academic articles, speeches, diaries, correspondence and government publications on the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the Seychelles. Papers re general Pacific Islands matters, including Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand and the South Pacific Commission, constitutional development, and press cuttings. The collection was compiled by Allan during his time as an administrator in these Islands and as a researcher.

Allan, Colin Hamilton

Notes on Visit of the British Resident Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand, 8-20 Feb 1968 (and visit to Fiji on 21 Feb).

Includes notes on meetings with Fletchers Constructions, Overseas Committee of the Presbyterian Church of NZ, Melanesian Mission Auckland, Islands Education Wellington, NZ Voluntary Service Abroad, Bank of NSW, Burns Philp & Co Ltd, Kerr Bros, Qantas, Australian Govt Treasury and External Affairs, British High Commissioner, Professor Davidson and Deryck Scarr, CRA, ANZ Bank, Reserve Bank, Commonwealth Bank, Ratu Mara and others. Ts., carbon.

Vanuatu, France in the Pacific and other press articles.

Including:
• John Campbell, “Vanuatu tries to sell its tax perks”, The Australian, 1 Feb 1983;
• John H. Hutchinson, “France Eyes Pacific”, Herald (?), 21 Jun 1982;
• “France in the Pacific”, editorial NZ Herald, 23 Apr 1982;
• Claire Rosemburg, “France sees the Pacific as more than a nuclear bomb test site”,
• Dale Van Atta and Brian Toohey, “The Timor Papers: special lift-out report”, The National Times, 30 May-5 Jun 1982.

Miscellaneous mixed press cuttings – political. Fijian articles.

Including:
• Wendy Bacon, “Somebody’s man in Fiji [Paul Freeman]”, NZ Listener, 26 Dec 1987;
• Wendy Bacon, “Paul Freeman: Fijian army officer with friends in the CIA, Times on Sunday, 24 Jan 1988;
• David Robie, “Why the Fijian plot theory is gaining ground”, Times on Sunday, 12 Jul 1987;
• Nicholas Rothwell, “Grace [Molisa] melds poetry and politics”, The Australian, 10 Dec 1987;
• “The Waiting War: New Caledonia special report”, NZ Listener, 26 Jan-9 Feb 1985.

Tony Worner’s collection of press cuttings re Vanuatu

• New Hebrides press cuttings: Odds & Bobs (1979 & Foreign)
• “Santo Revolt”: cuttings British press, 31 May-3 Jun 1980
• “Santo Revolt”: cuttings British Press, 12-13 Jun 1980
• New Hebrides: UK cuttings, 14-17 Jun 1980
• New Hebrides: UK cuttings, 18-27 Jun 1980
• New Hebrides cuttings: UK weeklies, Sundays, Jun-Jul 1980
• New Hebrides: UK press cuttings, Times and Telegraph, 1 Jul-early Aug
• Vanuatu. Post Independence: UK press cuttings, 6 Aug-23 Sep 1980
• Telexed Press Summaries from London and Paris; plus verbatim transcription of Radio Australia reports (which had considerable impact during crisis period).
• Daily summaries of NHG press conferences conducted by John Beasant (made solely for use in BNS), 25 Jun-24 Jul 1980.
Plus letters from Tony and Margaret Warner to Colin and Betty Allan, 1980. 1980

Press financial survey articles

Includes:
• David Hickie, “Who Owns Australia”, The National Times, 8-14 Jun 1980; pp.27-42.
• Solomon Islands supplement, Financial Times, 7 Jul 1978, including Charles Smith, “Solomon Islands. Dots and Dashes of Age”; pp.33-36. (2 copies.)
• Malcolm Wilson, “The lessons to be learnt from eight years of share investing. How the top 100 have fared: 1972 to 1980”, Business Review, 5-11 Oct 1980; pp.8-9.
• Ken McGregor, “Trade with France. A special survey”, Financial Review Survey, 14 Jun 1980; pp.1-16.
• Peter Maher (Ed.), “The Mining and Oil review”, Financial Review Survey, 19 Jun 1980; pp.1-20.
• Fred Brenchley, “The New Hebrides”, The Australian Financial Review, 5 Jun 1972; pp.1-16.
• “Hong Kong: a special survey”, Financial Review Survey, 23 Jun 1980; pp.1-12.

Seychelles, Solomons and Gilberts.

Includes the following documents:
• Solomon Islands: Character and Culture, Sep 1975, Ts., draft, annotated, 9pp., together with papers on the SI budget session, 1976, and a response to paper by J.A. Boutilier on SI District Officers, Dec 1978, Ts., 3pp.;
• D.C.C. Luddington, Solomon Islands Valedictory Despatch 1976, Ts., 11pp.
• C.H. Allan, First Impressions of the Solomon Islands, 1977, Ts., 13pp.;
• C.H. Allan, Solomon Islands Annual Review for 1977, Ts., 21pp., appendix;
• C.H. Allan, Constitutional Advance in the Solomon Islands, 1977, Ts., roneo, 9pp.;
• C.H. Allan, Constitutional Advance in the Solomon Islands, Sep 1977, Ts., roneo, 15pp.;
• B. Greatbatch, [Seychelles] Valedictory Despatch, 1973, Ts., carbon, 9pp.;
• J. Moore, Gilbertese Settlement in the Solomon Islands, May 1977, Ts., carbon, 29pp., appendices and cover note; together with P.D. Macdonald, Questions relating to Emigration of Gilbertese, especially from Phoenix and Southern Gilbert Islands, to the Solomon Islands, Apr 1977, Ts., p/c, 18pp.;
• J.H. Smith, The Gilbert Islands: A Valedictory, 3 May 1978, Ts., roneo, 3pp.;
• Seychelles Political Despatch, 21 Feb 1973, Ts., roneo, 10pp.;
• B. Greatbatch to FCO, re Seychelles, 22 Mar 1973, Ts., 3pp.;
• Record of Conversation between FCO Minister and Seychelles Delegation, 19 Jun 1973, Ts., 4pp.;
• Meeting with the Governor of the Seychelles and Seychelles Ministers, 20 Jul (1973), Ts., p/c, 5pp.;
• James R. Mancham, Report on Seychelles constitutional matters, 14 Sep 1973, Ts., 1p.
• C.H. Allan, First Impressions of the Colony of the Seychelles, 1974, Ts., 15pp.;
• C.H. Allan, The Seychelles General Election, 1974, 7 May 1974, Ts., 12pp.;
• C.H. Allan, The Seychelles Review for 1974, Ts., 13pp.
• The Seychelles Connection, n.d. (1977?), Ts., annotated, 9pp.

New Hebrides. Master. Despatches and reports on matters relating to the New Hebrides

• C.H. Allan to Sir Michael Gass, Honiara, 23 Feb 1972, Ts., 5pp.;
• C.H. Allan, Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides: Principal Developments since August 1966, 29 Aug 1972, printed, 22pp.;
• C.H. Allan, Valedictory Review of Principal Developments since August 1972, 11 May 1973, printed, 9pp.;
• R.W.H. du Boulay, New Hebrides: Annual Review and First Impressions of a Franco-British Partnership that Works – After a Fashion, 2 Jan 1974, printed 9pp.;
• R.W.H. du Boulay, New Hebrides: Annual Review for 1974, 5 Jan 1975, Ts., roneo, 15pp.;
J.S. Champion, Decolonisation in the New Hebrides. Confidential Despatch of 4 January 1977, Ts., p/c, 8pp.
• J.S. Champion, Despatch to Secretary of State for Foreign and Cmth Affairs on New Hebrides land problems, 24 Feb 1977, Ts., p/c, 4pp.;
• Keith Woodward, Note on the BSIP Interim Proposals for Constitutional Development, n.d., Ms., 13pp.
• Keith Woodward, Historical Summary of Constitutional Advance in the New Hebrides, 1954-1977, 27 Feb 1978, Ts., roneo, 78pp., plus amendments and letter from C.H. Allan to Woodward, 3 Apr 1978, Ts., 1p.

Solomons and Fiji Lecture.

Includes, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, Memorandum. Post-war Policy, Reconstruction, and Re-organisation of Administration. Confidential. From the Secretary, Western Pacific High Commission, to His Excellency the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. Printed, 34pp., n.d., marked in ink 1943-44(?). And the following papers by C.H. Allan: • Popular Myths of the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, Ts., 8 paras – “It is not true that motor vehicles which are British drive on the left and French on the right…”;
• The Solomon Islands – The Road to Independence, RSPAS seminar paper, 1978, Ts., 21pp.;
• Bureaucratic Organisation for Development in Small Island States, Development Studies Centre, ANU, seminar paper, 1979, Ts., 22pp.;
• “Extract from a lunchtime address on 13 April 1982 to the Royal Commonwealth Society Auckland”, Ts., 2pp.;
• Untitled paper, “There were three unusual and particularly difficult aspects to the transfer of power in the Solomons…”, Ts., annotated, 4pp.;
• Notes of the Fiji coup, 14 May 1987, Ms., 2pp., plus press cuttings; Introduction to a lecture on de-colonisation given by C.H. Allan in Aug 1983 and Aug 1985.

British Indian Ocean Territories legislation

• The Seychelles Judicial Order in Council, 1899, p/c, 6pp.
• Seychelles Judicial Order in Council, 1903, p/c, 2pp.
• The Seychelles Legislature Order in Council, 1903, p/c, 3pp.
• British Indian Ocean Territory Royal Instructions 1965, P/c, 4pp.
• British Indian Ocean Territory Order 1965; p/c, 5pp.
• Merchant Shipping (Registration of Colonial Government Ships) (Amendment) Order 1967’ p/c, 2pp.
• Overseas Territories. Emergency Powers (Amendment) Order 1968, p/c, 1p.
• Seychelles Royal Instructions 1970, p/c, 4pp

South Pacific Commission, various reports.

Including:
• South Pacific Literature Bureau Progress Report 1952-1957, 15 Feb 1957, Ts., roneo, c.6pp.
• UK Commissioners on the SPC, Memorandum of Comments on Report of Eighth Meeting of Research Council, Jun 1957, 2 Aug 1957, Ts., carbon, 20pp.
• V.D. Stace, “Capital Formation Project, 1960/61, Preliminary Report”, Jul 1961, Ts., roneo, 35pp.
• SPC, Research Council, 9th meeting, Noumea, 14-24 May 1958, Women’s Interests, Ts., roneo, 3pp; with appended background paper by Freda H. Gwilliam on Women’s Interests, Ts., roneo, 4pp., May 1958.

Notes compiled from various sources on the present position of women’s committees and groups of different kinds, Ts., roneo, 19pp., including: British Solomon Islands Protectorate, Cook Islands, Fiji, Netherlands New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, American Samoa, Western Samoa, Kingdom of Tonga, New Hebrides, Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, Girl Guides in the South Pacific Commission Area, n.d. [1958].
• Organisation of Women’s Clubs in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Ts., roneo, 5pp; and J.T. Gunther, District Sub-Committees Appointed to Promote the Advancement of Women, Ts., roneo, 1p., 1958.

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