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Marion Ward papers relating to transport systems in Papua New Guinea
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Marion Ward papers relating to transport systems in Papua New Guinea

  • AU ANUA 376
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  • 1955 - 1971

Items 1 - 31: Research papers and research data on transport systems in Papua New Guinea, includes sea, air and road transport systems. While conducting this research Marion Ward was the Field Director of the New Guinea Research Unit, Australian National University, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Her research assistant was Barbara Mainsbridge.
Items 32 - 35: Field data from East Sepik District Field Trip, Mar 1969. The field trip was to collect data on transport in the East Sepik District. Accompanied on field trip by Amirah Inglis. Other data collected and field data processed by Barbara Mainsbridge, Research Assistant to Marion Ward at the New Guinea Resarch Unit (NGRU).
Items 36 - 45: Field Data from visit to Milne Bay District. The visit was to collect data on transport in the Milne Bay District. Accompanied by Barbara Mainsbridge, Research Assistant, who collected and processed other data and processed the field data.
Items 46 - 52: Transport information bulletins.
Items 53 -58: Reports on fresh food production and transport in the Port Moresby Hinterland. While conducting this research Marion Ward was the Field Director of the New Guinea Research Unit, Australian National University, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Items 59 - 65: Economic papers, maps and data relating to Ward's study.

Ward, Marion Wybourn

Articles on economics in Papua New Guinea

(1) 'They will live together - Or not', Commentary in a brochure for an exhibition of drawings by New Guinean students by Ruth Finney, ca. 1967; (2) 'Oil exploration in Papua - Transportation problems', by L.A. Pym in Walkabout, Australian Geographical Magazine, 1 Feb 1958; (3) Oil Search Limited: Notice of meeting and report of the directors; and map of petroleum tenements (Papua), 1969; (4) Notes by M. Ward from a seminar on District Planning by Diana Conyers, ca. 1969-1970

Copies of academic papers on economic issues in Papua New Guinea

(1) Three papers published in Australian Financial Review by Gavan McDonnell (i) 'Behind an African haze, independence poses distinct challenges' 11 Jan 1972 (ii) 'Economic hopes strain human resources', 12 Jan 1972 (iii) 'Prospero's islands begin to disgorge their wealth', 13 Jan 1972; (2) 'Lessons from the school of independence: On thinking about Papua and New Guinea', by John D. Montgomery, Harvard University, ca. 1970-1972; (3) 'The Maprik study - Progress report' by W.J. Neve, 4 Jun 1970; (4) 'The Pacific economy' by M. Salter, ANU, 5 Apr 1967; 'Some obstacles to the economic development of Papua-New Guinea, Department of Economics, RSPaCs, ANU, ca. 1963; (5) 'The role of cooperatives in Papua-New Guinea', by S. Singh, Senior Lecturer of Economics at the University of New England, Visiting Fellow at the ANU, ca. 1968-1969; (6) 'Transport, development and project aid for Papua New-Guinea', by D.N. Smith, Department of Transport, Papua New Guinea, Paper for the Institute of Engineers of Australia, annual conference, Newcastle, May 1974; (7) 'A cross-section of facts and views on native markets in New Guinea' - Report on interviews about indigenous markets, by W. Straatmans, ca. 1967; (8) 'Import replacement and industrial development in New Guinea' extract from The Economic Record by R.Kent Wilson, Sep 1968; (9) 'A research outline for a project of the New Guinea Research Unit - Industrialisation in New Guinea' by R.K. Wilson, 10 Jun 1966.

Copies of academic papers on economic issues in Papua New Guinea

(1) 'On one geography, and a third world' by H.C. Brookfield, Professor of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, ca. 1972; (2) 'A note on the New Hebrides' by Ron Crocome, 18 Dec 1971; (3) 'A review of Richard F. Salisbury - Vunamami: Economic transformation in a traditional society' by R.G. Crocombe, 9 Nov 1970; (4) 'Indigenous produce marketing in Papua and New Guinea' by Scarlett Epstein, ANU, 6 May 1969; (5) 'Labour absorption capacity of subsistence agriculture' by E.K. Fisk, extract from The Economic Record, Sep 1971; (6) 'Planning in a primative economy - Special problems of Papua-New Guinea' by E.K. Fisk, ANU for the 36th Congress of A.N.A.A.A.S, 23 Aug 1962. Also published version in The Economic Record, Dec 1962; (7) 'The Economic Development of Papua-New Guinea since 1960' by E.K. Fisk, Nov 1966; (8) 'Establishment costs of small rice farms: An analytical model of returns to capital' by E.K. Fisk, ANU ca. 1960s; (9) 'Elections and political consciousness in the Chimbu district' by Sachiko Hatanaka, ANU, ca. 1969-1970; (10) 'Leadership and its background in the Sinasina area - Preliminary report' by Sachiko Hatanaka, ANU, ca. 1969-1970.

A copy of `The village and the road: The local businessman and his problems with sorcery and other social pressures', Macquarie, 1976 by Michael Monsell Davis an Anthropologist working c. 1967-1973 in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) and in the field in the Mekeo area. Also includes correspondence from Michael Monsell Davis to Marion Ward regarding the paper and a reply from Gerard Ward.

Ward's correspondence with shipping companies in Papua New Guinea, asking for information for her study of ports and coastal shipping in Papua New Guinea. Companies contacted include Phillip and J. Fong, Steamships Trading Company Limited, North Western Trading Company Pty. Ltd, Pacific Island Shipping Co. Ltd, Huon Shippling Line Ltd., Namasu Ltd. and Sepik Coastal Agencies Pty. Ltd.