Item 371 - Collection of correspondence, biographical notes and clippings regarding uncontrolled areas of inland Papua and early patrols

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AU ANUA 547-371

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Collection of correspondence, biographical notes and clippings regarding uncontrolled areas of inland Papua and early patrols

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  • 1937 - 1987 (Creation)

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Sinclair, James Patrick
(28 April 1928 - 9 October 2017)

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Australian National University Archives

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Mostly about the access to the uncontrolled areas of inland Papua and early patrols. Includes Biographical notes about Ivan and Elsie May Champion, notes on a radio transmission received on 31/1/28 regarding the Champion and Karius expedition, 1 February 1928 (Fly-Sepik patrol), Letter to Jim Sinclair from Ivan Champion dated 6th November (no year), newspaper clippings about the Champion Family, including an article from the Illustrated London News, 6 March 1937, 'Unknown tribes discovered in Central Papua' by Ivan Champion.

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