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Patrol into yesterday by John Keith McCarthy.

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  • c. 1963

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Original manuscript as submitted to the publishers, F. W. Cheshire of Melbourne. 450 pp. The manuscript was abridged and much of the original material was cut from the published edition. The book was published as 'Patrol into yesterday : my New Guinea years'. Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire, 1963.

Bob Cole notebook

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  • no date

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Details of the 1st New Guinea contingent to enlist. NGX 1 to NGX 60, only 49 left Rabaul on ss Nellore on 16 - 2 - 40 for Brisbane . Includes lists of Army NGX numbers.

Tok Save (talk savy) board game

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  • c. 1970

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Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province: Terra Nova Publishing, c. 1970. A board game about PNG culture, geography, politics and history.

Teramatt Field Trials, North-South Expressway, Malaysia

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  • 1989

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Report prepared by A. Cammack and Associates, Consultants, Noosa Heads (Queensland), June 1989. Private and confidential report commissioned by the Government of Papua and New Guinea. Terramat is an organic geofabric used to stabilise embankments on roads. Report includes 20 colour photographs, 8.5cm x 12.5cm.

Papers related to the expedition from the Sepik River to Daru in 1942

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  • 1942 - 1952

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The expedition was led by Jack Thurston following the Japanese invasion and fall of Rabaul. Includes a copy of the Diary of Ken Odgers, a member of the expedition, and related papers. Includes copies of documents:-John Milligan interviewed by Bryant Allen, 2 December 1982,-Various official documents, letters and reports about the murders of R. B. Strudwick, George Eichorn, Reginald James Beckett, Jack Mitchell and Ah Tang.

Ainsworth Report and Eggleston Report

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  • 1923 - 1939

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Includes report by Colonel John Ainsworth on administrative arrangements and matters affecting the interests of Natives in the Territory of New Guinea, Commonwealth of Australia, 1923-24 [the Ainsworth Report] and the Report of Committee appointed to survey the possibility of establishing a combined administration of the territories of Papua New Guinea, and to make a recommendation as to a capital site (1) For the combined administration if that is favoured, or (2) For the Territory of New Guinea if the retention of separate administratives is recommended. Commonwealth of Australia, August 1939 [the Eccleston Report]. Photocopies.

Review of Native Labour Legislation

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  • 1953 - 1954

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Notes on Conference held at Port Moresby, December 1953 and Views expressed by District Commissioner, Port Moresby: Territory of Papua and New Guinea, February 1954.

Department of District Administration confidential files.

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  • 1951 - 1962

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Includes material regarding attacks on patrols at Mendi, Tari, Adelbert mountain range, Koroba and Wonenara [Alder case]. Includes the papers and coroner's report on the death of Constable Agau of the Tari detachment of the Royal Papua and New Guinea Constabulary, 8 June 1953. File includes original, carbon and photocopied records.

Department of District Administration confidential files.

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  • 1947 - 1955

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Includes files on:-Burning of Tambaran houses by a missionary in the Maprik area, Sepik District (1951),-Naval conference at Lombrun (Manus),-Alleged murders of two Natives on Sudest Island (1954),-Native affairs at Goilala and the suspension of Roy Edwards (1951),-Special Report by Mr J. E. Wakeford on tribal fighting in Menyamya Sub-District, Morobe (1955),-Special Report on attack on patrol at North Bainings Area,-Enquiry into the Central Highlands District by Ivan Champion (1948),-Special Report on an investigation in the Central Highlands into the deaths of five Natives in Chimbu area (1947) conducted by M J. H. McDonald,-Enquiry into the death of Patrol Officer J. W Sims (1949). File includes original, carbon and photocopied records.

Department of District Administration, 'Staff Postings'

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  • 1966 - 1968

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Includes paper by Harry H. Jackman 'Some problems of Indigenous businessmen in Papua New Guinea', Paper for Seminar 'Indigenous participation in business, Industry and community leadership', at the University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, May 1967.

Mastamak: the land surveyors of PNG (2001) papers

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  • c. 2001

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James Sinclair's compilation of papers on surveyors of Papua New Guinea from 1936 for use in his manuscript, Mastamak: the land surveyors of PNG (2001). Includes copies of maps dating from 1887-1936.

Papers from the Department of the Administrator and the Review of the Department of Native Affairs.

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  • 1946 - 1972

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Includes information to field staff, lists of staff, staff postings,-paper by N. D. Oram, 'Information, consultation and participation: administrative decentralization in New Guinea', Fourth Waigani Seminar on the Politics of Melanesia,-paper by M. B. Orken (Senior Commissioner, Land Titles Commission, Goroka) 'Land disputes in the New Guinea Highlands, a personal view',-papers arising from the administrative review of the Department of Native Affairs in the 1950s (Paul Hasluck et al), including circulars to field staff, reports on policy formulation and revenue,-Report by Committee of Review (Native Affairs) on Advisory Councils for Native Affairs (p/c),-Summary of the 1960 Constitutional Changes in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea ['David Chenoweth'],-Central policy formulation in Papua and New Guinea [cc 'Joe Lynch or perhaps David Chenoweth'],-Questionnaire for Field Staff, Working Paper, circulars, administrative training and the future of the Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA). Some of these papers were given to Sinclair by Dr Gunther. File includes original, carbon and photocopied records.

Reports and notes

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  • 1959 - 1963

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Includes 1962 Liquor Report, Navuneram Report, Derham Report, Lynch Papers.

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