Includes: (a) The New Guinea Society Constitution, dated 31 Jul 1957;
(b) The New Guinea Society: Constitution, revised to 1959;
(c) Proposal for an amendment to the Constitution;
(d) Document signed by C.A. Hughes, Hon. Sec., headed The New Guinea Society, possibly issued in second half of 1964, which reports formation of the Society in Canberra in 1957 and announces Symposium on Tertiary Education in PNG for 13 Oct;
(e) two versions (one ms., one ts.) of list of papers delivered to Society (?) & their authors, 31 July 1957 to 26 Jun 1963, some of which are collected in PMB1379/1, while others are not, e.g. M. Groves, ‘Present day relations between the government & the governed in the Central District of Papua’, 16 Apr 1958; and S.A Wurm, ‘The languages of New Guinea’, 25 Sep 1957 (but see brief summaries of these authors’ presentations in PMB1379/11);
(f) Annual Reports, Annual General Meetings, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964, some dates uncertain;
(g) Lists of members of Society at 24 Jul 1963;and 1 Jun 1964;
(h) announcements of meetings of Society, 22 Nov 1961to 3 May 1965;
(i) (Executive) Committee meetings, 1 Jun 1964 and 25 Feb 1965;
(j) New Guinea Society Office holders for 1961-2;
(k) ALP Federal Conference Perth, July-August 1963 Papua-New Guinea [ Replacement of Party’s existing platform on PNG by new platform], 2p.; and
(l) miscellaneous letters, press releases and other documents.