The series contains many subject folders arranged by Standish before his death. Electoral politics in Chimbu province of Papua New Guinea are a major component of the series, which contains many candidate posters and other electoral ephemera, especially from 2007. There are also material concerning HIV/AIDS in the region, the Bougainville Emergency and subsequent peace process, and a quantity of correspondence, personal in nature but touching on politics in PNG.
The series also contains a significant quantity of maps, especially of Chimbu province.

Note that A/V material collected by Bill Standish is cataloged in series ANU A 826.

Photographs of people and places in PNG, probably mostly in Port Moresby and Motu regions, but also including Rabaul. Some labelled 'elections '72'. The majority lack identifiers, but a few are labelled 'Delena Goruttu' and 'Rea Rea Pore Porena 1973'.

Photographs of people and places in PNG, probably mostly in Port Moresby and Motu regions. One photo of Nigel Oram. Likely dates 1963-1975.

Photographs of people and places in PNG, probably mostly in Port Moresby and Motu regions. Likely dates 1063-1975.

Text opening 'As written by Alexander H. Drummond 2/29th, 1942. Malaya.' Contains a memoir of Drummond's World War II experiences in 1942 and 1943, including time in 1943 as POW of Japanese. 1942, 173 pages; 1942 unpaginated, ~130 pages.

Regarding details of use of Catalinas in New Guinea.

Includes copy of 'Wantok' no. 175 June 1977 most likely in Tok Pisin, aircraft casualties list from June 1939, government defence scheme for Papua and New Guinea in 1936, program for English & social studies course for members of the house of assembly, patrol report for Iguni Himoda district 1937.

ANU Historical Journal, No.4, Oct 1967.

Includes list of all the Sisters.

Port Moresby: Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries (DASF), Extension Bulletin No.1.

Martha Macintyre, 'Matrilineal Structures and Patriarchal Values: Women's Health on Lihir, Papua New Guinea,' from box marked 'Engendering Health. Copyedited pages before final submission in 2005.'

Images of individuals and communities, some pastoral, during workshops on HIV in Goroka, Vunapope, Tsiroge

This collection includes medical, scientific, and government papers and publications relating to Dr Scragg's work, mostly in Papua New Guinea during his Tenure as Director of Public Health, the majority circa 1950-1970. This collection also contains working papers, correspondence, photographs, and some papers of Scragg's wife, Joy.

1 album of 40 black and white photographs taken by a miner associated with the Astrolable mineral field and the Laloki and Dubuna Mines near Port Moresby. The photographs were taken between 1918 and 1924 and include images of mining operations, storage facilities and a tramway, staff housing for the New Guinea Copper Mine, as well as the general images of the landscape and everyday events, including Rouna Falls, Bootless Bay, farming, harvesting and ploughing, a coconut plantation at Bautama (Bootless Inlet) and a funeral procession.

This series consists largely of academic research materials accumulated by Oram from 1962 onwards, and pertains to Papua New Guinea, especially Port Moresby - about which Oram wrote a book, Colonial town to Melanesian city : Port Moresby, 1884–1974 - and the nearby coastal Hula region. There is also a significant amount of material for a study of Reginald Edward Guise, Grandfather of Sir John Guise, first governor-general of independent Papua New Guinea.

A highlight of the collection is the photographic material. In addition of Oram's own photographs of 1960s Port Moresby, there are several albums of remarkable photographs by A. C. English and others of Papua New Guinea c.1900.

Large number of negatives, in strips and seperated. Most do not seem to correspond to prints elsewhere in the series. Some sleeves labelled 'Prehistory, La Trobe University.' Mostly undated, but one sheet is marked 1973.

Various slides of PNG, probably mostly by Oram in the Port Moresby and Hulu regions, but a few appear to be circa 1900, perhaps by A. C. English.

Court case on Crown Resumption and Acquisition of Land

Copies of correspondence, c.1900, regarding West Granville Lands

Articles by Murray Groves

Notes, handwritten and typed, on Motu language, with wordlists.

Folder labelled Letter from JB & Port Moresby as Capital & Tommy Kabu, containing correspondence, academic articles, newspaper clipping.

Notes on Native Land Custom Port Moresby Region, by J.B.C. Bramell, Commissioner. Also contains notes and typescript on land acquisition in Port Moresby

Research paper by W.R. Stent, La Trobe University, and L. Roy Webb, Melbourne

Lists of lands and villages compiled by Patrol Officer (possibly W.H. Morris), with geneological information

List of Motu names for various fish, birds and animals, together with geneological tables.

 a typescript by Paul Quinlivan on colonialism and ownership of land in New Guinea 

Typescript of a paper submitted to the journal Pacific Studies, but not published under that name (if at all).

22 p. research paper, seemingly unpublished, with J. P. Sinclair handwritten at top.

Handwritten notes

Notes and papers on Motu and Koina customs and their legal application, including reference to specific cases. Includes working paper T.E. Barnett, The Application of the Native Customs (Recognition) Ordinance to Three Motu/Koita Family Cases

Correspondence chiefly concerning editing and publication of research paper 'Rabia Camp: a Port Moresby migrant settlement.' Correspondents include Nancy Hitchcock, R.G. Crocombe, Susan Faircloth, Tommy Kabu, Peter Lawrence.

Letter concerning Europeans in Port Moresby in the early 20th c.

Report on Port Moresby Area

4 photographs showing communities by the shore and boats

Correspondence and notes regarding photographs by A. C. English

Research materials and correspondence

Showing process, with many details, of building trading canoe, presumably that used by Oram

Copy of A.C. English, British New Guinea and Description of Lantern Slides, 1904, with handwritten notes on A.C. English photocraphs, and correspondence Re: Oram's collection

Research materials on land owned by R. E. Guise in PNG

Copies of missionary letters of 1871-1876, dealing with early efforts in PNG, with mentions of difficulties of the mission, death rites, and shipwrecks.

Several articles, including The Impact of the London Missionary Society on the Central District of Papua, a Talk Given at the Port Moresby United Church by Percy Chatterton, 1967, and copies of letters from the Ratotongan missionary, Piri, of 1878-1880.

Printouts, photocopies, and handwritten notes regarding patrol reports of Port Moresby

MA Thesis of John Mayo, University of Papua and New Guinea

Narrative of Kori Taboro (d.1950) transcribed by Sinaka Goava in 1946.

Letters of Luigi Maria D'Albertis during his stay on Yule Island 1875, translated by Rosemary Oram

Photocopies of late 19th c photographs and related correspondence.

Correspondence between Oram and Vaiburi Dairi of Port Moresby

Printouts of references for Guise study

Photographs and photocopies of imagery for research projects, esp. trading canoes and sea subjects

Printouts of references for Guise study

Copies and originals concerning the history of the London Missionary Society in PNG, last 19th to mid 20th century. Includes an index of Australian Newspaper references to PNG.

Material pertaining to Oram's book of the same name, e.g. press releases, reviews, clippings, correspondence re royalties.

Photographs of the construction of a trading canoe, possibly that used by Oram.

Photocopies, printouts of references, handwritten notes concerning Guise in PNG

Material towards a study of Reginald Edward Guise, including many letters from informants.

Notes made in response to queries from Oram regarding life in Port Moresby in the early 20th century

Material towards a study of Reginald Edward Guise, including many letters from informants.

Material from a folder labelled Guise, containing copies of primary soruces, correspondence, and an early typescript, with annotations, of Oram, Towards a Study of the London Missionary Society in Hula 1875-1968.

Hand drawn map and family tree of founding family, with duplicates.

55 pages by Oram

Printed draft with extensive annotations, plus additional notes and bibliography

Research notes, correspondence, and drafts of article.

Material pertaining to governance and reform in Port Moresby and New Guinea, including comparative material from East Africa, consisting of correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, reports.

Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Village of Kalo at mouth of Kemp-Welch River, Hula, Marietimaga, Keapara, Port Moresby, Iraugaro, Sinaugolo, Rigo

Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Tupuselei, Gaile, Kapa Kapa, Keakaro, Demori, Capt. Butterworth & Armed Native Constabulary, Rev James Chalmers.

Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Miganigolo, Mr Shorts, Kemaia, Babaka, Velerupu Canoe, Stone Ovens of Gumoridobo, Kalo, Kapa Kapa,

Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Mr. and Mrs. Short with Giro Paula, Mission Girls , tattooed Girl Kaite, Kalo village, Bula'a.

Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention House-Boat Bulaa (1898), R.E. Guise, Kiwai, Rigo, Kapa Kapa, BNG Gov't Steamer 'Merrie England,' Velerupu sailing canoe.

Photographs possibly by Oram depicting village life and missions. Captions include Raula, Deacons, LMS School, Kopi Koke, my canoe, Rami Kapari, Dango 1965, Lae Yokea Settlement, Viriolo. Keapara.

Photographs and contact sheets depicting village life and canoes. Captions include Port Moresby, Tanobada, Tupuseli Marine Village, Tyrell, Western Motu, Pari village, Hamuabapa, Elevala village.

Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Kopugolo, Babaka, Kapa Kapa, Seri Seri, Keakaro, Tattooing on Polynesian Girls, Perined Band on man.

Research notes, correspondence, and family trees pertaining to research on Guise family.

Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Pari Villagers,Gaile, Keapare, Babaka, trading canoes. Includes photograph attributed to Nixon Westwood (b.1885) and A.C. English. Also contains handwritten note of Oram.

Photographs probably by Alfred Charles English (1863-1945) depicting village life with portraits of individuals; captions mention Gabone, Armed Native Constabulary, crocodile, war party, Siniva Samoan teacher's wife, Port Moresby, Mission Girls, Hula, Hula in Mr Short's time. 6 colour prints by another photographer.

Draft paper with notes and related correspondence, and material about Hiri, the Motu name for trading voyages.

Photocopies of mostly 19th century newspapers, some with annotations, selected for relevance to PNG

Findings by Native Land Commission, in connection with a claim by Geita-Sebea for Badili Laurina Iduhu of Kila Kila Village

Photocopies of primary sources, plus correspondence.

Typescript of Lawes' Diary (Held in State Library of New South Wales) 10th January 1876 to 14th February 1884. Also contains 4 pages of Brief History of the Hulu by Oram.

Handwritten notes generated during archival research. Topics include the Log of the Queenslander 1880s, Papua Annual Reports 1880s-1940s, Rigo Annual Reports 1899-1930s, Patrol Reports 1910-1950s, and others.

2 photographs pasted on recto and verso of board inside plastic folder. Labelled Natives of Iraugaro - Singaugolo Tribe, and Dubu at Iraugaro.

Pertaining to Guise family research and the London Missionary Society. Photocopies of newspapers, typescripts of Report of the Fifth to Sixth Voyages of the Ellengowan, 1870s; On Board the Lizzie Jardine 1873.

Correspondence with H. W. Champion re: life in Port Moresby; The Role of the L.M.S. in Papuan History; Sermon Preached by the Rev. Percy Chatterton…to Mark the 60th Anniversary of the Death of Dr. William Lawes.

Printed draft with extensive annotations, plus additional notes

Subtitled A Study of Social Change, 41pp., together with The New Religion, an extract from a larger work, likely by the same author, 29pp.

Two copies of a typescript translation of D'Albertis' account of 1885, together with a photocopy of the original Italian, plus correspondence of Oram re: D'Albertis.

Folder containing draft of Oram, The Western Motu and Koita Area and the European Impact: 1872-1942, related correspondence, handwritten notes and maps.

Correspondence with Guise family members in PNG, maps of Guise land, and family trees

Notes and primary source copies regarding charges against Reginald Guise in 1885

Two texts by Groves: The Blending of Cultures, and Thesis Extracts, plus handdrawn map of Motu and Koita Villages, and an envelope labelled Motu Regalia containing clippings from the Papua and New Guinea Villager, vol. 8, no.2 (Feb 1957) 'Poreporena Initiation Regalia.'

Correspondence between Oram and Ivan Champion and Percy Chatterton regarding the history of Port Moresby. Note discussion of alleged ritual murder.

Handwritten and typed family trees

Folder marked Motu Morality by Murray Groves containing texts by Groves: Motu Kinship Terminology, and photocopy of part of Motu Morality

Handwritten transcription of late 19th and early 20th century correspondence, 6pp.

Retrospective remarks on MacGregor by Joyce, 10pp, plus Joyce's CV and 4p document marked Joyce Thesis Appendix. Also contains printouts of 2 primary sources: Narrative of Expedition of the Australian Squadron of New Guinea, 1884; Thirteenth Voyage of Ellengowan, 1876.

Appendix to a draft of Simplified Motu to Police Motu prepared for a seminar of 22nd April, 1982