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Departmental copies.
Restricted copy No. 65. Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area.
Bruce Cole's copy
Includes sections from Lewis Lett 'Knights Errant of Papua' 1925 and W. R. Humphries 'Patrolling in Papua' 1935.
Includes photocopies of 'From stone to steel : economic consequences of a technological change in New Guinea' by R.F. Salisbury (1962), 'Territory of New Guinea anthropological report' vol. 4 by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (1924), 'The collection of curios and the preservation of native culture' by F.E. Williams (1923), 'The Vailala Madness and the Destruction of Native Ceremonies in the Gulf Division' by F.E. Williams (1923), 'Nawok! The New Zealand expedition to New Guinea's highest mountains' by Philip Temple (1962), 'Jungle pimpernel : the story of a district officer in central Netherlands New Guinea' by Lloyd Rhys (1947), 'Front-line airline : the war story of Qantas Empire Airways Limited' by E. Bennett-Bremner (1944), 'Coral and colour of gold' Roy Struben (1901) and 'Somewhere in New Guinea : a companion to Prowling through Papua' by Frank Clune illustrated by Syd Miller (1951).
This is a compilation of articles written by Jack Hides and published in 'The Times', London in 1937. The articles were published under the heading, 'Ordeal in Papua' and there were three parts: Part 1 ('Venture into the unknown', 6 October 1937), Part 2 ('Lost in an insane land', 7 October 1937), Part III ('Adrift on a raging flood', 8 October 1937). The articles describe Jack Hides into the last unknown centre of British New Guinea, an expedition into a formidable land that ended in the death of David Lyall, his companion. Hides discovered in 1935 the Tarifuroro Valleys between the Strickland and Purari Rivers. Bound into one volume with the newspaper clippings in a pocket at the back.
Investor's Ltd' noted on the cover, but is a radio log with messages and codes from February 1937.
Includes photographs.
Copy of the first diary recovered after the tidal bore disaster of the 6th September 1937'. Possibly handwritten by Hides.
Original transcript of Jack O'Neill's memoir given to James Sinclair by Jack O'Neill, which Sinclair edited and published as 'Up From South, by Jack O'Neill with notes and background by James Sinclair'. ('Prospectors diary'), Oxford University Press, 1979.
Restricted copy No. 768. Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area. Guy Black's name inside front cover.
Army Air Forces, No. 51, Bougainville Island / Solomon Islands S455-E15415/215x200, July 1943.
An official record of the Australian Army's successes in the offensive against Lae-Finschhafen-Markham and Ramu Valleys - Huon Peninsula - Finisterre Mountains - Rai Coast - Bogadjim - Madang - Alexishafen - Karkar Is. - Hansa Bay. September 1943 - June 1944'. (Canberra, ACT): Director General of Public Relations under the authority of General Sir Thomas Blamey.
The file includes notes on police camps and pages copied from patrol reports from the 1920s and 1930s, Memoranda on forced labour in New Guinea.
Photocopies with Sinclair's notes.
Brisbane: PNG-Queensland Business Association, c.1994.
Sydney: John Woods and Co., Limited 1886.
Includes copies of finding aids and notes regarding material held at the National Library of Australia - John Black (MS 8346) and Jim Taylor (MS 9218), and tape transcripts of interviews (possibly held by the NLA) with Sir Daniel Leahy, Dan Leahy Snr, Edith Watts, John Fowke with Tom Leahy, Bob Connolly with Tom Leahy and Ed Collins.
Includes a report written by Sgd A. A. Roberts, Acting ADO (Acting District Officer), 'A report of the Native Inhabitants of the Chimbu Valley, being a broader outline of observations made in Patrol Report No. B.40/1934 - 1935', (Annexe A), Patrol Report for the Leahy and James Lindsay Taylor expedition from Bena Bena to Mount Hagen from April 1933 - October 1933, 225pp, carbon. Annexe A is part of original Patrol Report No. 40/1934-1935, which was lost (as noted on cover). It reports on observations with reference to: Geographical situation; Numerical population; Description of Natives; Family life - houses and agriculture; Group life - Meeting places and warfare; Marriage and ceremonials; Sorcery; Spiritual beliefs; Disposal of the dead; Health and primitive treatment of injury; Trade routes and migration.7pp, Ts, carbon. The 1933 expedition identified many previously unknown Native groups, a new mountain range and several new valleys were found. It confirmed that all the rivers running south from the Bismarcks joined the Purari River, which enters the sea in the Gulf of Papua. This area 'may prove to be the best and most important part of New Guinea of the future', p 225.
Includes report of aerial reconnaissance made from Mount Hagen over the country examined by Hides and O'Malley on the Stickland-Purari Patrol 1934 - 1936, cardon, 17pp.
Sinclair's notes on Press reports about Jack Hides.
1:250,000. Restricted 1942/43. Prepared and reproduced by Base Map Plant USA from a Dutch map, 1936. Sheet index on verso.
1:250,000. Restricted, 1942/43. Prepared and reproduced by Base Map Plant USA from a Dutch map, 1936. Sheet index on verso.
1:253,440, 2nd Edition February 1944. 6 Aust Army Topo Svy Coy AIF. On the verso is a list of place names, Features (village, creek or river) and the Grid Reference. Notation made by Bob Cole: 'This is the map which best shows our movements during the Aitape-Maprik-Wewak campaign'.
Typed report on inquiry into the shooting of locals during the 1935 Strickland-Purari patrol. The inquiry was held at the request of Jack Hides.
James Sinclair's collection of research materials for a biography of Jack Hides (The Outside Man, Landsdowne Press, 1969) including correspondence to and from James Sinclair about Hides (1965-1969), newspaper clippings, patrol reports and maps, Coronial Inquiry, Strickland Purari Patrol, J.G. Hides, ARM, Ts., 20pp, press reports, and general research material. Diary of the Hide and O'Malley expedition on the Strickland-Purari Patrol 1934 - 1936, 17pp, carbon, Report of Exploratory flight by Ian Champion over the Northern parts of the Western and Delta Divisions, Photocopy from Australian Archives (CRS 518), Notes and letters by H. W. Champion, Notes regarding Police from the Papuan Territory, Notes from the Murray Papers, Letters to Jim Sinclair about Jack Hides.
Includes Report of a patrol to the Kunimaipa Valley, Loloipa and Mount Yule District by R. G. Speedie, accompanied by J. G. Hides (19 December 1929 - 3 February 1930), 12pp, carbon, Report of a Patrol to the Goaribari and Turama River Districts by Jack G. Hides, Patrol Officer, 25 June 1930, photocopy, Report of a patrol made by Patrol Officer Hides to the Headwaters of the Era River and to the Purari River to effect the re-capture of escapees Norove, Have and Tsii, 14/10/31 - 24/10/31, Diary of Patrol Officer Hides attached to the Suki Creek Patrol, 24th November 1931 - 7th January 1932, 10pp, carbon, Report of a Patrol to Gumak for the purpose of Natives concerned in the Weredai Massacre, by A.R.M. Faithhorn and P. O. Hides, 17th November 1931 - 20th December 1931, 8pp, carbon, Extract from Kikori Patrol Report 2, 31/32, 25th August 1931 - 29th August 1931, 4pp, carbon, Appendix to Kerema Patrol Report No 6A, 1930/31, Jack Hides, Notes on the people of the Kiapou, 4pp, photocopy, Report of a patrol made by Patrol Officer J. G Hides to the Upper Purari River for the purpose of locating and arresting the Natives concerned in the Uri Raid, photocopy, Report of patrol made by Patrol Officer Jack G. Hides to the headwaters of the Tauri River for the purpose of establishing friendly relations with the Natives of that part, 15.9.30 - 16.10.30, photocopy, and 14th December 1930 - 26 April 1931, carbon, 35pp, Patrol to Upper Tauri River, 1931, Report of Patrol made by Patrol Officer Jack G. Hides to the headwaters of the Tiveri and Tauri Rivers for the purpose of investigating the raid by alleged 'Kukukukus' on the mining camp of one, A.E. Bethune, Mining inspector, 15th July 1930 - 22nd August 1930, 21pp, photocopy, Patrol Report, Port Moresby Station, Report of a Patrol made by Jack Hides, P.O. to Gaile returning overland through foothills of Astrolabe for the purpose of collection of taxes and general inspection, 31/3/32 - 6/4/32, 5pp, photocopy, Report of a patrol made by Messers Hides and O'Malley to the Mount Yule District and the Kunimaipa Valley for the purpose of arresting murderers and extension of Government control, 29th July 1933 - 14th September 1933, 24pp, carbon, Hides Report on Strickland-Purari Patrol, 37pp, carbon (Noted at top, 'Papuan Courier, 1936'), plus several letters related to this report.
Includes material regarding the Lake Kutubu Police Camp and Ivan Champion's patrol into the unknown country.
1:20,000, Special Map 14C (S231 - E14035/5), US Corp of Engineers, March 1944. Photomap on verso.
Restricted. Reproduced in 1943/44 from Dutch map, Batavia 1936. Sheet index to Dutch New Guinea on verso.
1:253,440. 4 Mile strategical series N.G. Wewak First Edition, 1942. Official document.
Restricted. Prepared and reproduced by Base Map Plant USA from a Dutch map, 1941. Sheet index on verso.
Record of Service by DDS and NA (Department of District Services and Native Affairs) Officers during WWII. Plus three enclosures - Letter from (Gerry?) dated 18 December 1997, letter from Bob, not dated, and list of others requiring dates.
1:253,440, Special Map 14D (S231-E14030/5). US War Department, Corps of Engineers, March 1944. Photomap on verso.
(S330 - E14315/15), US Army, Corps of Engineers, September 1944.
Special Map 14E (S231 - E14025/5), US Corp of Engineers, March 1944. Photomap on verso.
(S330 - E14345/15). US Army, Corp of Engineers, January 1944.
No 0441 Ambunti 4 Mile Series, 6 Aust Army Topo Svy Coy (AIF), 2nd Edition, May 1944.
Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province: Terra Nova Publishing, c. 1970. A board game about PNG culture, geography, politics and history.
In 1959, Professor David P. Derham, Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Melbourne was invited by Paul Hasluck to make a comprehensive report the administration of justice. Full copy 1960, full copy with notes by Ian Downes.
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' (15cm x 8.5cm). Includes lists of Army NGX numbers.
(Probably from Sir Donald Cleland's family).
(Probably from Sir Donald Cleland's family).
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.
Konedobu, 2nd March 1970.
United Nations Visiting Mission to the Territory of New Guinea, (Port Moresby) : (Govt. Printer), 1962.
Contains article by E. W. Brandes, 'Into Primeval Papua by Seaplane', pp 253 - 332.
1 July 1968 - 30 June 1969. Canberra, Government Printer, 1969.
Canberra: AGPS Service,1975.
Prepared for British Commonwealth Forestry Conference in Australia, 1957. Port Moresby: Government Printer, 1957.
Division of District Administration, Department of the Administrator, Departmental Standing Instructions. Port Moresby: Government Printer, 1973.
30th June 1954 to 30th June 1957. (Melbourne) : Department of Works, Papua-New Guinea Branch, 1957, illustrated with photographs.
Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin No. 38. Canberra: Government Printer, 1958.
Port Moresby: Government Printer, 30th September 1965.
Western Highlands District, 1955/56, Milne Bay District 1955/56, Bougainville District 1955/56, Morobe District 1956/57, Eastern Highlands District 1955/56, Manus District 1956/57.
Rome 2001.
Lae: Morobe Province Research Centre, 1979. Includes an article by Ian Willis, 'A chronological history of Morobe to 1950', pp 6 - 11.
Volume 3: Malaya, Thailand, Indo China, the China Coast and the Japanese Empire. Allied Forces, Southwest Pacific Area. 8th August 1944.
25th February to 27th February 1957. (Port Moresby, Government Printer), Provisional issue.
September 7 - 14, 1965. Sydney : International Council of Jurists, Australian Section, 1965.
Boroko: Papua New Guinea Institute of Applied Social and Economic Research, 15 October 1981.
22 December 1971. Port Moresby: Government Printer, 1972.
Volume 2: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Micronesia. Allied Forces, Southwest Pacific Area. 8th August 1944.
Port Moresby, Government Printer, March 1971.
Report No. 7. Konedobu, Papua New Guinea, 30th June 1982.
Volume 1: The Netherlands and British East Indies and the Philippine Islands. Allied Forces, Southwest Pacific Area, 8th August 1944.
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.
Pidgin English and Police Motu translations. (Port Moresby: Government Printer, 1972).
Volume 4: Supplement to Volumes 1,2 and 3, 1990. Broadbeach Waters (QLD): Pacific Books, 1990. General Editor: William A. McGrath. Allied Forces, Southwest Pacific Area.
James Sinclair was to write a biography of Sir Donald but was unable to complete it.
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.
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 administrations is recommended. Commonwealth of Australia, August 1939 (the Eccleston Report).
30 August 1971.
Port Moresby, (Government Printer), August 1971. Sinclair noted this publication shows the PNG coat of arms though published well before self government and independence.
Includes lists of senior staff; staff matters various; dates of establishment of patrol posts.
Report into the circumstances in the Navuneram area that led to an administrative patrol on 4 August 1958 and circumstances relevant to the deaths of Tovatuna, Tovurete and the wounding of Toi'Ilial.
August 1925. Melbourne: Government Printer for the government of the Commonwealth of Australia
