Rome 2001.
Papua New Guinea
1466 archival descriptions results for Papua New Guinea
Lae: Morobe Province Research Centre, 1979. Includes an article by Ian Willis, 'A chronological history of Morobe to 1950', pp 6 - 11.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Includes a letter from F.W.G. (George) Andersen to Sinclair, 13 September 1980, copies of Patrol Reports for Andersen and Claude Champion in the 1930s, Claude Champion ABC Tapes (11pp), Tape transcript of an interview with George Andersen by James Sinclair at Mollymook, NSW on 12 August 1987 (14pp), Tape transcripts of Claude Anderson and George Anderson, Extracts from the Lake Kutubu Patrol Reports used in 'The last frontier', Copy of 'This is my life story' by Allan Champion, Photocopy, Tape transcript of ABC interview of Ivan Champion by Tim Bowden, 28 October 1980 (24pp), Interview with Ivan Champion on the Gold Coast, 17 March 1983 (27pp), Tape transcript between Alan Champion and James Sinclair on 1 July 1983, at Astley Queensland (11pp), Interview with Ivan Champion at Canberra, August 1987 (78pp), Service details of Ivan and Claude Champion.
Departmental copies.
Carbon copies.
Departmental copies.
Departmental copies.
Departmental copies.
Departmental copies.
Departmental copies.
Departmental copies.
Departmental copies.
Departmental copies.
Departmental copies.
Departmental copies.
Journal of Pacific History, Volume 17, No. 4, October 1982. Reprinted article.
Bundoora (Vic.), La Trobe University, An occasional paper from The Research Centre for South-West Pacific Studies. Discussion Paper 1/79.
Port Moresby, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, 12 November 1968.
Compiled by the Women's Groups of the Australian High Commission, 1986.
Photocopy.
Excerpts from her letters [referred to as 'she' in the script], unpublished drama script.
Designed and produced by the Art Department, Goroka Teachers Training College. Visit by Sir Denis Allen (United Kingdom), M. Paul Blanc (France), Charles Wyse (Sierra Leone), Adnan Raouf (Iraq).
Includes articles written by John Scofield,
Port Moresby: Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries (DASF), Extension Bulletin No.1.
This book was written and published in 2003 by Ronald William Roach. Inscribed: 'Feb 2004, To Jim Sinclair. Mate, I threatened/promised and here it is. Regards, Ron Roach'. Autobiography of a police officer 1956 - 1972. Roach served in the South Australian Police Force Department and the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. Contents: 1. 'In South Australia I was born'; 2. ASOPA and Port Moresby ; 3. Bulolo gold ; 4. Sepik adventures (Part 1) ; 5. Sepik adventures (Part 2) ; 6. Attachment to the Supreme Court ; 7. Travel control ; 8. Desk Officer West Irian; 9. Final chapter.
Port Moresby: Government Printer, 1965.
Extract from the Commonwealth Year Book No.57, 1971. Canberra: Government Printer, 1971. Brisbane.
Konedobu: PNG Office of Information, 1977.
Port Moresby, 1977.
Handwritten chapters or sections from unknown works. Written on A3 pages with chapter titles.
Includes 6 black and white photographs of 'Cloverdale' and Chronological table of Palestine by J.N. Stubbs for the Australian Comforts Fund.
Port Moresby: Government Printer, 1956.
Manuscript, photocopies.
Boroka, Papua: The Library, University of Papua and New Guinea, August 1970.
Konedobu: Police Headquarters, 20 April 1969. Presented to Robt R. Cole Esq, O.B.E. c v M.C, Commissioner of Police by the Staff of the Police Administrative Branch.
Material of Colonel Robert Rothsay Cole OBE MC. Includes ex-member newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, research notes and hand drawn maps.
Material of Colonel Robert Rothsay Cole OBE MC. Includes material by Paul Quinlivan and Cole's research notes.
Includes John Nelson Picken (VX83907) Australian Army personal records: Army driving licence (29 May 45), Member's Personal Equipment Card (1944/45), Soldier's identity book, Demobilization Procedure Book No 351610, Certificate of exemption from compulsory deduction from salary or wages, File No. P 28059 (4/8/41), Special tobacco ration for Ex-Service personnel (6 Dec 1945), Signals 6th Australian Division, Commemorative Brochure 50th Anniversary 1939-1989, -Birthday card from 6th Division Signals 2nd AIF (30 October 2005), Guinea Gold history, Port Moresby, Dobodura Lae Rabaul, 1942-1946 by Paul Jefferson Wallace, 1971, Letter from Deputy Commissioner, Repatriation Commission, Melbourne dated 31 July 1946 to John Picken, rejecting his claim for an eye injury, Typed text copied from a document distributed 'To all the Native Peoples of Maprik Village and places nearby', advising them not to collaborate with the Japanese against Australians, plus miscellaneous letters, newspaper clippings, contacts list, reunion notes.
Includes reports (copy of Brigadier Moten's report on the Aitape-Wewak operation), plus 7 original maps and clippings.