Papua New Guinea - Description and travel

Date: 1786-1975

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1305

Description: Comprises papers of the Methodist Mission and the United Church; notes and other papers on early contacts ; papers on German New Guinea and the subsequent Autralian Mandated territory; papers on geological and volcanic history; post world War II material; issues over land; the Japanese invasion and defence Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 13 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2009

Date: 1968

By: Dufresne, Andrew Karl, 1942-

Reference: MS-Papers-0516

Description: Family letters detailing the activities of a surveyor in New Guinea Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copies)

Date: Jul 1912-Mar 1913

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1297

Description: Comprises diary of her life at the Methodist Mission in New Britain and Duke of York Islands; also her passport, her photograph, annotated map of Duke of York and ulu Island, postcards, including some German New Guinea postcards. Source of title - Transcribed Sr Rhoda Ransom worked as a nursing sister with the Methodist Mission in New Guinea Jul 1912-Mar 1913 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2008

Date: 1956-1966

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1345

Description: Batch of miscellaneous papers and seven folders of documents comprising patrol reports, covering the Southern Highlands and Milne Bay Districts, memos and other papers Source of title - Transcribed from item Ronald Focken joined the PNG administration in 1956, and was posted to Madang HQ. In 1958 was posted to Milne Bay District and 1961 to the Southern Highlands District Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: A full description of the contents available at http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2011

Date: 1937-1938

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1287

Description: Eight small notebooks comprising a journal of Collins' experiences, work and social life while working near Madang. Records names of people, villages, their distances and heights, the animals and birds he saw, missions and details of company life at Madang. Includes a brief introduction by his daughter, Jill Goodwin. Source of title - Transcribed from item Collins, a geologist, was employed by the Island Exploration Company and based at Madang and at Atemble. He went on several expeditions to the surrounding country. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2008

Date: 1934-1935

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1143

Description: Reports written by Watkins while a patrol officer in Papua New Guinea in the 1930s. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, 1999

Date: 1948-1994

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1122

Description: Comprises note books 1943-1945, diaries, 1947-1956 and 1967-1974, correspondence 1953-1971, Department of Public Health reports, patrol reports and correspondence 1948-1953, photograph album and reports on the Duna country 1955-1956, Commonwealth film patrol 1957, and clippings and other papers relating to Sir Albert Maori Kiki. Source of title - Transcribed Albert Speer served with the New Guinea Department of Public Health from 1947 to 1971. Quantity: 5 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1999

Date: 1955-1996

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1273

Description: Papers comprise Territory of Papua New Guinea Department of Native Affairs personal files; patrol reports; field officer's journals and correspondence; assignments; professional papers; Royal visits; articles, briefings, submissions and other papers by Moorhouse; land investigation reports and related papers; printed material on aspects of New Guinea economics, natural history and culture Source of title - Transcribed Moorhouse joined the colonial administration of Papua New Guinea as a patrol officer in 1955; rose through the ranks to become a Field Deputy District Commissioner and, later, a land investigation consultant Quantity: 6 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: http://rspas.anu.edu/pambu/finals/searchlong.php..

Date: 1960-1961

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1090

Description: Reports compiled while on patrol in the South Wall Wahgi - Minj Sub-District, and which document the early stages of economic development in the Western Highlands. Source of title - Transcribed Symons was a Patrol Officer and District Commissioner in Papua New Guinea from 1946 to 1974 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1997

Date: 1956-1972

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

By: Pullen, Royal, 1925-

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1232

Description: Mr Pullen wrote regular letters to his wife which are detailed, observant and witty. Mr Pullen's letters clearly convey his impressions of the country and the people as well as giving a clear account of his botanical survey practices. During the 1950s and 1960s the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) was investigating resources in Papua New Guinea on a broad scale using both air photography and checking "ground truth". Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Complete listing at http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/finals/searchlong.php. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2005

Date: [ca 1739-1940]

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1961

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1952-1953

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1373

Description: Reports of patrols carried out by Mr Cockburn while stationed at Daru, 1952-1953, and related papers Includes outline of talk by M.J. Cockburn to Baptist Men's Dinner, Stroud, 30 Oct 1993. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/catalogue/ For contents of reel see http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/reels/manuscripts/PMB1373.PDF. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2011

Date: 1883, 1893

By: Romilly, Hugh Hastings, 1856-1892

Reference: MS-Group-2052

Description: Collection comprises a nine page letter from Romilly to Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon (1883) and an annotated copy of Romilly's publication `Letters from the Western Pacific and Mashonaland, 1878-1891'. Source of title - Supplied by Library Hugh Romilly was an administrator, author and explorer. In 1879 he joined the staff of Sir Arthur Gordon, governor of Fiji and high commissioner for the Western Pacific. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph & printed matter

Date: 24 Dec 1955-1 Apr 1963

From: Letters relating to New Zealand

Reference: MS-Papers-7057-5

Description: Letters from Hilda Longworth to her friends Eileen and Mrs McLellan, written from Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Waitomo Caves, Lyttelton, Stewart Island and the SS `Rotti' of her cruises to New Zealand, 1955-1956, with impressions of Fiji, New Zealand hotels, the baths at Rotorua, Maori village, friendliness of New Zealanders a cruise on the `Rotti;' to New Guinea in 1963, loading up with wool for France, train journey to Invercargill and steamer to Stewart Island Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 7 Aug 1926-24 Dec 1931

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1036

Description: Comprise 21 reports bound into 2 folders, related to routine activities of collecting Head Tax, checking and taking census, and reporting on native conditions. Also includes his diary, hand-drawn maps, linguistic observations, and notes on plantations, missions, roads and other aspects of native life. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing provided at beginning of the reel. Inventory available.. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1992

Date: [196-?]

From: Broadhead, Bruce Gilchrist, 1927-2001 : Nothing much to do

Reference: MS-Papers-7553-3

Description: Describes Broadhead's visit to Papua New Guinea where he travelled extensively collecting material for a proposed radio documentary Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1923

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0916

Description: Papers referring to Frank Hurley's visit to to Papua in 1924 to collect material for his film `Pearls and savages, which was released in 1924. The papers are believed to have been `souvenired' by Australian servicemen in Port Moresby during World War II. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/.

Date: 1988

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1285

Description: A typescript unpublished history of Rabaul and East New Britain, 682 pages, long and running from earliest times to ca 1988 Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2008

Date: 1968-1977

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1383

Description: Comprises patrol reports and field officer's journals, mainly for the Northern District 1968-1972, and the Southern Highlands District 1972-1977 Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See : http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2012

Date: 1969-1976

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1384

Description: Comprises patrol reports and related papers from Chimbu District 1969-1970, West New Britain District 1970-1976, Southern Highlands and Oro Provinces, Papua New Guinea Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See Web site: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu for reel descriptions. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2012