MS 766
Papers of E.W.P. (Ernest William Pearson) Chinnery (1887-1972)
Scope and Content Note
- 8.43m. (61 boxes) + 8 folio items
The Chinnery Papers were purchased from Chinnery's
daughters in 1994 and 1997. One of Chinnery's daughters, Mrs Sheila
Waters, extensively listed the papers, describing their order before they
were transferred to the Library. These lists, annotated with citation
numbers for the present arrangement, are located in box 56. Some lists
were also interspersed with the papers.
The papers comprise official, personal and academic
correspondence, diaries, photographs, patrol reports, field notebooks,
conference papers, lectures, broadcasts, articles, anthropological
writings and research material, translations of German and French texts,
administration handbooks and ordinances, publications on anthropology,
language and education, United Nations reports and publications and other
papers.
The papers relate to Chinnery's career in the
territories of Papua and New Guinea as a Patrol Officer, Government
Anthropologist, and Director of the Department of District Services and
Native Affairs, and a Director of Native Affairs and Commonwealth Advisor
on Native Affairs in Australia. There are also papers relating to
Chinnery's association with the Far Eastern Liaison Office during World
War II, the South Seas Commission Conference (1947), United Nations
missions to Africa, and all aspects of Papua New Guinea, including
history, exploration, anthropology, genealogy, language, education,
health, missions, crimes and discipline, native rights, mining, trade and
pre-war, wartime and post-war administration.
Among the correspondents are many notable
anthropologists and administrators such as Sir Staniforth Smith, John
Taylor, C.L.A. Abbott, Bill Harney, A.P. Elkin, Theodor Strehlow, Camilla
Wedgwood, Olive Pink, Sir Baldwin Spencer, A.C. Haddon and Margaret Mead.
Diaries of Sarah Chinnery are held at MS 8974.
Maps have been transferred to Map Collection (list
available). Duplicate negatives of the Chinnery photographs are held in
the Pictorial Collection.
Biographical Note
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Ernest William Pearson Chinnery |
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1887 |
Born 5 November at Waterloo, Victoria. |
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1909 |
Government Clerk, Port Moresby. |
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1910 |
Patrol Officer, Mambare Division, Papua; then Kumusi
Division for three years. |
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1917-1919 |
Observer in the Australian Flying Corps. |
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1919 |
Married Sarah J. Neill in Aylesbury, England. |
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1920 |
Cuthbert Peek Award, Royal Geographical Society. |
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1921-1924 |
Labour Adviser, New Guinea Copper Mines Ltd. |
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1924-1932 |
Government Anthropologist, New Guinea. |
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1930 |
Rockefeller Fellow, in United States and Europe;
represented Australia at Permanent Mandates Commission in Geneva. |
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1932-1938 |
Director, Department of District Services and Native
Affairs, New Guinea. |
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1934 |
Represented Australia at Permanent Mandates
Commission in Geneva. |
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1937-1947 |
Commonwealth Adviser on Native Affairs. |
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1938-1946 |
Director, Native Affairs Branch, Northern Territory. |
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1947 |
Australian adviser, United Nations Trusteeship
Council. |
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1948 |
United Nations visiting mission to East Africa. |
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1972 |
Died 17 December at Prahran, Victoria. |
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References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography,
Who's Who in Australia. |
Series List
The series have been arranged broadly into four
sections: material arising directly from Chinnery's various positions,
anthropological material, correspondence and publications. The
anthropological material may be seen as subsets of the contemporaneous
administrative material.
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Personal Papers |
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1 |
General correspondence, 1914-71 |
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2 |
Photographs, 1907-60s |
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Career |
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3 |
Administration of the Territory of Papua, 1906-17 |
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4 |
New Guinea Copper Mines Limited, 1920-24 |
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5 |
Government Anthropologist, New Guinea, 1924-32 |
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6 |
Department of District Services and Native Affairs, Mandated
Territory of New Guinea, 1932-42 |
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7 |
Morobe District Administration and Exploration, 1927-65 |
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8 |
Director of Native Affairs, Northern Territory, 1938-46, and
Commonwealth Adviser on Native Affairs, 1937-47 |
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9 |
Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO), 1942-44 |
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10 |
Department of External Territories, 1937-59 |
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11 |
South Pacific Commission, 1946-51 |
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12 |
United Nations, 1946-52 |
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13 |
Congresses and Conferences, 1923-49 |
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14 |
Lectures, 1930-66 |
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Anthropology |
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15 |
Native Rights, 1926-71 |
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16 |
Native Labour, 1922-44 |
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17 |
Native Education, 1928-36 |
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18 |
Native Languages, 1897-1956 |
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19 |
Depopulation, 1919-50 |
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20 |
Anthropological Research, 1915-71 |
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21 |
Anthropological Reports, 1927-31 |
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22 |
Translations, 1897-1927 |
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Publications |
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23 |
Chinnery publications, 1917-53 |
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24 |
Government publications, 1901-45 |
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25 |
Legislative Council Debates, Territory of New Guinea, 1934-38 |
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26 |
German publications, 1910-35 |
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27 |
General publications, 1927-51 |
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28 |
Miscellanea, 1919-66 |
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Added 1997 |
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29 |
Family Letters, 1909-50 |
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30 |
Diaries and Notebooks, 1920-46 |
Collection Description
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Series 1. General
Correspondence, 1914-71
The two principal elements in this series are correspondence with
anthropologists and correspondence regarding changes in Chinnery's
career. Includes some copies of Chinnery's letters. |
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Folder |
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1 |
Gregory Bateson, 1927-37. |
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2 |
Wilfrid Beaver, ca 1914-15. |
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3 |
Hermann Detzner, 1931-35. |
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4 |
Raymond Firth, re Dr A. Buehler, 1931. |
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5 |
Reo F. Fortune, 1935; includes 'Purari Warfare and Custom' (14 pp.). |
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6 |
A.C. Haddon, Cambridge, ca 1915-20. |
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7 |
A.C. Haddon, Cambridge, 1924-32: transcripts of letters from
Chinnery in Haddon's papers [cf. History of Anthropology
Newsletter IX/2 (December 1982), 3-12]. |
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8 |
A.C. Haddon, Cambridge, 1931-39. |
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9 |
C.B. Humphries, Cambridge, 1937. |
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10 |
Copland King, 1914-15. |
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11 |
Margaret Mead, 1932. |
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12 |
Douglas Oliver, 1939. |
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13 |
C.G. Seligman, 1932. |
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14 |
Sir Henry Waechter: proposed expedition to New Guinea, 1920. |
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15 |
Camilla Wedgwood, 1933. |
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16 |
Anthropological Society of New South Wales, 1930; Anthropological
Society of Victoria, 1953, 1966-70. |
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17 |
Australian Museums:
- Territory of New Guinea, 1939.
- Queensland, 1949.
- South Australia, 1964-68.
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18 |
Overseas Museums:
- Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, 1929.
- Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 1932, 1937.
- Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1968-69.
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19 |
Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1931-46. |
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20 |
Rockefeller Grant; League of Nations, 1929-34. |
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21 |
Universities:
- University of Melbourne, 1950-65.
- University of Sydney, 1957.
- University of Hawaii, 1935.
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22 |
Correspondence with various organisations and expeditions, 1922-47. |
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23 |
Special Duties and Society Memberships, 1930-34. |
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24 |
Papuan Service: letters of appreciation, 1914-22; University of
Cambridge: letters, 1920, 1924. |
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25 |
Cambridge University, 1918-19. |
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26 |
Activities in Cambridge: letters, 1919-25. |
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27 |
Application for anthropological work and correspondence detailing
his qualifications and experience, 1919-31, 1964 [mostly photocopies]. |
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28 |
Curriculum vitae and leave, 1926-29. |
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29 |
Government Anthropologist: letters, publications, 1931-33. |
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30 |
General correspondence, 1934-48. Correspondents include Herbert
Brookes, Admiral Goodenough, W.E. Dunk, W.D. Forsyth, and Hortense and
Florence Powdermaker. |
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31 |
General correspondence, 1943-49. Correspondents include R. Halligan,
G. Townsend, W.B. Fagg, W.C. Klein, J.K. Murray, M.J. Herskovits,
T.N.M. Buesst, Harold J. Coolidge, J.T. Gunther, T.V. Lowney, W.C
Groves, H.E. Maude and Sir Brian Freeston. |
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32 |
General correspondence, 1951-56. Correspondents include H. Laurent,
Ralph Bunche, H.B Manderson, F. Rose, Kathleen Rishbeth, Ron Berndt,
F.F. Degenhardt, G. Heaton Nichols, N.H.M. Bowden, Paul Hasluck, H.G.
Barnett, Anita Pritchard, J.B. Watson and Jacques Rapoport. |
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33 |
General correspondence, 1960-71. Correspondents include Captain M.B.
Pears, Valerie Austin, Paul Hasluck, Miss B. Dalle, Mrs P.M. Greenop,
Dorothy Rolph, J.K. McCarthy, G.G. Burton-Bradley, Helen Nurton, P.J.
Clay and Marion Hearnshaw. |
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34 |
Added 1997:
General correspondence, 1909 including correspondence relating to
Chinnery's application for employment in Papua. |
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Series 2. Photographs,
1907-60s
Other photographs are included in Series 7 (Morobe District
Administration and Exploration), 12 (United Nations, 13 (Congresses
and Conferences) and 20 (Anthropological Research). |
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1 |
1. Chinnery and other boarders at Ayrshire House,
Daylesford, Victoria, 1907. (Copy only).
2. Same group of young men. (Copy only).
3. Messrs Bulk, Chinnery, Gibson and Ham, Port
Moresby, ca 1909-10. (Copy only).
4. Messrs Bulk, Chinnery and Ham, Port Moresby, ca
1909-10. (Copy only).
5. Legislative Council meeting on board the
Government Steam Yacht Merrie England, 1909.
6. Visit by Patrol Officer J. Keelan to Magistrate
Herr Klink, German New Guinea, 1911.
7. Daru Western Division Staff and Police, 1911.
(Original at Folder 6).
8. Sergeant Charles Wuth, A.I.F. (Copy only).
9. Wilfrid Beaver, A.I.F., 1915.
10. Chinnery and Wilfrid Beaver with Papuan Armed Constables, at
outbreak of war, Ioma, 1914. |
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2 |
11. Chinnery and Papuan Armed Constables on patrol
on the German border, 1914.
11a. Chinnery and RM Bowden's dog Biddy, Ioma, 1914.
12. Chinnery and a patrol crossing the Gira River,
1914. (Copy only).
12a. Chinnery in uniform, ca 1916. (Copy only).
13. Dr Peter Buck, Mr Skinner, Dr Haddon, Chinnery
and Mr Bullboy at the Pan-Pacific Health Conference, Melbourne, 1926.
14. Participants at the International Pan-Pacific
Health Conference, Melbourne, 1926. (Original at Folder 7).
15. Chinnery, General Wisdom and Clive Meares on
horseback, New Guinea, ca 1927. (Copy only).
16. Chinnery family, 1932. (Copy only).
17. Section F (Anthropology), Australian and New
Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Sydney, 1932.
18. Inaugural Meeting, Legislative Council of New Guinea, 9 May
1933. |
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3 |
19. Inaugural Meeting, Legislative Council of New
Guinea, 9 May 1933: copy. (Original held in folio run).
20. District Services Officers with pilot Tommy
O'Dea, ca 1933. (Copy only).
21. Dr Peter Buck, Chinnery, Perry, n.d. (Copy
only).
22. Chinnery and ?, South Pacific Commission, 1948.
23. Studio portrait of Chinnery, ca 1937. (Copy
only).
24. Studio portrait of Chinnery, n.d. (Copy only).
25. Chinnery in uniform, 1920. (No negative made.) |
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4 |
Negatives of copies of photographs 1-24. |
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5 |
Copies of 18 photographs, mostly of a family nature, of which the
originals have been retained by the donors, including several of
Chinnery in uniform, Chinnery as a young father and as an old man, Mr
and Mrs Chinnery, and the family when the children were young women;
with negatives. |
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6 |
Daru Western Division Staff and Police, 1911: original. |
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7 |
Inaugural Meeting, Legislative Council of New Guinea, 9 May
1933: original. |
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8 |
Added 1997:
Album pages with 67 photographs of the peoples of the Mambare and
Kumusi Division, Papua, 1911-15. |
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9 |
Photographs of Papua New Guinea (c.1960s?) documenting Infant
and Maternal Welfare Services, goldmining, fishing and other topics. |
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Series 3.
Administration of the Territory of Papua, 1906-17
Chinnery first went to Papua in 1909, and became a patrol
officer in 1910, working in the Mambare and Kumusi Divisions. This
series contains files of correspondence, patrol reports, expedition
reports, diaries, notes, sketches, maps and annual reports. |
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1 |
Hearings into the government of Papua, Port Moresby, 1906:
recommendations 1907; part of transcripts. |
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2-5 |
Kumusi Division Patrols, 1910-15. |
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6 |
Central Division, Mt Obree Patrol: report, 1913; notes, ca
1921. |
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7 |
Expedition reports: Fly and Strickland Rivers, 1913-14. |
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8 |
Papua, Annual Report, 1914-15. |
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9-11 |
Ten field notebooks, with illustrations, 1910s. |
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12-15 |
Northern Division, Papua: rough anthropological notes (manuscript
and typescript). |
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16-17 |
Northern Division, Papua: anthropological notes, mostly typescript;
includes 'Notes on the Tribes of the Northern Division', by E.W.P.
Chinnery and Wilfrid Beaver, ca 1914. |
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18 |
Northern Division, research on customs by Chinnery and Beaver,
1914-15. |
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19 |
Northern Division: maps and sketches, n.d. |
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20-22 |
Kikori Patrols, Delta Division, 1916-17; includes map of southern
part of Delta Division, 1916. |
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23 |
Kikori Patrols, Delta Division, 1910s: notes and sketches, and
Goaribari vocabulary notebook. |
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24 |
Papua, Annual Report, 1916-17, and extract from Annual Report,
1915-16. |
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25-26 |
Kunimaipa - Mt. Yule Patrol, 1917: typescript reports and other
papers. |
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27 |
Kunimaipa - Mt. Yule Patrol: diary, 17 February - 21 March 1917. |
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28 |
Kunimaipa - Mt. Yule Patrol: diary, 21 March - 6 April 1917. |
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29 |
Kunimaipa - Mt. Yule Patrol, 1917: typescript of diaries (54 pp). |
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30 |
Kunimaipa - Mt. Yule Patrol, 1917: loose notes and two photographs. |
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31 |
Kunimaipa - Mt. Yule Patrol, 1917: survey notebook with sketches and
weather observations. |
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32 |
Kunimaipa - Mt. Yule Patrol, 1917: drawings and rubbings. |
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33 |
Kunimaipa - Mt. Yule Patrol, 1917: Hints on the Medical
Treatment of Natives and Others in Papua, by Walter M. Strong,
1908. Copy belonging to Wilfrid Beaver, with annotations by Chinnery,
1917. |
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34 |
Kunimaipa - Mt. Yule Patrol, 1917: sketches and notes (looseleaf
notebook). |
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35 |
Kunimaipa: three patrol reports by other officers (Skelly and
Muscutt, Hyndman-Jones, Chisholm), 1914, 1917; includes investigations
of the murder of McIntosh. |
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36 |
Notes on customs of the peoples of the Western and Delta Divisions,
ca 1915. |
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37-38 |
Added 1997:
Magisterial service - official records and
correspondence, 1909-17. Correspondents include Atlee Hunt, A.M.
Campbell, P.O. Jackson, W. Bowden, W. Beaver and H.W. Champion. |
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Series 4. New Guinea Copper
Mines Limited, 1920-24
Chinnery was Labour Adviser, New Guinea Copper Mines Ltd.,
1921-24. The papers include correspondence, a chronology of Chinnery's
movements in Papua from November 1920 to September 1921, notes and a
booklet and article on the company. Other papers relating to this
period on Chinnery's career are in series 16 (Native Labour), 18
(Native Languages) and 30 (Diaries and Notebooks). |
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1 |
New Guinea Copper Mines Ltd., 1920-24. |
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2 |
New Guinea Copper Mines Ltd.: prospectus, 1922; employee records,
1922-23; descriptive article, early 1920s. |
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Series 5. Government
Anthropologist, New Guinea, 1924-32
Chinnery was appointed Government Anthropologist in the
Mandated Territory of New Guinea in 1924. The papers in this series
include correspondence, copies of letters by Chinnery, reports,
Chinnery's reports and recommendations to the Government Secretary,
observations made on trips, notes, conference proceedings, annual
reports of the Government Anthropologist and census data. Major
correspondents include the Administrator Evan A. Wisdom, the
Government Secretary, the District Inspector John Walstab, Professor
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown and Cecil Anderson.
Other papers relating to this period on Chinnery's career are in
series 15 (Native Rights), 16 (Native Labour), 18 (Native Languages),
19 (Depopulation), 20 (Anthroppological Research) and 30 (Diaries and
Notebooks). |
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1 |
General Correspondence, 1924. |
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2 |
General Correspondence, 1925. |
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3 |
General Correspondence, 1926-27. |
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4 |
General Correspondence, 1928. |
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5-6 |
General Correspondence, 1929. |
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7 |
General Correspondence, 1930-31. |
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8 |
General Correspondence, 1932. |
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9 |
Report by Colonel John Ainsworth on Administrative Arrangements and
Matters Affecting the Interests of Natives in the Territory of New
Guinea, 1924, and comments. |
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10 |
Trip on the government yacht Franklin, 1925? |
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11 |
Attacks on Europeans during German Administration, 1881-1912
(translated 1927), and notes on killing of O'Dowd, ca 1924. |
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12 |
Punishment of natives, 1927-32. |
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13 |
Mission and Government Conference, 1927. |
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14 |
Information and Recommendations Received from Missions, 1929. |
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15 |
Morobe District uncontrolled areas, 1927-31. |
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16 |
Cadet System and the training of Patrol Officers, 1932. |
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17-18 |
Mortlock Islands: native land rights, 1928-30, 1962; includes census
and genealogies, 1930. |
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19 |
Census and Population/Depopulation, 1931-32. |
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20 |
Anthropological Reports, 1930, 1934; Vital Statistics, New Ireland,
1926. |
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Series 6. Department of
District Services and Native Affairs, Mandated Territory of New
Guinea, 1932-42
Chinnery was director of the Department
from 1932 to 1938. The papers include monthly and annual reports to
the Administrator in Rabaul on the Department's activities, notes,
copies of letters to the Administrator (T. Griffiths), extracts of
patrol reports, an interview and cuttings.
Other papers relating to this period on Chinnery's career are in
series 7 (Morobe District Administration and Exploration), 15 (Native
Rights), 16 (Native Labour), 17 (Native Education), 18 (Native
Languages), 19 (Depopulation) and 30 (Diaries and Notebooks). |
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1-2 |
Monthly and annual reports, 1932-37, and minutes of Permanent
Mandates Commission, 1934. |
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3 |
Supplementary notes on the annual report, 1934. |
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4 |
Staffing of patrols and outstations: correspondence, 1933. |
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5 |
Staffing of patrols and outstations: correspondence, 1934-63. |
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6 |
Uncontrolled areas in Sepik District, 1934-36. |
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7 |
Criticism of the administration: responses, ca 1936. |
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8 |
'The Australian administration of New Guinea', 21
Feb 1938.
Interview Professor Scott/E. Dyason, n.d. |
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9 |
'Information and Resource Sources', 12 pp., ca 1942? |
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10 |
Correspondence with officers of the administration on various
matters, 1932-40. |
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11 |
Volcanic eruption at Rabaul, 1937: reports, letter, newspaper
cuttings. |
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12 |
'Officer Woodman left post of Sepik without
permission': notes, 1936.
Natives from Lord Howe Island cast up on Han Island:
reports, 1937.
Sepik-Fly watershed: four contact photographs. |
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13 |
Missions, 1929 and 1934-37: mostly photocopies from Australian
Archives. |
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14 |
'Methods of establishing friendly relations with
uncontrolled tribes: extract, 1932?
Equipment lists, ca 1934. |
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15 |
Bamu-Purari Patrol, 1936: report, 1937. |
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16 |
Sepik-Fly Traverse by Thurston Expedition, after Japanese invasion,
1942: draft report and diary. |
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Series 7. Morobe District Administration and
Exploration, 1927-65
A series of files covering especially the time just
prior to and during Chinnery's period as Director of the Department of
District Services and Native Affairs in the Mandated Territory,
1932-38. The papers include patrol reports, correspondence, reports to
the Administrator in Rabaul, manuscript maps, extracts of diaries of
M.J. Leahy, photographs and a press statement.
See also series 6 (Department of District Services and Native
Affairs). |
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1 |
Lists of patrols into Upper Watut and Langemar River, 1927-32;
extracts from M.J Leahy's diary, Upper Watut - Tauri - Langemar, 1931
and two letters re Lakekamu - Tauri - Watut area, 1933. |
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2 |
Patrols and native conditions, 1931-32. |
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3 |
Patrols and native conditions, 1933. |
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4 |
Patrols and native conditions, 1933-34. |
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5 |
Maps, 1929-33. |
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6 |
Extracts from M.J. Leahy's diary of a prospecting trip, 1930-33;
letter to Commander of Naval Intelligence, Melbourne, 1943
(photocopies), and one photograph of a New Guinea native. |
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7-9 |
Patrol reports, Mt Hagen - Ramu, 1933, by Officers Bates, Nurton,
Kyle, and Ian Mack. List of patrols, 1930-36. Folder 121 includes
photographs and sketches. |
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10 |
Mt Hagen patrol by J.D. Taylor, 1933: report and résumé. |
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11 |
Mt Hagen patrol by J.D. Taylor, 1933: typescript diary, Mar-Oct
1933. |
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12 |
Tauri River Patrol, 1934. |
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13 |
Chimbu area: patrol reports and correspondence, 1935. |
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14 |
Chimbu area: patrol reports and correspondence, 1936. |
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15 |
Ramu - Mt Hagen: notes and correspondence, 1931-37, 1943, and three
photographs of Lutheran Mission, Chimbu. |
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16 |
Bena Bena to Mt Hagen: patrol report by J.L. Taylor, 1936. |
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17 |
Hagen-Sepik patrol: correspondence, 1936-39. |
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18 |
Hagen-Sepik patrol, 1938-39: report, pp. 1-161. |
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19 |
Hagen-Sepik patrol, 1938-39: report, pp. 162-305. |
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20 |
Hagen-Sepik patrol, 1938-39: report, pp. 306-58 + addenda. |
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21 |
Hagen-Sepik patrol, 1938-39: report, appendices. |
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22 |
Letters from E. Taylor, and from J.L. Taylor to E. Taylor, 1933-36. |
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23 |
Leonard Schultz and April Rivers patrol: press statement, 1965. |
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Series 8. Director of Native
Affairs, Northern Territory, 1938-46,
and Commonwealth Adviser on Native Affairs, 1937-47
The Native Affairs Branch of the Northern Territory
Administration was created in 1939. The Branch assumed responsibility
for Aborigines after the split of the Medical Service, Health and
Aboriginals Branch. The Native Affairs Branch moved from Darwin to
Alice Springs in 1942, returning to Darwin in 1946.
The papers mainly comprise reports to the
Administrator of the Northern Territory, C.L.A. Abbott; correspondence
with J.A. Carrodus of the Department of Interior, V. White (Deputy
Director of Native Affairs) and others; and other material including
policy documents, legislation, memoranda, cuttings, extracts of
Cabinet minutes and annual reports.
Other papers relating to this period on Chinnery's career
are in series 16 (Native Labour), 19 (Depopulation), 20
(Anthropological Research) and 30 (Diaries and Notebooks). A
typescript item list of most of this series, produced by Chinnery's
daughter, Mrs Sheila Waters, is located at the end of the collection. |
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1 |
Proposed separation of Aboriginal Branch from Northern Territory
Medical Service and proposed appointment of Commonwealth Adviser on
Native Affairs, 1938. |
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2 |
Preparations for tour of Northern territory, 1938. |
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3 |
Policy formulation, 1938-39. |
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4 |
Policy documents, 1939-44. |
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5 |
Appointment, 1939. |
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6 |
Appointment, 1938-39. |
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7 |
Conditions governing employment of staff in Departments of
Aboriginals in other states - Salaries, etc, 1939. |
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8 |
Report to Administrator, 1940, and copies of related papers [two
copies of same file]. |
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9 |
Policy on part-Aborigines, 1940. |
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10 |
Policy reports, 1940. |
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11 |
Subsidies to missions and outlines of policy, 1940. |
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12 |
Annual Report, 1940-41. |
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13 |
New railways: map, distances and notes, n.d. |
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14 |
Citizenship rights for Aborigines, 1939 and 1961. |
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15 |
Initial tasks for the new Native Affairs Branch: correspondence,
1937 and 1939. |
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16 |
Congratulations on appointment; native labour in New Guinea:
correspondence, 1939-40. |
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17 |
Protection of Aborigines; Australian Aborigines' League; north-south
road, 1940-43. |
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18 |
Southwest reserve for Aborigines, and water supply for Haast's
Bluff, 1940-41. |
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19 |
Prospecting on native reserves, 1939-40. |
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20 |
Consorting, drugs and alcohol, 1940-41. |
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21 |
Melville Island, 1939-40. |
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22 |
Child endowment, 1941-46. |
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23 |
Cox's Peninsula, Delissaville, Melville Island, Bagot Compound,
March-April 1941. |
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24 |
General correspondence, including reports on sequel to Darwin
air-raids, 1941, 1944. |
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25-26 |
Wartime evacuations from Southeast Asia and Darwin, 1941-42. |
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27-28 |
General correspondence, 1942-43. |
|
29 |
General correspondence, 1943. |
|
30 |
Staffing of Native Affairs Branch, 1940-46. |
|
31 |
Aborigines and the law, 1939-40. |
|
32 |
Trials at Alice Springs: Kitto and de Conlay, 1941. |
|
33 |
Trials at Alice Springs: Braitling and Wilson, 1945. |
|
34 |
Cases before courts in the Northern Territory, 1938-43. |
|
35 |
Reports on Aborigines' working conditions; drugs and metholated
spirits; and Petermann Ranges report; 1939-46. |
|
36 |
Native labour, cattle stations, and droving, 1944-46. |
|
37 |
Aboriginal labour on cattle stations, 1944-46. |
|
38 |
Army employment of Aborigines, 1940-44. |
|
39 |
Army employment of Aborigines, 1943-45. |
|
40 |
Patrol Officer T.G.H. Strehlow: correspondence, 1937-42. |
|
41 |
Bill Harney, 1942-51. |
|
42 |
Ronald and Catherine Berndt (anthropologists) and Vesteys, 1944-48. |
|
43 |
Olive Pink (anthropologist), 1939-46. |
|
44 |
Professor A.P. Elkin, University of Sydney, 1939-40. |
|
45 |
Unified Control of Great Central Aboriginal Reserve, 1940-42. |
|
46 |
Food and diet, and regulations on a reserve, n.d. |
|
47 |
Food notes by Pastor Albrecht and Bill Harney, n.d. |
|
48 |
Aboriginal legends, by Daisy Bates and Bill Harney. |
|
49 |
Bill Harney: notes on Aboriginal births, marriage system, food, and
other customs; verse, n.d. |
|
50 |
Northern Aranda Myths, by T.G. Strehlow, 1934; covering letter,
1939. |
|
51 |
Church Missionary Society Groote Eylandt Mission, 1941-46. |
|
52 |
Ungaraku: Church Missionary Society report on proposed construction
at Groote Eylandt, May 1944. |
|
53 |
Evacuations from Northern Territory and return, Church Missionary
Society, 1942-45. |
|
54 |
Frederick Rose correspondence, 1942-44. |
|
55 |
Methodist Mission, care of half-caste children, 1940-41 and 1955. |
|
56 |
Methodist Overseas Mission: evacuation of half-castes from Croker
Island and plans for return, 1942-46. |
|
57-58 |
Evacuation of half-castes to Balaklava, SA, 1942-46. |
|
59 |
Evacuation of half-castes to Balaklava, SA: nominal rolls, 1942. |
|
60 |
Constable Hall and administration at Granites, 1940-43. |
|
61 |
Granites - Mt Doreen - Davenport Range - Yuendoomoo, 1944-46. |
|
62 |
Finke River Mission, Hermannsburg, 1937-47. |
|
63 |
General correspondence, 1943-44. |
|
64-65 |
General correspondence, 1945. |
|
66 |
Staffing and estimates for Native Affairs Branch, 1946. |
|
67 |
General correspondence, 1946. |
|
68 |
Aboriginal contributions to the war-effort: Melville Island and
Delissaville, 1945. |
|
69 |
Commonwealth or State control of Aboriginal administration, 1944-55. |
|
70 |
'New Deal for Australian Aborigines', by Edgar Bee, 1947. |
|
71 |
Post-retirement, letters and cuttings, 1947-60. |
|
72 |
Aboriginal ordinances and regulations: by subject. |
|
73 |
Aboriginal ordinances: suggested amendments, 1939. |
|
74 |
Aboriginal ordinances: Northern Territory, 1940. |
|
75 |
Aboriginal ordinances: Northern Territory, index, n.d. |
|
76 |
Aboriginal ordinances: Northern Territory, apprentices, n.d.;
regulations, 1918-33. |
|
77 |
Aboriginal ordinances: South Australia. |
|
78 |
Aboriginal ordinances: New South Wales. |
|
79 |
Report of the Northern Territory Investigation Comittee, 1937. |
|
80 |
Missions Administration Conference, Darwin, 1953-55. |
|
81 |
Appointment as Commonwealth Adviser on Native Affairs, 1939
and reappointment, 1942; appointment as anthropologist to Department
of External Territories, 1948 and resignation, 1949; and other
letters. |
|
82 |
Commonwealth Adviser in Native Affairs: correspondence and
notes, 1944-49. |
|
|
Series 9. Far Eastern Liaison
Office (FELO), 1942-44
Chinnery's advice and experience of working in Papua New
Guinea were sought by FELO on matters such as use of native carrier
transport, treatment of natives, and travel in New Guinea for the
purpose of training and equipping soldiers and re-establishing
administrative activities in the outlying areas of the country which
had been disorganised by enemy action. The papers include
correspondence, reports, cuttings and publications. |
|
1 |
Correspondence, 1942. |
|
2 |
Correspondence, 1943-44. |
|
3-4 |
Notes and information for soldiers, n.d. |
|
5 |
General Staff (Intelligence), Advanced LHQ, Gazetteer of
South-east New Guinea and New Britain, 1942. |
|
6 |
Allied Geographical Section, An annotated bibliography of the
Southwest Pacific and adjacent areas, Vol. 2: The Mandated Territory
of New Guinea, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and
Micronesia, 8 Aug 1944. |
|
|
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|
|
Series 10. Department of
External Territories, 1937-59
Files relating to Commonwealth external territories
including typescript reports by Chinnery, printed reports, cuttings,
legislation, notes, meeting papers, press releases, lectures, printed
material, syllabus papers, correspondence with officers of the
Department of External Territories, and reports by the Department and
others on external territories. |
|
1 |
Notes on languages, customs, magic and religion, ca. 1942? |
|
2-3 |
Amalgamation of administration of Papua and New Guinea, and United
Nations Trusteeship, 1939-49. |
|
4 |
Notes on Legislative Council, Papua and New Guinea, 1949. |
|
5 |
United Nations Trusteeship Council: meeting papers, 1950-55. |
|
6-7 |
Education in Papua and New Guinea : lectures and press releases,
1956-59. |
|
8 |
Universal Declaration on Human Rights: notes, 1949. |
|
9 |
Hoover Institute, School of Naval Administration, Stanford
University: syllabus papers, 1947. |
|
10 |
Blood groups, Commonwealth Serum Laboratory: 1956, 1964. |
|
11 |
Various reports, 1937-43. |
|
12 |
Various reports, 1946-47. |
|
13 |
Territory of Nauru, education: policy outline and administrative
charts, ca 1947. |
|
14 |
The Atlantic Charter: typescript, 1940s. |
|
|
|
|
|
Series 11. South Pacific
Commission, 1946-51
The South Seas Commission was established in 1947 by
Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom
and the United States to promote the economic and social welfare of
the people of the South Pacific. The South Seas Commission Conference
preceded the establishment of the South Pacific Commission. Chinnery
was secretary of the conference held in Canberra on 28 Jan - 6 Feb
1947.
The series comprises mainly papers from the 1947 conference
and reports, 1950-51. |
|
1 |
South Seas Commission. Conference Papers: Handbook, 29 Jan 1947. |
|
2 |
South Seas Commission. Conference Who's Who and notes, 1946-47. |
|
3 |
South Seas Commission. Conference documents: Secretariat, Jan-Feb
1947. |
|
4 |
South Seas Commission. Conference documents, Delegations, Jan-Feb
1947. |
|
5 |
South Seas Commission. Conference documents, Plenary Session, Feb
1947. |
|
6 |
South Seas Commission. Conference documents: Committee I (area and
structure), Jan-Feb 1947. |
|
7 |
South Seas Commission. Conference documents: Committee II (functions
and powers), Jan-Feb 1947. |
|
8 |
South Seas Commission. Conference documents: Committee III
(auxiliary bodies), Jan-Feb 1947. |
|
9 |
South Seas Commission. Conference documents: Committee IV (finance),
Jan-Feb 1947. |
|
10 |
South Seas Commission. Conference documents: Committee V (immediate
projects), Jan-Feb 1947. |
|
11 |
South Seas Commission. Conference documents: Committee VI (drafting
and coordination), Jan-Feb 1947. |
|
12 |
South Seas Commission. Conference documents: 'A study of
agricultural problems in the Pacific region', Jan 1947. |
|
13 |
South Pacific Commission, first meeting: brief for the Australian
delegation and other papers, Apr-May 1948; South Seas Commission
Conference proceedings, Jan-Feb 1947; includes photograph of Chinnery
and Rev. John Burton (?). |
|
14 |
South Pacific Commission, First Session: papers, May 1948. |
|
15 |
South Pacific Commission. 'Review of research in social
anthropology: Papuan/Melanesian Section', by Professor A.P. Elkin,
1950. |
|
16-17 |
South Pacific Commission. 'A survey of the linguistic research
position and requirements for the area, with special reference to the
production of standard orthographies, dictionaries, grammars and
textbooks', by Dr A. Capell, 1950 (in three parts). |
|
18 |
South Pacific Commission. Research Workers in the
South Pacific, 1951.
South Pacific Commission. 'Some notes and suggestions regarding
conservation of important archaeological sites and objects in South
Pacific territories', by Felix. M. Keesing, 1951. |
|
|
|
|
|
Series 12. United Nations,
1946-52
Chinnery took part in UN visiting missions to Tanganyika
and Ruanda-Urundi in 1948. |
|
1 |
Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the
organization, June 1946.
Report of the Preparatory Commission of the United
Nations, 1946.
List of delegations maintaining offices in New York, 1947. |
|
2 |
Permanent Mandates Commission: B and C mandates,
questionnaires, 1921.
Trusteeship agreement for the Mandated Territory of
New Guinea, 31 Dec 1946.
Economic and Social Council: Reconstruction of devastated areas:
Papua-New Guinea, Jan 1947. |
|
3 |
Trusteeship Council: papers, March 1947. |
|
4 |
Trusteeship Council: papers, Apr 1947. |
|
5 |
Trusteeship Council: papers, Nov 1947. |
|
6 |
Trusteeship Council: provisional questionnaire, Apr
1947.
Trusteeship Council: questionnaire, Jun 1952. |
|
7 |
Australian Mission to the United Nations, New York: outward
telegrams, Mar-Apr 1947. |
|
8 |
Lectures during visit to UN in New York: letters of thanks, 1947. |
|
9 |
Trusteeship Council: petition re Tanganyika, 15 Oct
1947.
The administration of Tanganyika Territory, ca May 1948. |
|
10 |
Trusteeship Council:
Background survey of Ruanda-Urundi (two versions),
ca 1948.
Guide to Ruanda-Urundi, ca 1948. |
|
11 |
Mission to Ruanda-Urundi: diary, June-Aug 1948. |
|
12 |
Mission to Tanganyika: manuscript/typescript diary, Aug-Nov 1948. |
|
13 |
Mission to Tanganyika: letters, memoranda, itineraries, 1948. |
|
14 |
Photocopies and elucidatory notes. |
|
15 |
Trusteeship Council: Visiting mission to the Trust Territory of
Ruanda-Urundi: report and annex, 31 Oct 1948. |
|
16 |
Trusteeship Council: Report of the visiting mission to the Trust
Territory of Tanganyika, 8 Nov 1948. |
|
17 |
Trusteeship Council: Observations of the UK
Government on the report on Tanganyika, 1949.
Trusteeship Council: Newspaper and periodical reports and reactions,
June 1949. |
|
18 |
Trusteeship Council: Visiting mission to East Africa: Report on
Ruanda-Urundi and related documents, 1 Sept 1950. |
|
19 |
Photographs of Ruanda-Urundi and Tanganyika. |
|
20 |
Photographs of Ruanda-Urundi and Tanganyika. |
|
|
Series 13. Congresses and
Conferences, 1923-49
Papers in this series comprise correspondence, cuttings,
reports, papers read by Chinnery, photographs and resolutions,
summaries of discussions, minutes and other conference papers. |
|
1 |
Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Melbourne, 1923. |
|
2 |
International Pan-Pacific Health Conference, Melbourne, 1926. |
|
3 |
International Pan-Pacific Health Conference, Melbourne, 1926:
photograph. |
|
4 |
League of Nations International Labour Conference, Geneva, 1930:
Forced Labour, Draft Conventions and Recommendations. |
|
5 |
League of Nations Permanent Mandates Commission: minutes, 1930. |
|
6 |
League of Nations Permanent Mandates Commission: minutes, 1934. |
|
7 |
Australian National University Conference on Research in Pacific
Studies, 3-4 Apr 1948: reports and summary of discussions. |
|
8 |
Photographs: South Seas Commission Conference, Canberra, 1947;
Australian National University Conference on Research in Pacific
Studies, 3-4 Apr 1948. |
|
9 |
Conference of District Officers held at Port Moresby, Sept 1949:
proceedings (roneoed). |
|
|
|
|
|
Series 14. Lectures, 1930-66
Lectures and broadcasts by Chinnery on New Guinea. They also include
cuttings, flyers, correspondence and lecture notes. Other lectures by
Chinnery are in series 16 (Native Labour). |
|
1 |
ABC/BBC broadcasts, 1930-57. |
|
2 |
Melbourne University/Council of Adult Education, 1949-64. |
|
3 |
Monash University, 1966. |
|
4 |
Requests for lecture material, 1955-59. |
|
|
|
|
|
Series 15. Native Rights,
1926-71
Files on native rights dating from Chinnery's period
as Government Anthropologist and Director of the Department of
District Services and Native Affairs as well as material from the
1960s and 1970s. The papers include manuscript and typescript notes,
copies of correspondence and reports, and minutes.
See also series 5 and 6. |
|
1 |
Land Rights, 1930-71. |
|
2 |
Fishing Rights, 1926-33. |
|
3 |
Native Trade, 1933-37. |
|
|
|
|
|
Series 16. Native Labour,
1922-44
Papers dating from Chinnery's period as Labour
Adviser with New Guinea Copper Mines, Government Anthropologist,
Director of the Department of District Services and Native Affairs,
and Director of the Northern Territory Native Affairs Branch.
The papers include legislation, manuscript
notes, typescript reports, addresses by Chinnery, statistical data,
correspondence, questionnaires and conference papers.
See also series 4, 5, 6 and 8. |
|
1 |
New Guinea Copper Mines Ltd, Papua, ca 1922. |
|
2 |
Pan Pacific Science Congress, 1923.
International Pacific Health Conference, 1926. |
|
3 |
Native Labour, 1924-40. |
|
4 |
Statistics, 1930s. |
|
5 |
Duties of a district officer, n.d.
Questions likely to be asked when inspecting labour, ca 1931. |
|
6 |
Native Labour Commission, 1939. |
|
7 |
Native Labour Conference, Sydney, 1944. |
|
8 |
'The administration of New Guinea is controlled by the economic
necessity for labour', Cadet L.D Lyon, 1929. |
|
9 |
Notes on government control of native labour, n.d. |
|
10 |
F.E. Williams, Notes on future development of New Guinea and its
peoples, 1943. |
|
11 |
New Guinea Goldfields Ltd., 1930-33. |
|
12 |
Regulation under the Native Labour Ordinances 1922. |
|
13 |
Lack of discipline, ca 1936. |
|
14 |
Letter from Rev. Johannes Flierl, 1929. |
|
|
|
|
|
Series 17. Native Education,
1928-36
Reports, tables, syllabus' and publications mainly dating
from Chinnery's period as Director of District Services and Native
Affairs. See also series 6. |
|
1 |
Native Education, n.d. |
|
2 |
Territory of New Guinea. Native education: syllabus of work, two
volumes roneoed, n.d. |
|
3 |
'Native Education: the language of instruction and intellectual
education' (Anthropological report No. 9), by F.E. Williams, 1928.
Native education and culture-contact in New Guinea,
by W.C. Groves, 1936.
Conference and seminar on education in Pacific countries: advance
notice, 1936. |
|
4 |
Papuan school reader, 1928.
Papuan junior reader No. 2, 1935.
Syllabus of work for assisted primary schools
(Papua), 1931.
Syllabus of work for assisted primary schools (Papua): reprint,
1935. |
|
|
|
|
|
Series 18. Native Languages,
1897-1956
Printed and typescript grammars and vocabularies,
articles, manuscript stories and essays dating from Chinnery's periods
with New Guinea Copper Mines, Government Anthropologist and Director
of District Services and Native Affairs. See also series 4, 5 and 6. |
|
1 |
Grammar of the Binandele language, Mamba River, British New Guinea:
typescript, n.d. |
|
2 |
A study of the languages of Torres Straits, with vocabularies and
grammatical notes, Part II, by S.H. Ray and A.C. Haddon, ca 1897. |
|
3 |
Vocabulary of the Binandele dialect spoken by the natives of the
Mamba River, British New Guinea, by Rev. Copland King, Sydney, 1901. |
|
4 |
Revised Motu grammar and vocabulary, by Rev. R. Lister-Turner and
Rev. J.B. Clark, 1930. |
|
5 |
'Note on the language of Kabadi, British New Guinea', by W. Mersh
Strong, offprint from Anthropos, n.d. |
|
6 |
A Ragetta sentence book, compiled by E.F. Hannemann,
Madang, 1933.
Sutek i aikamo nadin, Madang: Lutheran Mission, ca
1936.
Maliu: notebook of nouns, verbs, etc.
Stories from Manus: manuscript, n.d. |
|
7 |
New Guinea stories and designs by natives who can write, n.d. |
|
8 |
Motu-English vocabulary; stories in native language,
some with English translation; office stores 1921-22.
'Stories of our natives sweetheart untill marry.'
'Storyes of natives through white people.' |
|
9-10 |
Languages: principally Vocabulary forms, ca 1915-1925. |
|
11 |
Languages: notes and essays, 1925-56. |
|
12 |
Languages, Delta Division, Goaribari Island/Kikori River; villages
in Purari Delta, n.d. |
|
|
Series 19. Depopulation,
1919-50
Files on depopulation containing material dating from
Chinnery's period as Government Anthropologist, Director of the
Departmetn of District Services and Native Affairs and Commonwealth
Advisor on Native Affairs. See also Series 5, 6 and 8. |
|
1 |
Censuses: reports and statistics, 1919-36, especially for the east
coast of New Ireland, 1931. |
|
2-3 |
Census of the east coast of New Ireland: diary, notes and
statistics, 1931. |
|
4-7 |
East coast of New Ireland: correspondence, statistics, loose papers,
1949-50, with appended material from 1929-33, and from the German
census of 1911-12. |
|
8 |
Correspondence relating to Chinnery's depopulation survey of the
East Coast of New Ireland, 1945-50. |
|
|
|
|
|
Series 20. Anthropological
Research, 1915-71
Patrol report extracts, correspondence, drawings, sketch maps,
notes, reports, photographs, statistical data and other papers dating
from Chinnery's period as Government Anthropologist and Commonwealth
Advisor on Native Affairs as well as from the 1960s and 1970s. See
also series 5 and 8. |
|
1-7 |
Manus Island; Kavieng, New Ireland; Siassi Islands (includes
sketches by R.H. Vigor); Vunapope; Talasea, Gasmata and Jacquinot Bay,
New Britain; Gazelle Peninsula; East Nakanai; Kieta and Buka Passage,
Bougainville (includes photographs); Mt Hagen, New Guinea; Tanga
Islands, 1924-33. |
|
8 |
Morobe District, New Guinea, 1925-29. |
|
9-10 |
Sepik and Aitape Districts, New Guinea, 1925-33. |
|
11 |
Madang District, 1930-32. |
|
12 |
'Malagan', by F.M. Yaraba, Paruai, 1950 (2 pp). |
|
13-14 |
New Guinea Cargo Cults, 1950s-60s. |
|
15-16 |
Sorcery and Religion, 1915-55. |
|
17 |
Notes on Collection and Preservation of Native Curios, 1923? |
|
18 |
Correspondence and notes on Papua, ca 1916-20s. |
|
19 |
Notes:
String Figures and tricks
Relics of an Unknown People, 1952.
Margaret Mead's notes on methods of inquiry. |
|
20 |
Notes for taking of survey/census? New Ireland. |
|
21 |
Notes about people speaking Papuan languages, descriptions of New
Guinea peoples, and various loose notes. |
|
22 |
Letter to Secretary, External Territories, 1947:
Reported abortion practices in Tabar, New Guinea.
Letter to B.G. Burton Bradley, Port Moresby, 1966: tensions
affecting the indigenous population leading to shame fear ... |
|
23 |
'A few notes on natives seen during the voyages of the government
steam yacht Franklin between 9th January and 12th March 1925'. |
|
24 |
'Natives of the Waria, Williams and Bialolo Watersheds'
(Anthropological Report No. 4), 28 Jan 1930. |
|
25 |
Ethnological survey of the southern part of Bougainville, 1929-30
(Anthropological Report No. 5?). |
|
26 |
Notes from other anthropologists in New Guinea:
Purari warfare and custom, from Reo Fortune.
Secret societies and masked dancers, from Gregory Bateson? |
|
27 |
Primitive religion: manuscript notes, unidentified. |
|
28 |
Duk Duk and other initiation rites: notes, correspondence and other
papers, 1925-28. |
|
29 |
Practical anthropology:
Several genealogies.
Field work plan for anthropologists.
Reading list. |
|
30 |
'Primitive weaving in New Guinea', and other notes on weaving. |
|
31 |
'An Anthropological Study of the Island Peoples of
the Pacific', South Seas Commission Conference, 1926.
'Blood Group Genetical Studies ... in Papua -New
Guinea', Proceedings of the 8th Congress of the International
Society for Blood Transfusions, 1962.
'Blood Groups ... of the New Guinea Highlands', Human
Biology in Oceania, 1971.
'A Compendium of Melanesian Genetic Data', Commonwealth Serum
Laboratories, 1971. |
|
32 |
Notes on languages: Aitapi District; Duke of York Islands; New
Ireland New Hanover and Tabar Islands; Bougainville, Buka and
Shortlands Islands; by various people. |
|
33 |
Papua: prehistoric research: photographs. |
|
34-35 |
Papua: prehistoric research: correspondence, 1921-64. |
|
36-39 |
Terms of Relationship, ca 1925. |
|
40 |
Land | |