MS 2808 and MS 7697

Papers of B. W. Bramell



Box List MS 2808

Box

Folder

 

1

 

Manuscript Material

 

1

Letters

Letter from J.T. O'Malley, Resident Magistrate, to the Government Secretary, 21 May 1918, concerning native labourers of the

Itikinumu group. 4pp. (2 copies)

 

2

Minutes

Minute to the Lieutenant-Governor on the British New Guinea

Development Company Ltd., March 1920.

 

3

Transcripts and reports of Court Cases

Court of Petty Sessions, Songeri, before J.T. O'Malley, May 1918.

Transcript of case concerning desertion by labourers. 19pp.

(2 copies) Ru, Ginion, Nigani, Udia, Gaiia, Iori Garu Garu. Report of murder trial. 4pp.

 

4

Regulations

Regulations governing the recruitment and employment of native labourers. 16pp.

 

5

Papers

Native education; system adopted by the Dutch in Netherlands - India. 8pp.

Preliminary report of ankylostomiasis in Papua. 4pp.

Native names of lands near Port Moresby and general information. 17pp.

 

6

Newspaper cuttings

5 files of cuttings and typescript extracts from newspapers concerning Papua.

File of cuttings and extracts on Staniforth Smith, mostly dealing with his activities in Northern Territory in 1921.

 

 

 

2

 

Printed Material

 

 

Anti-Slavery Reporter and Aborigines' Friend. v.5, no.1 (1915), v.2, no.4 (1922), v.16, no. 4 (1927)

 

 

The Austral Briton. v.1, no.3 (1916). 2 copies

 

 

British New Guinea. Ahegani Nerevadia. Port Moresby, Government Printer, 1905.

 

 

British New Guinea. Appropriation Ordinances. 1904-1905.

 

 

British New Guinea. Government Gazette. v.13 (1900) : 9 issues, v.17, (1904) : 30 issues, v.18, (1905) : 38 issues.

 

 

British New Guinea. Handbook of information for intending settlers in British New Guinea. Brisbane, Government Printer, 1892. 4 copies.

 

 

British New Guinea. Laws and Ordinances. Brisbane, Government Printer, 1898. 3 copies.

 

 

British New Guinea Development Company Ltd. Directors' report and accounts 1919-1920. London, Waterlow, 1920.

 

 

Canning, A.S. New Guinea : report of inquiry into allegations of flogging and forced labour of natives. Melbourne, Government Printer, 1924.

 

 

German New Guinea. (British Administration) Government Gazette. v.1 (1914) : 1 issue, v.4, 1917 : 1 issue.

 

 

German New Guinea. (British Administration) Regulations governing the recruitment and employment of native labour. 1915.

 

 

Great Britain. Correspondence relating to the wishes of the natives of the German colonies as to their future government. 1918.

 

 

Great Britain. Fiji : correspondence relating to native taxation and the communal system in Fiji. 1904

 

 

Great Britain. Fiji : further correspondencerespecting the affairs of Fiji and the native population. 1895

 

 

Mededeelingen van het Encyclopaedisch Bureau. British Nieuw-Guinee (Papua) Kolff, 1918.

 

 

New South Wales. Constitution Act 1902

 

 

New South Wales. Prevention and Relief of Unemployment Act. 1930.

 

 

Papua. Bill for an Ordinance to amend the Native Labour Ordinances, 1911-1931. 1933

 

 

Papua. Bill for an Ordinance to provide for the representation of natives in legal proceedings. 1933

 

 

Papua. Fencing Ordinance. 1912

 

 

Papua. Government Gazette. v.16 (1906) : 22 issues, v.2 (1907) : 5 issues, v.4 (1909) : 4 issues, v.16 (1921) : 1 issue.

 

 

Papua. Handbook of the Territory of Papua. Melbourne, Government Printer, 1909.

 

 

Papua. Justices Ordinance. 1912.

 

 

Papua. Land Ordinances. 1906.

 

 

Papua. Married Women's Property Ordinance. 1912

 

 

Papua. Native Labour Ordinance. 1911-1918, and regulations. (2 copies).

 

 

Papua. Native labour ordinances and regulations in force on 1st April 1914.

 

 

Papua. Native Regulation Ordinance of 1908. Pt. Moresby Government Printer, 1916.

 

 

Papua. Ordinance realting to the Public Service, 1917.

 

 

Papua. Ordinance to impose a tax upon natives, 1977.

 

 

Papua. Ordinances passed and assented to in 1915.

 

 

Papua. Papuan Antiquities Ordinance, 1913. (4 copies).

 

 

Papua. Regulations under Papuan Antiquities Ordinance, 1913.

 

 

Papua. Legislative Council, Debates, 1913, 1915-1917, 1921.

 

 

Papua. Legislative Council, Standing orders.

 

 

Papua. Para Rubber Company Ltd. Prospectus.

 

 

Papuan Industries Ltd. The appeal of the backward races to the businessman. London, Tate, 1912.

 

 

Papuan Industries Ltd. Opening ceremony by Lieutenant-Governor. Pt. Moresby, Papuan Times, 1913.

 

 

Papuan Industries Ltd. Report of a luncheon at Whitehall Rooms, London, on April 3rd, 1913. Sheffield, 1913.

 

 

Public Service Association, Papua. Quarterly circular. no. 3, 1920.

 

 

Queensland. Acts relating to mining in Queensland together with regulations made thereunto. Brisbane, 1894.

 

 

Queensland. Mining Act, 1898.

 

 

Romano Katolika Katekismo, Pt. Leon, 1898.

 

 

Simpson, W. J. The maintenance of health in the tropics. London, Bale and Danielsson, 1905.

 

 

Strong, W. M. The causation of so-called tropical anaemia. 1916.

 

 

Strong, W. M. Hints on the medical treatment of natives and others in Papua. Melbourne, Government Printer, 1909.

 

 

Woolcock, J. L. The Justice Act of 1886 and the Offenders Prohabition Act of 1886. Brisbane, Government Printer, 1887.

 

 

Wright, W. H. Posts and diseases of the coconut palm. Pt. Moresby, Government Printer, 1916.

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Maps

 

(i)

Manuscript maps

Map of Kikori, Purari, Era River, Urama and Turama districts

Map of land in Hanly Range

Untitled Map

 

(ii)

Printed maps

 

 

British New Guinea. North-east coast from Musa River to Ikore River, 1894.

British New Guinea. (Western part). Sheet nos. 1-8

Comercial map of Australasia, 1897.

Map of British New Guinea, 1892. (poor condition).

Map of Papua, 1900.

Map of part of Eastern Central Africa showing the discoveries of Henry M. Stanley.

Map of portion of South East New Guinea, 1892.

Map of Queensland and British New Guinea, 1897.

Map of Territory of Papua.

New Guinea. Sheets nos. 1-12.

Plan of Porlock Bay and Porlock Harbour.

Rough sketch of 200 miles of western portion of New Guinea, 1890. (poor condition).

Sketchmap of Gulf of Apua, British New Guinea, 1894. (poor condition).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Box List MS 7697

Box 1-2

(i)

Diary of B. W. Bramell, Jan.-July 1897 (48pp).

Journals containing diary entries 1900-1917.

 

(ii)

Bundle of miscellaneous manuscript, typescript, roneoed and printed material, including copies of official minutes and papers, apparently assembled by Bramell, 1894-1932.

   

The papers include:

 

·

Hints for magistrates, n.d. (MS)

 

·

Instructions for magistrates, 1894 (MS)

 

·

Photograph of Bramell and native police, 1897

 

·

Statement of duties of Commissioner for Native Affairs, 26 Sept. 1909 (t/s)

 

·

Statement of duties of officers of Department of Native Affaris and Control, 1910-11 (t/s)

 

·

Copies of papers concerning desertions, 1910-11 (t/s)

 

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Copy of article on Staniforth Smith, Truth (Brisbane), 26 March 1911 (t/s)

 

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Copy of article on slavery in Papua, Daily Chronicle (London), 1 July 1914 (t/s)

 

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Copies of papers on court procedure, 1914 (t/s)

 

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Copies of papers on inspection of mines, 1914 (t/s)

 

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Paper on native labour on Papua, n.d. (t/s)

 

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Copy of article by Beatrice Grimshaw on Papua, n.d. (t/s)

 

·

Copy of paper on system of native education in Dutch East Indies, n.d. (t/s)

 

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Copies of correspondence on erection of hut of Konedobu for Native Affairs Department, May-June 1916 (t/s)

 

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Copies of correspondence on visit of President Magistrate of Central District to Galley Reach Rubber Estates, Lolorua, 1916 (t/s)

 

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Copy of article on British New Guinea; settlers and the Government, Jan. 1916 (t/s)

 

·

Letter from E. Skelly (Upoia) to Bramell, 6 Nov. ?

 

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Translations of evidence on recruitment of labourers at Kokoda, 1918 (t/s)

 

·

Copies of correspondence on rock paintings at Goodenough Island, 1919-21 (t/s)

 

·

Minutes of meeting of Papua Land Board, 21 April 1921 (t/s)

 

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Cuttings and copies of correspondence concerning controversy between J.T. Bensted and I. Hogbin, Oct.-Nov. 1932

 

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Miscellaneous issues of Papua Ordinances and Government Gazettes

     
   

Added 21.6.96

   

The Papuan Villager, 1929-37

 

Folio 1

Signed proclamation declaring a British protectorate over part of New Guinea, 1884.