MS 8254 Papers of Ian Downs (1915-2004)
Papers
1935-1994
3.5 m. (25 boxes) + 1 folio
Available for reference
A former patrol officer who rose to the position of Deputy Administrator
in the mid-1950s, Downs was a prominent figure in Papua New Guinea in the last
years of the Australian trusteeship, and possibly the only person who combined
the roles of administrator, politician, planter and historian. His papers,
which reflect the diversity of his career, are a mixture of original material
and photocopied files, created at different times for different purposes, but
which were together drawn upon for his official history of the Australian
administration. This account, which was commissioned in 1972, was published in
1980 under the title of The Australian trusteeship : Papua New Guinea,
1945-75.
For the purposes of his research Downs was given unrestricted access to
all files of the Department of External Territories (later the Department of
Territories), from which he and his assistant Elaine Ryan made extensive
photocopies. Included in the files were records of the Custodian of
Expropriated Property which had been transferred to the Department of External
Territories in Canberra following the Japanese war. Downs also collected
original departmental files destined for disposal after the proclamation of
Papua New Guinean independence, and rescued other papers from destruction
following the closure of the Department of Territories. As additional research
material, Downs brought together notes and sources he had been gathering as far
back as 1945 with a view to someday publishing a book on Papua New Guinea.
In form, the papers include diaries and original correspondence,
telegrams, authorisations, memoranda, file extracts and cuttings, photocopies
or typed transcripts of official documents, court proceedings, and carbon
copies of original minutes. The collection contains interesting material on
major figures such as Hasluck, Gorton, Whitlam, Murray, Cleland, Hay and
Gunther, and while much of the research material is not unique, historians may
find it useful that copies of policy documents going back to the time of Curtin
and Ward have been brought together in one body of documentation.
Downs' papers were transferred to the Library in five instalments
between 1991 and 1999. In sorting the collection Downs' filing system and file
names have, for the most part, been retained.
1915 Born in Edinburgh, Scotland
c.1926-28 Educated at Brighton and Geelong Grammar Schools
1929 Entered Royal Australian Naval College as a midshipman
1935 Joined New Guinea administration as a cadet patrol officer
1938 Joined the Hagen-Sepik patrol at Wabag
1942-45 Coastwatcher with Royal Australian Navy in New Guinea waters
1945 Returned to New Guinea as a patrol officer
1949 District Officer, New Ireland
Jan. 1951 Stipendiary Magistrate, Rabaul
May 1951 District Commissioner, Madang
1951-52 Assistant Director of Native Affairs
1952 District Commissioner, Goroka
1956 Resigned to take up coffee farming and to enter politics
1957 Elected Member for the New Guinea Mainland in the
Legislative Council
1957-68 President, Highlands Farmers and Settlers Association
1957-69 Member of the East Highlands District Advisory Council
1961-69 Member of the Administrator's Council
1964 Foundation Chairman, Coffee Marketing Board
1964-68 Elected to the first House of Assembly
1970 Publication of The stolen land
c.1971 Returned to Australia
1980 Publication of The Australian trusteeship : Papua New
Guinea, 1945-75
1986 Publication of autobiography, The last mountain
2004 Died on 24 August
- General correspondence, 1935-94
- Patrol diaries and reports, 1938-55
- Highlands period, 1952-68
- Legislative Council, 1957-64
- House of Assembly, 1964-68
- Select Committee on Constitutional Development and Papua New Guinean
independence, 1965-72
- Gazelle Peninsula dispute and Mataungan insurrection, 1957-74
- Papers relating to The Australian trusteeship : Papua New Guinea,
1945-75
- Biographical files
- Subject files
- Press releases and clippings
- Publications
Appendix 1: List of photographs relating to the Hagen-Sepik patrol
Series 1 General correspondence and memoranda, 1935-94
This series chiefly comprises original and photocopied official
correspondence written or collected by Downs on matters relating to the
Australian administration of Papua New Guinea. Correspondents include
politicians such as Arthur Calwell and Paul Hasluck, diplomats, including
American Ambassadors Amos Peaslee and William Battle, and British diplomat Sir
Hugh Foot, as well as key figures in the Papua New Guinea administration such
as J.K. Murray and Sir Donald Cleland. Also of interest are a number of letters
written by visitors to the country, which reflect the political situation,
local attitudes and progress of the Australian trusteeship. In addition, the
series contains a file concerning Downs' resignation as District Commissioner
in 1955, which stemmed from his objection to a reorganisation of the district
administration, and original correspondence about missionary activity in the
Central Highlands between 1935-45.
For additional correspondence relating to Downs' political and business
activities see Series 3, 4 and 5.
Folders
1 Correspondence concerning activities of missionaries in
the Central Highlands, 1935-45
2 General correspondence and papers, 1950-62
3 Correspondence and papers relating to police matters,
1953-54, 1963, 1966
4 Correspondence and papers relating to Downs' resignation
as District Commissioner, 1955
5 Correspondence and notes regarding political matters, 1961
and public works, 1966, together with New Guinea
Administration press statements, 1961
6 General correspondence and papers, 1962-94
7 General correspondence and papers, 1968-72: A-F
8 General correspondence and papers, 1968-72: G-L
9 General correspondence and papers, 1968-72: M-Q
10 General correspondence and papers, 1968-72: R-Z
11 General memoranda and correspondence, Part 1: 1959-66,
including speech on customs tariff, 1965, and notes
relating to timber production, coastwatching, Duna patrol,
1955
12 General memoranda and correspondence, Part 2: 1964-72,
including report on 11th House of Assembly meeting, and
notes on the Wutung border incident and race relations
13 General memoranda and correspondence, Part 3: 1972-76,
including notes on decolonisation, briefing notes for
Minister for the Army, 1968 and Retired Officers
Association membership list, 1972
14 General memoranda and correspondence, Part 4: 1973-76
Series 2 Patrol diaries and reports, 1938-55
Downs took up his appointment to New Guinea in 1936 and was one of the
first patrol officers assigned to the Western Highlands. This series includes
his patrol diary compiled whilst accompanying John Black and Jim Taylor on part
of their famous Hagen-Sepik patrol in 1938-39, which contains quite detailed
entries for the period January-May 1939. Also filed here are his copies of the
Crown Law Office circulars, 1924-25 and District standing
instructions, 1925 (annotated by Downs to 1939). Regarded as the
'Patrol Officer's bible' these items would normally have accompanied officers
everywhere in their duties.
A copy of Downs Hagen-Sepik patrol report is contained in the
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau microfilm 607.
Folders
1 Patrol diary, Hagen-Sepik patrol, October-December, 1938
2 Diary, 1939
3 Routine patrol and food survey of villages in the Salamaua
area, December 1945-January 1946
4 Madang patrol report, 1953-54
5 Patrol reports into areas between Tari Station and the
Strickland-Lagaip Rivers, 1954-55, with map of the region
6 Crown Law Office circulars, 1924-25; District standing
instructions, 1925; Programme : visit of Sir John
Northcott, Administrator of the Commonwealth, 1951
7 Typescript of Territory of New Guinea, Annual report, New
Ireland, 1949-50
8 Photographs relating to the Hagen-Sepik patrol (see Appendix 1 for
detailed listing)
Series 3 Highlands period, 1952-68
Downs returned to New Guinea after World War II and by 1951 was the
youngest District Commissioner in the administration, based in Madang. Between
1952-56 he held the position of District Commissioner in Goroka , before
resigning to take up coffee farming and to enter politics.
Included in this series are files and correspondence relating to the
official, semi-official, political and business activities with which Downs was
associated whilst resident in Goroka, the large proportion of which he kept
interfiled in chronological sequences. Also documented is Downs' Presidency of
the Highland Farmers and Settlers Association, 1957-68, and his involvement
with the Upper Asaro Coffee Community, which supplied coffee to the Korfena
coffee company of which he was part-owner.
Papers which relate exclusively to Downs' political career are filed in
Series 4 and 5.
Folders
1 Correspondence and notes, Part 1: A-F
2 Correspondence and notes, Part 2: G-T
3 Correspondence and notes, Part 3: U and miscellaneous,
including Upper Asaro Coffee Community
4 Postwar period, Part 1: papers relating to access roads,
including the reopening of the Kassam Pass
Postwar period, Part 2: including papers relating to the
Highland Farmers and
5 Settlers Association
6 Postwar period, Part 3: including typescript of Annual
report, Eastern
7 notes and native language dictionary
8 Notes on administration and tribal customs, Part 2
9 Notes on administration and tribal customs, Part 3
10 Notes on administration and tribal customs, Part 4
11 Notes on administration and tribal customs, Part 5
12 Extracts from file on Highlands Redevelopment Scheme
(roads, bridges, etc.)
13 Typescript of 'Entomological investigations in the Eastern
and Western
Highlands', 1954
14 The economic development of the Eastern Highlands district
of the Territory of New Guinea, 1965
15-16 Articles on various aspects of Highland administration and
culture
Series 4 Legislative Council, 1957-63
Disillusioned with official policy, Downs resigned from his post as
District Commissioner in 1956 and in the following year gained election as
Member for the New Guinea Mainland in the Legislative Council. As a
parliamentarian he was further elected in 1961 to the Administrator's Advisory
Council (later known as the Administrator's Executive Council), a board set up
to advise the Administrator on policy issues.
Some correspondence relating to Downs' membership of the Legislative
Council is interfiled in Series 3. For papers relating to his election to the
House of Assembly see Series 5.
Folders/Pieces
1 Correspondence congratulating Downs on his election to the
Legislative Council, 1957, together with notes relating to
comparative constitutional law and administrative
instructions
2 Notes and circulars concerning parliamentary matters,
conditions of service, 1951-63
3 Notes on Legislative Council questions: A-D
4 Notes on Legislative Council questions: E-K
5 Notes on Legislative Council questions: L-N
6 Notes on Legislative Council questions: O-R
7 Notes on Legislative Council questions: S-Z
8 Extracts from Legislative Council debates, 1957-61
9-16 Legislative Council debates: 4-8 May, 1953; 16-23
November, 1953; 10-13 May, 1954; 24-28 October, 1955;
11-14 June, 1962; 3 September-16 October, 1962; 25
February-1 March, 1963
Series 5 House of Assembly, 1964-68
Downs was elected to the first House of Assembly in 1964 with a record
majority of over 100, 000 votes. For the next four years he held the Seat of
the New Guinea Highlands, a constituency in the Central Highlands region with a
population of over half a million people. In the face of an increasingly
nationalist style of politics he decided not to stand for re-election in 1968,
and retired from parliament to take up private interests.
Some correspondence relating to Downs' membership of the House of
Assembly is interfiled in Series 3. For papers relating to his election to the
Legislative Council see Series 4.
Folders/Pieces
1-3 Correspondence and papers, 1965-66
4 Correspondence, notes and circulars, 1966
5 Letter from D.M. Fenbury concerning the New Guinea
Administration, 1967, together with an extract from the
proceedings of the House of Lords, 12 May 1948, about
conditions in the colonial service
6 Notes and research material relating to 1964 House of
Assembly elections, together with rules of the
Administrator's Council
7 Notes and documentation, 1967-68, including copy of 1959
letter from Sir William Slim regarding income tax
legislation
8-9 Notes, articles and reports relating to the House of
Assembly, 1967-68 and second House of Assembly, 1968
10 House of Assembly debates, 1-10 September, 1964
Series 6 Select Committee on Constitutional Development and Papua New
Guinean independence, 1965-72
A Select Committee on Constitutional Development was appointed by a
resolution of the Papua and New Guinea House of Assembly on 19 May 1965, with
John Guise as its first Chairman. The Committee's purpose was to clarify the
future status of Papua New Guinea in relation to Australia. Under Guise, the
Committee presented interim reports in 1965 and 1966, and a final report in
1967. A reconstituted Committee with Paulus Arek as Chairman published two
further reports in 1969 and 1971, its recommendations effectively clearing the
path for the transfer to self-government in 1975.
Folders
1 Notes on discussion between Minister and Select Committee
on Constitutional Development, 1966-67
2 File extracts regarding Select Committee on Constitutional
Development, 1969-70
3 File extracts regarding Select Committee on Constitutional
Development, 1970-71
4 Notes, correspondence and article relating to New Guinean
political development, including record of July-August
constitutional talks, 1972
5 File on future association with Australia on
self-government or independence
6 Policy regarding political development in New Guinea
7-8 Relations between Prime Minister John Gorton and Papua New
Guinea administration, 1968-70
9 Extracts and articles on various aspects of constitutional
development
Series 7 Gazelle Peninsula dispute and Mataungan insurrection, 1957-74
In 1950-54 a new system of native administration was introduced in the
Gazelle Peninsula, an area chiefly populated by the Tolai people. Although the
new form of local government sought to increase involvement of natives in
economic development, it came into conflict with traditional administrative
arrangements which were already divided by disputes amongst the various Tolai
groupings. A number of villages including Raluana and Navuneram resisted the
imposition of the administration, leading to unrest in the area extending over
three decades.
A file relating to the murder of District Commissioner, E.J. Emanuel at
Navuneram is located in Series 9. In addition, a short sequence of press
clippings documenting the 1973 riots in the region is filed in Series 11.
Folders
1-7 Land and social problems on the Gazelle Peninsula
8 Press cuttings relating to the Gazelle Peninsula dispute,
1970-72
9 Raluana Committee
10 Navuneram incident, 1957-59, file compiled by Edward
Taylor
11 Commission of Inquiry into the Navuneram incident, 1959
12 Proposal for subdivision of the Kaibara and Natava
plantations,1972
13-14 Papers relating to the Varzin land case, 1964
15 Mataungan insurrection, Gazelle Peninsula, 1967-74, Part
1, including correspondence
16 Mataungan insurrection, Gazelle Peninsula, 1967-74, Part 2
17 Mataungan insurrection, Gazelle Peninsula, 1967-74, Part 3
18 Mataungan insurrection, Gazelle Peninsula, 1967-74, Part 4
19 Notes and transcripts of statement concerning the
Mataungan incident
20 Publications relating to the Gazelle Peninsula dispute
including: Report of a Commission of Inquiry Into Local
Government and Other Matters in the Gazelle Peninsula...,
1969; Statements made by Mathias T. Toliman..., 1973;
Report to the Administrator...on the problems if the
Gazelle Peninsula, 1971; 'Matupit : land, politics and
change among the Tolai of New Britain, 1969
Series 8 The Australian trusteeship : Papua New Guinea, 1945-75
In 1972 Downs was commissioned to write an official history of the
Australian trusteeship in Papua New Guinea, under the guidance of an Editorial
Committee chaired by David Hay. With the assistance of an Editorial Consultant,
Francis West and Research Officer, Eileen Ryan, the final manuscript was
completed in 1978 and published by the Australian Government Publishing Service
in 1980.
In this series are filed correspondence relating to the publication,
together with lists of bibliographic sources and other reference material used
in compilation of the history.
Folders
1 Correspondence and other papers relating to The Australian
trusteeship : Papua New Guinea, 1945-75
2-3 Documentation collated for appendices
4 Research material, including list of archival sources, map
pulls, sample index, press and publicity lists, index to
Department of Territories files, 1972, and a guide to New
Guinea archives held in the National Library, 1958
5 Bibliographical references, including a complete record of
Australian press references to Papua New Guinea, 1944-72,
chronology of Papua New Guinean constitutional
development, list of theses held in the Department of
Government, University of Sydney, 1966, 1972
6 List of research material used, together with other
reference notes
7 Reference material, including a chronology of
constitutional development and index to Papua New Guinean
press reports, 1944-71
8 Reference material, including chronological notes on
administrators and administration
9 Photographic typesetting transparencies used in production of the book
Series 9 Biographical files and records of interviews
This series chiefly comprises original papers and photocopied extracts
from Department of External Affairs and Downs' own files containing
biographical information on former Departmental personnel, Papua New Guinea
administrative staff and others associated with Australian participation in the
country. Also included is a sequence of files documenting the murder of
District Commissioner, E.J. Emanuel, and the implication of other Australian
nationals in violent incidents in Papua New Guinea. In addition, the series
contains correspondence, notes and transcripts relating to interviews conducted
by Downs in the period 1963-78 with individuals closely associated with the
Australian trusteeship.
GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL FILES
Folders
1 List of contacts, 1976-78
2 Biographical file, Part 1: A-C
3 Biographical file, Part 2: D-H
4 Biographical file, Part 3: I-M
5 Biographical file, Part 4: N-Z
6 Extracts from A time for building : Australian
administration in Papua New Guinea, 1951-1963, together
with press cuttings about its author Paul Hasluck
7 Extracts from Pacific Islands year book and Who's who in
the Pacific Islands, 1968, together with other
biographical notes
8 Biographical data concerning Papua New Guinea Department
of External Affairs personnel
ADMINISTRATORS
9 Alfred Conlon, Head of the Australian Army's Directorate
of Research and Civil Affairs, 1943-45
10 J.K. Murray, Administrator, 1945-52; Photocopied extract
from Papua New Guinea , 1942-52 : policy, planning and
J.K. Murray. Thesis by Brian Jinks.
11 File relating to position of Administrator, 1951
12 David Hay, Administrator, 1967-70
13 L.W. Johnson, Administrator, 1970-73
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
Other papers relating to the Navuneram incident and Gazelle Peninsula
dispute are filed in Series 7, 10 and 11.
14 File containing papers relating to Allart Nurton, former
officer of the New Guinea Public Service who was injured
on duty, 1936; Navuneram incident, 1958; grievances
against T.W. Ellis, X-ray technician, 1973; Special Branch
report on Ephraim Nwokolo, 1969; involvement of Julian
White in the independence movement, 1976
15 File relating to the murder of Richard Strudwick and
others during the Sepik insurrection, 1942
16-17 File relating to the murders of Szarka and Harris at
Telefomin, November 1953
18 File relating to the sedition trial of Brian Leonard
Cooper, December 1960, including reasons for the judgment
19-20 File of letters and records relating to the murder of
District Commissioner, E.J. Emanuel, at Navurneram, 1971
INTERVIEWS
Notes on, and some transcripts of interviews undertaken with: J.O.
Ballard, C.E. Barnes, K. Beazley, John Greenwell, J.T. Gunther, David Hay,
Harry Jackman, Alan Kerr, Sir John Kerr, W.A. Lalor, Tom Leahy, A.W. McCasker,
W.L. Morrison, J.K. Murray, H.L.R. Niall, Stan Pearsall, J.E. Ritchie, George
Warwick Smith, O.H.K. Spate, A.C. Voutas, H.W. West, Ken Williamson, Ian
Willis, together with speeches by Gough Whitlam and Michael Somare, 1973 and
summary of record of talks between the two, 17 January 1973.
21 Interviews and related correspondence, Part 1: 1963,
1965-66, 1969-76
22 Interviews and related correspondence, Part 2: 1973-74
23 Interviews and related correspondence, Part 3: 1973-75
24 Interviews and related correspondence, Part 4: 1975-78
Series 10 Subject files
BOUGAINVILLE
1 Telexes between the Administrator and Secretary of the
Department of External Affairs, and other notes pertaining
to the Bougainville crisis, 1967
HASLUCK ADMINISTRATION
2-4 Notes, cuttings and other background papers relating to
the Hasluck administration, 1951-78
HIGHER EDUCATION
5 Papers relating to higher education, including report by
Ian Willis 'The development of higher education in Papua
New Guinea', 1975 and summaries of Department of
Territories files concerning higher education, 1960-75
INDONESIA AND WEST IRIAN
6 Background papers on problems and policy in relations
between Indonesia and West Irian
JAPAN
7-8 Japanese-Papuan relations
LAND QUESTION
9 Land and the law, Part 1: including land titles litigation
10 Land and the law, Part 2: notes and articles
11 Land and the law, Part 3: notes and articles
12 Land and the law, Part 4: Report of the League of Nations
on the administration...of New Guinea...1914-21
13 Photocopied notes relating to Rabehan Trading Station, New
Ireland, 1967-72 and expropriated property
14 General notes on land issues, including paper on customary
title presented to the 3rd Waigani Seminar
15 Copy of a typescript relating to the case of Rudolf Wolff
heard before the Expropriation Board, 1921
16 Papers relating to an appeal made to the Supreme Court,
1963 regarding expropriated property, made under the
provisions of the New Guinea Land
Titles Restoration Ordinance
17 Land titles press clippings, 1963
18 Land law, Part 1: notes and file extracts regarding land
tenure, including illegal squatting in the Gazelle
Peninsula
19 Land law, Part 2: Land Acts and Ordinances, 1921-72
20 Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters,
1973
LEGAL SYSTEM
21-22 Notes on the Derham report, 1960 concerning the judicial
system
23 File extracts relating to the legal system, including
instructions for field officers on their legal
responsibilities; circular concerning Native Village
Councils Ordinance, 1949; Governor-General's instructions
to the Administrator regarding the Papua and New Guinea
Act, 1949-68
LIVESTOCK
24 Background papers on livestock matters
25 Photocopy of Report on an investigation into the pastoral
industry of Papua and New Guinea, 1958
26 Report of the Hallstrom Livestock and Fauna (Papua and New
Guinea) Trust, 1957
MANUS
27 Manus District and U.S. base
MEKEO
28 Typescript of Chapter 5 from unidentified book concerning
Mekeo and rice
MISSIONS
29 Background information on missions
MT LAMINGTON
30 Correspondence and press reports of the Mt Lamington
volcanic eruption, 1951
NATIVE LABOUR
31 Background papers and statistics pertaining to native
labour, 1953-69
32 Background papers pertaining to native labour, 1958-77
NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO
33 Articles concerning Papua New Guinean newspaper and radio
history
NIGERIA
34 Memorandum on native administration in Nigeria, 1934,
together with minutes, notes and articles about offshore
oil
OFFICIAL VISITS
35 Report by Paul Hasluck, Minister for Territories on his
visit to PNG, February 1962
36 Record of official discussions with Sir Hugh Foot, Leader
of the United Nations Visiting Mission to New Guinea, 1962
37 Extracts from House of Representatives debates concerning
visits by Gough Whitlam to Papua New Guinea, 1965-70,
together with press statements
38 United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in
the Pacific report on New Guinea, together with the
relevant resolution of the Trusteeship Council, 1951
PAPUA NEW GUINEA INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
39-40 Formation of the Papua New Guinea Intelligence Committee,
1970-72
41-42 Notes and papers, 1971-72
POLICE
43 Notes, correspondence and report about the Royal Papua New
Guinea Constabulary; typescript of a report by the
Committee of Inquiry into the Efficiency Training and
Adequacy of the Native Police, 1959
PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION
44 File relating to provisional administration, Part 1:
including minute concerning establishment of civil
administration, December 1945; extracts from Papua Act,
1905; minute and correspondence regarding a visit by R.
Melrose, Director of District Services and Native Affairs,
to Rabaul, 1946
45 File relating to provisional administration, Part 2
46 File relating to provisional administration, Part 3:
including extracts relating to the resumption of civil
administration
47 File concerning army control and the resumption of civil
administration
PUBLIC WORKS
48 Public works statistics, 1947-50
RECONSTRUCTION
49 Notes and articles on reconstruction period
RESTRICTED AREAS
50-51 Extracts from Papua New Guinea annual reports giving
statistics of restricted areas, 1935-73
SITE FOR CAPITAL
52 Background information concerning choice of capital for
Papua New Guinea
TRADE
53 Memorandum regarding interim trade arrangements between
Australia and Papua New Guinea, 1973
WAR DISPOSALS COMMISSION
54 File extracts relating to activities of the War Disposals
Commission, 1950
MISCELLANEOUS
55 Miscellaneous notes and references
Series 11 Press releases and clippings
Folders
1 Press and other statements, including statements made by
Matthias Toliman, Julius Chan and Ministers of the 3rd
House of Assembly
2 Press releases, 1973-74 and press clippings, 1977-78
3 Press clippings documenting riots in Gazelle Peninsula and
Port Moresby, 1973
4 Press clippings documenting accidents and crime in Papua
New Guinea, 1973-77
5 Miscellaneous press clippings, 1973-76
Series 12 Publications
Included in this series is a bound copy of all the catalogues of
expropriated properties (German) in the Territory of New Guinea sold by tender,
1925-28. The catalogues were the basic reference for the Custodian and for the
Lands and Crown Law Departments in Papua New Guinea because they included
native title claims.
Folders/Pieces
1 Report to the League of Nations on the administration of
the Territory of New Guinea, 1921-22
2 Territory of New Guinea (1) geographical description, (2)
notes on the natives (with map), 1922. Extract from the
Report on the Territory of New Guinea for 1921-1922 as
submitted to the League of Nations.
3 Photocopied extract from The dual mandate in British
Tropical Africa, 1922
4 Report on the salient geological features and natural
resources of the New Guinea Territory, including notes on
dialectics and ethnology, 1922
5 Photocopy of Report on administrative arrangements and
matters affecting the interests of natives in the
Territory of New Guinea, 1924
6 Native administration regulations, 1924 [circular] no. 39
of October 1950
7 Sale of expropriated properties (first group) in the
Territories of New Guinea and Papua, 1925
8 New Guinea annual reports, 1935-36, 1940-41
9 Report to the Council of the League of Nations on the
Administration of the Territory of New Guinea, 1937-38
10 Photocopy of The future of the colonial peoples, 1943
South Pacific, v. 2, no. 4, December 1947
11 An annotated bibliography of the Southwest Pacific and
adjacent areas. Volume 2, the mandated Territory of New
Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New
Hebrides and Micronesia, 1944
12 Report to the General Assembly of the United Nations on
the administration of the Territory of New Guinea, 1946-50
13 Economic change and dietary consequences among the
Tahitians, [1962]
14 Photocopied extract from A start in freedom, 1964
15 'The Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (Angau)'.
Presented by Peter Ryan to the Second Waigani Seminar,
1968
16 Compendium of statistics for Papua and New Guinea, 1969
17 Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Alcoholic Drink,
1971
18 Photocopied extract from Other people's money, 1971
19 Inside New Guinea, 1972
20 'Expatriates in the Government of Kenya', [1972]
21 'Australian skills aid Asian communications', 1973
22 'The technological dependence of developing countries',
1974
23 'Speculator's diary', 1974; photocopy of The future of the
colonial peoples, 1943
24 Constitution of the independent state of Papua New Guinea,
1975
25 Papua New Guinea post-courier, Independence souvenir
issue, 16 September 1975
26 'Papua New Guinea : beyond national alignment', 1977
27 Miscellaneous articles
Appendix 1: List of photographs relating to the Hagen-Sepik patrol,
1938
(Series 2/Folder 8)
Photographs taken by Downs or by P.O. Murray Edwards, First
Officer-in-Charge Mt Hagen (February-December 1938). Captions in double quote
marks are Downs'; additional information added by Bill Gammage in 1999.
Photographs 2-10 relate to the Hagen-Sepik Patrol.
- Two 1988 negatives each, of photos 4-5 and 8-9 below.
- "First landing at Wabag. Junkers W7". The first landing was on 8
August 1938. Downs' caption refers to his first landing on 31 August.
- "Junkers W7", on Wabag strip, c.31 August 1938. [Edwards]
- A singsing to open Mt Hagen strip, March 1938. [Edwards]
- "Junkers on Hagen Drome", August 1938. [Edwards]
- Pendeyani, the Li-ink fight leader, "tells the mob to get going to
try us out", Wabag peace conference, 1 September 1938, after Bugler Gershon and
some Li-ink men were killed. In fact Pendeyani was speaking for peace (+
negative).
- Enga man at Wabag peace conference, 1 September 1938. He wears a tin
lid pendant (negative only).
- The Wabag peace conference, 1 September 1938. The Europeans are (l.
to r.) Edwards (and his dog `Nigger'), Ted Taylor (D.O. Morobe), pilot Tommy
O'Dea.
- The Wabag peace conference, 1 September 1938. The Europeans are (l.
to r.) Edwards, Downs, police officer W.O. Wallace.
- Wabag camp, September 1938, showing the strip built on old kaukau
(sweet potato) gardens (+ negative).
- Ian Downs at Chimbu Patrol Post (later Kundiawa), 1939 (+ negative).
- Repairs to the Mt Hagen road, c.1952-55 (+ negative).
Box Series Folders/Pieces
1 1 1-9
2 1 10-14
2 2 1-3
3 2 4-8
3 3 1-3
4 3 4-11
5 3 12-15
5 4 1-3
6 4 4-16
7 5 1-9
8 5 10
8 6 1-8
9 6 9
9 7 1-7
10 7 8-14
11 7 15-20
11 8 1-3
12 8 4-8
Folio 8 9
12 9 1-3
13 9 4-11
14 9 12-20
15 9 21-24
15 10 1-4
16 10 5-13
19 10 31-38
20 10 39-47
21 10 48-55
22 11 1-5
22 12 1-5
23 12 6-8
24 12 9-19
25 12 20-27
August 1995 Updated May 2000
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