Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Papua or British New Guinea
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
T. Fisher Unwin
Place
Date
1913
Physical Description
388 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Copy 12706 has 'J Hamilton Fairley' and a stylised initial 'EA 1947' handwritten in ink on the front endpaper.
Copy 12706 also has an armorial book plate for Sir Alexander Perceval Mathieson, Baronet of Lochalsh on inside front board.
Content
Introduction -- Papuan geography -- Papuan geography (continued) -- History -- The Native population -- The Native population (continued) -- The Native population (continued) -- The Native population (continued) -- Administration of justice -- Administration of justice (continued) -- Exploration -- Exploration (continued) -- Exploration (continued) -- Development -- Development (continued) -- Conclusion -- index.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Papua (Indonesia)--History; Papua (Indonesia)--Social life and customs; Papua (Indonesia)--Politics and government]
First published in 1912. Digitised and available via Project Gutenberg Australia, see link in this record.
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
Sir John Hubert Plunkett Murray KCMG (29 December 1861 - 27 February 1940) was a judge and Lieutenant-Governor of Papua from 1908 until his death at Samarai.
See link in the record to a fuller biography of Murray.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
General Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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