10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRITISH NEW GUINEA»
Discover the use of
British New Guinea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
British New Guinea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
British New Guinea - Country and People
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition.
2
The Mafulu Mountain People of
British New Guinea
Robert W. Williamson. that the bulk of the population belongs to the Papuan race,
a dark-skinned, woolly-haired people who have also spread over western
Oceania; but, to a greater or less extent, New Guinea has been subject to cultural
and ...
Robert W. Williamson, 2010
3
the melanesians of
british new guinea
CHAPTER XXXII NOTE ON POKAO. POKAO or Nara is the name given to a small
district lying east of Roro and Mekeo. The coast is bordered by a narrow
mangrove fringe and is uninhabited, the villages being situated in the pleasant
open ...
4
Papua
New Guinea's Last Place: Experiences of Constraint in ...
British New Guinea Annual Report 1890- 1891 (held in the Royal
Commonwealth Society Collection, University of Cambridge). British New Guinea
Annual Report, 1891-1892. British New Guinea Annual Report 1892-1893/1893-
1894. British ...
5
Papua Or
British New Guinea
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6
New Guinea: Crossing Boundaries and History
As missionary William Lawes remarked in 1 888, when British New Guinea
ceased being a Protectorate and became a colony, the flag-hoistings and
proclamation-readings were becoming monotonous. We do not know what the
local Motu ...
7
Historical Dictionary of the
British Empire
In 1906, the Papua Act changed British New Guinea into the territory of Papua,
considered to be part of Australia. Although the Australians hoped to make the
territory an economic success and worked to treat the native New Guineans with
...
James Stuart Olson, Robert Shadle, 1996
8
The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia
After that this simplified Motu was extended in use by the arrival of a relatively
large number of unofficial Visitors' that came to what later became known as
British New Guinea or Papua before a strong government presence was
established ...
Brij V. Lal, Kate Fortune, 2000
9
Public Health in Papua
New Guinea: Medical Possibility and ...
British New Guinea, the south-eastern quarter of New Guinea, was a Cinderella
among British dependencies. From 1884 when it became a protectorate, this '
oddity of empire' was administered by British officers, and paid for (grudgingly) by
...
10
Australian Women in Papua
New Guinea: Colonial Passages ...
It was only in 1884 that the British government formally and reluctantly 'protected'
Papua under the name of British New Guinea. In 1906 British New Guinea,
renamed Papua, came under Australian administration, with the proclamation of
the ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRITISH NEW GUINEA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
British New Guinea is used in the context of the following news items.
Earthquake 7.5 Magnitude Hits Papua New Guinea
... by Germany, the British established a mandate over the southern parts, which they subsequently annexed and renamed British New Guinea. «Guardian Liberty Voice, Mar 15»
World War One centenary: Far-flung heroes of the first truly global war
... British East Africa · British Gold Coast · British Guiana · British Honduras · British New Guinea and German New Guinea · British North Borneo ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
The Rubens of philately
His collection, which was auctioned after his death in 2008, contained several de Sperati forgeries of a brown and black British New Guinea ... «The Canberra Times, Mar 12»
Who Bit My Border?
It was taken over by Australia at the outbreak of World War I, which would administer both “Papua” (i.e. southern, British New Guinea) and “New ... «New York Times, Mar 12»
Papua New Guinea profile - Timeline
1906 - Control of British New Guinea transferred to the newly independent Commonwealth of Australia and renamed Territory of Papua. «BBC News, Nov 11»
Hidden in Plain Sight
... plantations, and trading posts in Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, then called British New Guinea or Papua. «University of Rochester Newsroom, Feb 11»
Pacific Islanders to be used as cheap labour Australian government …
As many as 380,000 workers were brought to German New Guinea between 1884 and 1940, 280,000 to British New Guinea and 12,000 to ... «World Socialist Web Site, Nov 03»
