The patrol report that I am assigned to is West New Britain, Talasea station, Papua New Guinea from 1968-1969. The Diary entries for the first patrol report mainly focuses on the road work on road from Talasesa to Narunageru. Patrol officer W.G. Speldewinde wrote down the amount of progress that was worked on the road,…
Month: July 2018
Cultural Context of the Gulf District, Kerema in 1935 – 1936.
Kerema, which is the provincial capital of the Gulf District, is located on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea, and due north of Queensland, Australia. According to the National Archives of Australia, Papua New Guinea was proclaimed a Class ‘C’ mandate from the League of Nations in 1921, which gave Australia sweeping new powers…
Cultural Context, Pangia District
My assigned patrol report was stationed at Pangia, in the district of the Southern Highlands, during the years of 1970-1971. My assigned patrol report was volume number 10, consisting of 8 reports. The area(s) patrolled within Pangia were: Pangia Sub-district, Wiru, Eastern Part Pangia Sub-District, all major villages within the Pangia sub-district, Wiru C.D., and…
Cultural Context: Central District, Port Moresby by Jia Li
Port Moresby in the Central District of Papua, is the administrative capital and the biggest town in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the most economically developed and most populous cities in Papua New Guinea according to the data provided by Worldatlas and many other pertinent articles. Port Moresby today has an international airport…
Cultural Context West New Britain
Multiple patrol officers conducted the patrol reports on West New Britain district from 1961 to 1962. Throughout those reports, officers mentioned about the geographical figure of West New Britain. Colin Booth was the officer who wrote the first patrol report for this volume. Colin indicated that the region was composed of three larger islands Garove,…
Cultural Context of the East Sepik District, Yangoru from 1949-53
I was very excited to begin my research of my assigned patrol report volume, which is that of the East Sepik District, Yangoru from the years 1949 to 1953. I was intrigued whilst reading the actual patrol reports from the collection, for they are valuable primary sources from eyewitnesses of the actual colonization process. However,…
Cultural Context SHD Pangia Vincent Rojas
Papua New Guinea’s Southern Highlands District Pangia seems to be one of the most remote areas of exploration when looking at the diary’s and patrol reports of the Kiaps during the years of 1969-1970. For one, the patrol officers always seem to note the rainy weather and the lack of proper roads to access certain…
Sorry for the late blog. But hey, This is Jia ! Nice to meet you all (Week 1)
Hi guys, My name is Jia Li (李嘉， in Chinese). I am a senior math & CS student from Sixth College. I’ve spent most of my time in three countries so far: China, New Zealand and United States. After I finished my middle school in China at 15, I went to Auckland, New Zealand for…
Personal Biography- Natasha Daniels
My name is Natasha and I’m originally from northern California. I’m currently a senior at UCSD and I’m majoring in Economics. By taking this course I hope to learn more about Papua New Guinea and improve my researching skills.
About Shefali
Hello everyone! My name is Shefali. I am 25 years old and I am going to be a senior in the fall. I am a transfer student from Los Angeles. I was born in India, and adopted by Indian parents at 4 months old. My ancestry has always been a mystery to me, and recently…