This essay will discuss a patrol conducted within a six-mile radius of Wapenamanda which is located in the Lower Lai Valley of the Western Highlands. Robert A. Wright was the patrol officer and he was accompanied by five constables and one interpreter. The patrol occurred during a 15-day period, from the 17th September 1956 to…
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Making History Module Essay by Stephanie Hill
AIH399 – Making History Trimester 2 2020 – The IALIBU (3) Patrol Report STEPHANIE HILL: 215103594 Word count: 2075 Submitted: 28 September 2020 IALIBU3 (Southern Highlands) 1956 – 1957 Citation: Patrol Reports, Southern Highlands District, Ialibu, 1956 – 1957. National Archives of Papua New Guinea, Accession 496. Report Number: Ialibu 1/56-57 Area Patrolled: MONDANA and…
Making History Module Essay by Julian Bedford
Part One: Patrol, Report and Context Patrol Officer G.P. Jensen-Muir conducted and recorded a patrol in the Southern Highlands region of Papua New Guinea over twenty-four days from July 14 – August 6, 1958.[1] Jensen-Muir’s report forms part of an archival collection of similar reports from the highlands of Papua New Guinea, the study of…
Making History Module Essay by Emma Carberry
Summary The purpose of this patrol was to survey the land in the South East corner of the Kainantu Sub-District and to assess the most effective means of administration. Assistant district officer H. W. West conducted the patrol for sixty days accompanied by patrol officer John Coleman. The area is regarded by West as largely…
Making History Module Essay by Jake Cox
The purpose of the E.R. Johnson’s patrol between 4th to the 25th of July 1957 within the Kamanuntina and Gafutina census divisions of Goroka District (Eastern Highlands Province) was “routine administration” and the collection and revision of census data.[1] By this point, the vast majority of the Highlands were under some degree of control by…
Making History Module Essay by Kate Davis
This report will examine the Patrol Report of the Nebilyer Valley from 7th of November 1957 to 7th of January 1958.[1] The patrol consisted of patrol officer J. W. Howlett, cadet D.C. Hargent, Lance Corporal Aia, five Constables and Tul-Tul Hinji as Official Interpreter; exploring the Nebilyer Valley, a place that had been neglected for…
Making History Module Essay by Louis Honeyman
The Erave ‘1/56-57’ patrol of the Kagua River Valley within the District of Southern Highlands was primarily concerned with the major objective to effect the arrest of those believed to have partaken in violence and fighting within the region. The patrol report indicated that this was achieved, ‘in that fighting has now stopped’.[1] The report…
Making History Module Essay by Emma Johnson
Colonial records occupy a contentious space in historiographical thought and have inspired extensive theory surrounding their nuanced complexities and the many ways in which they can be read. The patrol reports produced by Australian patrol officers during their penetration and expansion of government influence and control in Papua New Guinea [PNG] has recently stoked this…
Making History Module Essay by Rachael Lee
Summary Keywords: Geological samples; Scientific expeditions; Mountaineering; Botanical specimens. The Chuave Patrol Report no. 1 from 1953-1954 was written by patrol officer A. M. Keogh and details a 13-day patrol of the Mt. Wilhelm peaks and the Guraguraga Valley in July and August 1953. Keogh was accompanied by two other Europeans, Mr. L Rayner and…
Making History Module Essay by Ruby Lee
AIH 399 Assignment Two on the Western Goroka Patrol No 3 of 1954-1955 The Patrol that accompanies this report was carried out from August 1954 to September 1954. The Patrol was the second conducted by R.H.C Mellor, who was accompanied by six “natives”, Corporal Koito, Constable Kaigo, Constable Sawa, Constable Zamoam, Constable Okumaku and Interpreter…