The patrol report of Officer William McGrath is a valuable resource for understanding the early stages of Australian colonialism in the Southern Highland of Papua New Guinea. The report contains the documentation derived from the officer’s two patrols in 1955. The purpose of the patrol was to familiarise Officer McGrath with the Southern Highlands…
Category: 2021
In 2021, final year History major students at Deakin University drew on the collection of the PNG patrol reports available online at the University of California, San Diego to explore some of the history of the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea.