Part 1: The Report The patrol was conducted by Patrol Officer J. Hannan and took place over 32 days between the 25th of March and the 9th of May in 1958. The area patrolled was named by the Australian administration as the Middle Lai census division. This area includes the Minyamba Valley and is defined…
Tag: Anthropology
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…
Rachel’s Story
My name is Rachel Dorlene Emerine Hicks. I could identify myself in many ways. I am an anthropologist, Ph.D. student, lover of nature, wife, sister, daughter. I am white, cis-gender, a woman, the oldest child, a military kid. I was born in Washington state, but have also lived in multiple cities in California, in Florida, and in…