Making History Module Essay by Gabriela Valenzuela

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…

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 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 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 Scott McCarthy

Introduction:    This essay will respond to a patrol of the Kerowagi Patrol Post area in 1954, the subject matter of which is contained within a corresponding patrol report. The patrol in question took place between 9 and 18 December 1954 and was led by Patrol Officer John A. Gauci. The patrol visited the Eastern Highlands…

Making History Module Essay by Rachel Parkington

AIH399 – Assessment Two In the decades before Papua New Guinea (PNG) achieved independence from its Australian colonisers in 1975, the commonwealth administration conducted patrols of the remote interior highlands with intent to modernise the newly formed nation state to western standards, as perceived pre-conditions for self-governance. The University of California San Diego digital archives…

Making History Module Essay By Cleo Bailey

The overall aim of the patrol was to complete a census of Nami-Uri and Nami-Hoi area of lake Kutubu sub-district by M.B Allwood. But there were two small natives’ groups which they couldn’t contact. The aim of the patrol was to see the work that was previously done by other patrols and gain information about…

Words and Representation-Central District, Port Moresby 1944-1946 Jia Li Week 4

For my aboutness statement, I first perused the primary sources, the assigned patrol reports for Central District, Port Moresby, 1944-1946. During this process, I took two types of notes respectively: a comprehensive summary of observations, key terms, key events (“key” means showing up most frequently and consistently) and aboutness statement mostly in my own words,…