Making History Module Essay by Bronte Cuffe

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…

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 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…