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Title
Patrol Reports. Gulf District, Kerema, 1935-1936
Date Created and/or Issued
1935-1936
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Papua New Guinea Patrol Reports
Rights Information
Under copyright
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Rights Holder and Contact
National Archives and Public Records Services of Papua New Guinea
Description
Approximately 12 patrol reports, with related correspondence. PATROL OFFICERS: Horan, J. R.; Rutledge, D. F. M.; O'Malley, H. P.; Vivian, R. A. AREAS PATROLLED: Tiveri, Koillahu, Tauri River, Kukukuku, Kovio, Oiapu, Moveave, Opau, Murua, Vailala, Kerema. This volume contains patrols over long periods that focused on inspections of coconut and rubber plantations, gold dredging operations, villages, roads, fences, and general infrastructure in the Gulf District, Kerema, 1935-1936. Patrol Officers took regular census information and recorded precise knowledge of men, women, children, infants, marriage, death, and general health and disease. Also included was information regarding family bonus, wages, payments (including other than money payments), building and bridge construction, carriers employed, patrols and police taken on patrol, canoe and boat transportation matters. Also included is information on a burial and local customs having to do with puri-puri, or sorcery. Lastly, regular correspondence was kept between government/administration and the patrol officers on the patrols, which discussed legal, law, and court matters for natives.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
This digital object is a surrogate of an item from the National Archives of Papua New Guinea (Accession no. 496, Gulf District, Kerema, Volume 14). It was scanned from microfiche held by UC San Diego Library (MSS 215: Gulf : Kerema : 037 : 021 - 040 : 006.).
During July 2018, UC San Diego undergraduate students conducted a preliminary analysis of a few PNG Patrol Report volumes. Students were assigned one volume to analyze at the report level summarizing their findings, identifying key terms, and writing aboutness statements. Visit Patrolling the Past to Explore the (de)Colonial Gaze: CAT 124A Summer 2018 Sixth College to learn more about the students work and the course. https://knit.ucsd.edu/patrollingthepast/
Patrol Reports. Gulf District, Kerema, 1935-1936. National Archives of Papua New Guinea, Accession 496.
Type
text
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb70324305
Language
English
Subject
Census
Diseases
Crime
Law
Canoes
Health
Economic development
Rites and ceremonies
Agriculture
Inspection
Land surveys
Commerce
Taxes
Kerema (Papua New Guinea)
Oceania
Pacific Islands
Gulf Province (Papua New Guinea)
Melanesia
Place
Kerema (Papua New Guinea)
Oceania
Pacific Islands
Gulf Province (Papua New Guinea)
Melanesia

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