Explorations into highland New Guinea, 1930-1935 / Michael J. Leahy; edited by Douglas E. Jones; foreword by Jane C. Goodale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leahy, Michael J., 1901-1979.

Contributor:

Jones, Douglas E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Papua New Guinea.

Ethnology.

First contact (Anthropology)--Papua New Guinea.

First contact (Anthropology).

Papua New Guinea--Description and travel.

Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs.

Leahy, Michael J., 1901-1979.

Leahy, Michael J.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1920's and 1930's there were adventures to be lived and fortunes to be made by strong young men in the outback of Australia and the gold fields of New Guinea. This is the diary of five years spent in hot pursuit-not of honor and glory, but of excitement and riches-by one such adventurer, Michael ""Mick"" Leahy, his brothers Jim and Pat, and friends Mick Dwyer and Jim Taylor. Leahy and his associates explored the unknown interior of New Guinea, seeking gold and making contact for the first time with the aborigines of the interior mountains and valleys.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword by Jane C. Goodale; Editor's Preface; Introduction; The Year 1930; The Year 1931; The Year 1932; The Year 1933; The Year 1934; The Year 1935; Conclusions; Editor's Afterword; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8315-8

0-585-11655-5

OCLC:

609852671