Papua New Guinea : Initiation and Independence

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woolford, Don.

Woolford, Don, Author.

Series:

Pacific Studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islands of the Pacific--Antiquities.

New Guinea--Description and travel.

Papua New Guinea--History.

Local Subjects:

Islands of the Pacific--Antiquities.

New Guinea--Description and travel.

Papua New Guinea--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Queensland Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1976, Papua New Guinea was the first book to interpret the key events that led to the nation's independence in 1975. In the book, journalist Don Woolford, a correspondent for the Australian Associated Press in Papua New Guinea, describes the ferment and excitement of the 1960's and 1970's, chronicling the former Australian territory's political development from the first general election for a representative House of Assembly in 1964 through independence. Key figures in the transition, including Michael Somare, John Guise, Albert Maori Kiki, and Josephine Abaijah, make an...

Contents:

Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1: Time Before; 2: The Initiation Begins; 3: Bougainville; 4: The Gazelle; 5: The Big Men; 6: The Biggest Tok Tok; 7: A Party System Emerges; 1. Michael Somare; 3. Tei Abal; 4. Sir Maori Kiki; 2. Sir John Guise; 5. Julius Chan; 8: The National Government; 9: To Self-government; 10: The Constitution; 11: The Separatists; 12: The Economy; 13: Independence and Beyond; Notes on Sources; Index; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-921902-19-1

OCLC:

853362360