Patrol Reports. Central District, Port Moresby, 1946-1948

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/58bb9c589ffd091d6c96120ff405a44c

Title

Patrol Reports. Central District, Port Moresby, 1946-1948

Date

1946-1948

Description

Approximately 14 patrol reports, with related correspondence. PATROL OFFICERS: Galloway, R. T.; Graham, E. O.; Earle, R. K.; Timperley, A. J.; O'Connor, D. M.; Hayes, B. B.; Wren, E. D.; Maltick, W. S.; Adamson, C. J. AREAS PATROLLED: Koiari, Gaile, Maoro, Ilolo, Pari, Kairuku, Port Moresby. The Central District, Port Moresby, 1946-1948 volume is about general maintenance of established westernization of the villages located within the geographical area outside of the city of Port Moresby. Maintenance includes routine census, health and hygiene checkups, road evaluations, agriculture, and native villager observations. Some reports include inquiries, requests and payments of Native Compensation for War Damage.
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, Central District, Port Moresby, Volume 4). It was scanned from microfiche held by UC San Diego Library (MSS 215: Central : Pt Moresby : 009 : 040 - 012 : 023).
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. Central District, Port Moresby, 1946-1948. National Archives of Papua New Guinea, Accession 496.

Subject

Health
Census
Hygiene
Buildings
Inspection
Diseases
War damage
Agriculture
Melanesia
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
Oceania
Pacific Islands

Source

California Digital Library

Language

English

Relation

https://thumbnails.calisphere.org/clip/150x150/55d2f9fced14946534eeaf49e726ba2d

Type

text

References

https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb5018738r

Subject

Health
Census
Hygiene
Buildings
Inspection
Diseases
War damage
Agriculture
Melanesia
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
Oceania
Pacific Islands

Citation

“Patrol Reports. Central District, Port Moresby, 1946-1948,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 11, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/27670.

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