Patrol Reports. Central District, Port Moresby, 1944-1946

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/6f623bc787d11bac05b0913a3a5bcae9

Title

Patrol Reports. Central District, Port Moresby, 1944-1946

Date

1944-1946

Description

Approximately 12 patrol reports, with related correspondence. PATROL OFFICERS: Robinson, A. L.; Ireland, C. J.; Frame; Hardy, G. P.; Galloway, R. T.; Howarth, L. J.; Steen, H. K.; walker, J. W.; Wren, E. D. AREAS PATROLLED: Koiari, Astrolabe, Efogi, L'Watero, Brown River, Mount Victoria, Javai, Laloki, Goldie, Sogeri, Iawarere, Motu Motu, Gaile, Gerohu, Roku, Kila Kila, Port Moresby. The key themes of this volume on the Central District, Port Moresby, 1944-1946, are post-war reconstruction, hygiene, ration, murder investigation and garden damage caused by rain. The post-war reconstruction subject includes census, inspection, repatriation, recruitment, garden reconstruction, house reconstruction and so on.
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 3). It was scanned from microfiche held by UC San Diego Library (MSS 215: Central : Pt Moresby : 007 : 003 - 009 : 039).
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, 1944-1946. National Archives of Papua New Guinea, Accession 496.

Subject

Diseases
War damage
Weather
Agriculture
Recruitment
Survival and emergency rations
Inspection
Hygiene
Buildings
Crime
Census
Investigation
Gardens
Oceania
Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
Melanesia
Pacific Islands

Source

California Digital Library

Language

English

Relation

https://thumbnails.calisphere.org/clip/150x150/8d60ec8430d6f5e038366b553dd1a7bc

Type

text

References

https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb5701335j

Subject

Diseases
War damage
Weather
Agriculture
Recruitment
Survival and emergency rations
Inspection
Hygiene
Buildings
Crime
Census
Investigation
Gardens
Oceania
Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
Melanesia
Pacific Islands

Citation

“Patrol Reports. Central District, Port Moresby, 1944-1946,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 21, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/27816.

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