- AU PMB MS 607
- Coleção
- 1936 - 1949
Ian Downs (1915- ) joined the Department of District Services in the Territory of New Guinea in 1936 and, as a patrol officer, served in most districts. After wartime naval service, he returned to the Territory as a district officer and later served as District Commissioner in the New Ireland, Madang and Eastern Highlands districts. He resigned from the Administration in 1956 and became a coffee planter near Goroka. He was president of the Highland Farmers and Settlers' Association from 1957 to 1968 and a member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea in the same period.
The papers comprise:
- Patrol reports in Morobe, Madang and New Ireland districts, 1936-49
- Annual reports, Chimbu sub-district, 1939-40
- Monthly reports, Chimbu sub-district, 1939-40
- Census figures, New Ireland district, c.1949. See also PMB 609
Downs, Ian Fairley Graham