Jack Read joined the Australian administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea as a Cadet in 1929. He worked as Patrol Officer in most parts of the Territory, having covered New Britain and the mainland from the Sepik River to the Morobe Goldfields, but had not been located in Bougainville until his appointment in November 1941 as Assistant District Officer in charge of the Buka Passage Sub-District, under District Officer Merrylees. Following the Japanese entry into the War on 8 Dec 1941, Read helped evacuate most European residents from Buka, established inland dumps of emergency provisions and shifted his administration to Bougainville island just before a Japanese attack on the Sub-District HQ on Sohano island on 24 January 1942. Following the winding up of civil administration in February 1942, Read, the only remaining government representative, was appointed Lieutenant in the Australian Navy under Lt Commander Feldt with instructions to remain in Bougainville as a coastwatcher.

Photocopy of original typescript. Parts I-XI and appendices A-L, includes detailed contents list; Ts., foolscap, 148pp. Appendix M, ‘Map of Bougainville’, missing. Front sheet signed by Jack Read and dated 9 July 1974.

W.J. (Jack) Read joined the Australian administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea as a Cadet arriving in Rabaul on the SS Montoro on 11 July 1929. During his long and distinguished career Jack Read worked in most parts of the Territory:
Jul 1929-Mar 1931 – Cadet PO New Britain
Mar- Dec 1931 – Sydney
Mar 1932-Jun 1933 – Patrol Officer, Ambunti, Sepik River
Jun-Dec 1933 – Patrol Officer, Madang (Bogia)
Mar 1934-Dec 1935 – Assistant District Officer, Madang (Bogia)
Nov 1936-Sep 1938 – ADO, Madang
Jan 1939-Dec 1940 – ADO, Wau
Nov 1941-Feb 1942 – ADO Buka Passage
Feb 1942 – Sergeant, ANGAU
Apr 1942-Jul 1943 – Lieutenant, RAN, in Northern Bougainville
Aug-Sep 1943 - Lieutenant, RAN, in Guadalcanal
Sep 1943-Sep 1944 - Lieutenant, RAN, in Noumea and Brisbane
Sep 1944-Jun 1946 – Major, ANGAU, in Bougainville
Jun-Oct 1946 – District Officer, Bougainville
Oct 1946-Dec 1949 – Dictrict Commissioner, New Ireland
Jan-Dec 1950 long leave and retirement
… - Oct 1952 – Naval Office, Melbourne
Oct 1952-Mar 1975 – Native Lands Commissioner / Land Titles Commissioner, Rabaul (brief spell in Madang).

These papers mainly consist of W.J. (Jack) Read’s pre-World War II patrol reports and associated papers, as follows, together with five photographs:
• Kokopo Sub-District and adjacent areas, New Britain, 1930-1931;
• Ambunti, Sepik District, 1932;
• Bogia, Cape Gordon to the Ramu River, Ulingan, Dugumor, Manam, Boisa and Karkar Islands, and elsewhere in the Madang District, 1933-1938
• Wau and Lae Sub-Districts, Morobe District, 1940
See Finding aids for details.

See also PMB 1245 for Report by W. J. Read on coast watching activity Bougainville Island, 1941-1943.

This rare book is an account of the development of an independent ni-Vanuatu church, established in West Ambae by Peter Pentecost around 1901 and, after his death, led by Joe Lulu, Bihu and other elders. After the War, missionaries from the Apostolic Church, Allan and Daisy Mann, Inger Christensen, Frank and Molly Thompson, and Paul and Dulcie Grant, and others, connected with the independent church. The Ambae church was re-established as part of the Apostolic mission, under the leadership of Lulu of Wahala, Bihu of Vilakalaka, Samson of Tavala and Aaron of Halalulu. Links were forged with an Apostolic mission in Luganville, Santo, which eventually merged with the Ambae church to form the Apostolic Church New Hebrides in 1976.

Paul and Dulcie Grant, Kweli Times: A Short History of the Apostolic Church Vanuatu 1946-1965, Coopers Plains, Queensland, 2002; 58pp., illus.

Thesis submitted to the Department of Political Studies, University of Papua New Guinea.

I. Introduction
II. A Historical Perspective, 1967-1969
III. The First Transfers of Power, 1970-1971
IV. 1972, A Year of Transition
V. 1973, Transfer of Power to Self-Government: a year of negotiation
VI. The Legislative Framework and Mechanics of Transferring Power
VII. Disengagement: from Self-Government to Independence
VIII. Conclusion.
Appendices:
I. Lists of Ministerial Offices, 1968-1975
II. Approved arrangements issued by the Minister for External Territories/Minister Assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Papua New Guinea Matters under Section 25 of the Papua New Guinea Act, 1968 to 1975
III. Governor-General's Instructions to the Administrator/High Commissioner under Section 15 of the Papua New Guinea Act, 1970 to 1975
IV. Transfer of defence and Foreign Relations Functions - exchange of letters.

The logbooks cover voyages in the ships 'Laughing Water' (1868), 'Corypheus' (1870-71), 'Day Spring' (1872), 'Alsager' (1872-73) and 'Ceara' (1874). The voyages in the 'Laughing Water' were between Newcastle, Lyttleton (NZ) and Melbourne. Those in the 'Corypheus' between Melbourne and China. On her last voyage the 'Corypheus' ran aground on a reef in the Marshall Islands and the crew sailed 3,000 miles in the ship's boats to Rockhampton. The voyage of the 'Day Spring' was from Melbourne to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) and return. The 'Alsager' sailed from Melbourne to Malden Island for a cargo of guano. She foundered off Tongatapu, apparently as a result of sabotage. The 'Ceara's' voyages were from Adelaide to Mauritius and then to various Australian ports.