Brown (1835-1917) established the Methodist Mission in New Britain (Duke of York Island) in 1875. Danks (1853-1921) joined Brown in 1878. Rooney (1843-1931) succeeded Brown and was superintendent of the mission, 1881-1888.
The work was published in an extremely small edition in 1882. Only a few copies are known to exist. The copy filmed was once owned by Rooney. The manuscript corrections and additions are probably by him.
Reel 1: 1 January - 5 March<BR>Reel 2: 6 March - 10 May<BR>Reel 3: 11 May - 14 July<BR>Reel 4: 15 July - 4 September<BR>Reel 5: 5 September - 31 October<BR>Reel 6: 1 November - 31 December<BR>NOTE: includes some clippings on Nauru, Norfolk Island and other Australian territories under the control of the Minister for (External) Territories.
Dexter (1865-1946) arrived in Papua in 1910. Except for a break in Malaya in 1918-24, he worked as a plantation manager, assistant resident magistrate, captain of coastal vessels and trader at Milne Bay until returning permanently to England in 1937.
The reminiscences describe Dexter's experiences in Papua as a plantation manager, assistant resident magistrate, ship's captain and trader. The work was intended for publication under the title Reminiscences of a Gin-soaked Trader. See Finding aids for details.
Accounts of nine patrols to the Nakanai area of New Britain between 7 February 1929 and 8 August 1930. The purpose of the patrols was to check the censuses, inspect the roads and villages, and collect the anthropological data required for a handbook and gazeteer of the territory.
Miller made several trips to Papua and New Guinea as a prospector and mining engineer in the 1920s and 1930s. Later he was manager of Baranata Plantation, Papua.
The diaries relate to four mining trips to Papua as follows:<BR>1928: 17 April - 18 October, Lakekamu River<BR>1929: 26 November - 19 December, Lakekamu River<BR>1931: 7 - 20 September, Mondo <BR>1932: 23 February - 27 July, Misima
Includes correspondence with the New Guinea Administration regarding native health, welfare and illegal labour recruitment; copy of Terms of Capitulation of German New Guinea, 17 September 1914 and the response of the Lutheran Mission; copy of A Survey of the Missionary Position in the Mandated Trust Territory of Papua New Guinea, with special reference to the Lutheran Missions, New Guinea by Rev. F.O. Thiele.
