Chinnery joined the Papuan service in 1909 and served as a magistrate from 1911 until 1921 with a break for war service with the Australian Flying Corps. He later worked as adviser on labour to New Guinea Copper Mines and joined the mandated territory public service as Government Anthropologist in 1924. He was also Director of District Services and Native Affairs from 1932 until 1938 when he became Director of Native Affairs in the Northern Territory. He retired in 1946.

5 printed reports of uncertain date i.e.:

1. Notes on the Natives of Certain Villages of the Mandated Territory of New Guines (c.1925).
2. Notes on the Natives of E. Mera and St Mathias (c.1925).
3. Certain Natives in south New Britain and Dampier Straits (c.1926).
4. Natives of the Waria, Williams and Bialolo Watersheds (c.1928).
5. Notes on the Natives of South Bougainville and Mortlocks (Taku) (c.1930).

Weekly roneoed newsletter

No. 17 31 May 1933 No. 108 6 March 1935<BR>No. 21 28 June 1933 No. 110 20 March 1935(torn)<BR>No. 23 12 July 1933 No. 112 3 April 1935<BR>No. 24 19 July 1933 No. 113 10 April 1935<BR>No. 25 26 July 1933 No. 114 17 April 1935<BR>No. 26 2 August 1933 No. 115 24 April 1935<BR>No. 27 9 August 1933 No. 116 1 May 1935<BR>No. 35 4 October 1933 No. 117 8 May 1935<BR>No. 36 11 October 1933 No. 118 15 May 1935<BR>No. 37 18 October 1933 No. 120 29 May 1935<BR>No. 38 25 October 1933 No. 122 12 June 1935<BR>No. 39 1 November 1933 No. 123 19 June 1935<BR>No. 40 8 November 1933 No. 124 26 June 1935<BR>No. 51 31 January 1934 No. 125 3 July 1935<BR>No. 52 7 February 1934 No. 126 10 July 1935<BR>No. 53 14 February 1934 No. 127 17 July 1935<BR>No. 54 21 February 1934 No. 128 24 July 1935<BR>No. 55 28 February 1934 No. 129 31 July 1935<BR>No. 99 4 January 1935 No. 137 25 September 1935

Weekly roneoed newsletter

No. 2 - 27 May 1932 (incomplete)
No. 3 - 2 June 1932
No. 4 - 10 June 1932
No. 5 - 17 June 1932
No. 8 - 8 July 1932
No. 9 - 15 July 1932 (incomplete)
No. 12 - 5 August 1932
No. 13 - 12 August 1932
No. 14 - 19 August 1932
No. 15 - 26 August 1932
No. 17 - 9 September 1932 (incomplete)
No. 22 - 14 October 1932

The Advisory Council acted as adviser to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Administration. It held nine meetings. It was then superseded by a House of Representatives, consisting of 23 elected members, two ex-officio members and five appointed members. The inaugural meeting of the House of Representatives was held in Tarawa in December, 1967.

First meeting - 30 September - 5 October, 1963
Second meeting - 3 March - 6 March, 1964
Third meeting - 2 November - 6 November, 1964
Fourth meeting - 12 November - 19 November, 1965
Sixth meeting - 3 February - 4 February, 1966
Seventh meeting - 5 August - 11 August, 1966
Eighth meeting - 21 October - 27 October, 1966
Ninth meeting - 14 July - 20 July, 1967

The Te Rangi Hiroa Fund was established in 1968 during the first Waigani seminar. The Fund was named after Sir Peter Buck, the distinguished Maori ethno-historian, and was administered by Secretary of the Fund Rev. Dr Sione Latukefu, of the University of Papua New Guinea History Department.

The Te Rangi Hiroa Essay Competition was an annual prize for:

(a) best essay on any aspect of Pacific history by an undergraduate student in any university in the South Pacific Islands;
(b) best essay on any aspect of Pacific history by an undergraduate student in any university outside the Pacific Islands.

The Paul Morawetz Award was a small scholarship available to assist Pacific Islanders with outstanding aptitude for historical work to pursue post-graduate studies in Pacific history.

Correspondence relating to the administration of the fund, submission of essays and awarding of prizes; submitted competition essays; applications for the Paul Morawetz Award.

See Finding aids for details.

Barry Mitcalfe, who died in 1986, envisaged a new group, the Peace Media Organisation, having two distinct thrusts. One was to engage in peace research and the other was to demonstrate to the world the strength of New Zealand’s opposition to French testing in the Pacific and peoples’ longing for a peaceful world. (Mitcalfe’s papers are held at the University of Canterbury Library.) The documents microfilmed record NZ press reactions to the protest voyages of the Fri and <i>Greenpeace III</i> (formerly Vega) in 1973. The Pacific Peace Odyssey documentation includes minutes of a Greenpeace NZ meeting on 25 Sep 1974 attended by Irene Peterson, Bruce Peterson, David Moodie, Betty Johnson, Elaine Shaw and Wendy Armstrong.

• Peace Media Organisation, Press cuttings, Feb-Dec 1973: Vol.1, 21 Feb-23 Jun 1973; Vol.2, 23 Jun-3 Oct 1973; Vol.3, 7 Sep-13 Dec 1973.
• Greenpeace New Zealand Pacific Peace Odyssey, Apr 1974-Jun 1976, conceived by Barry Mitcalfe, undertaken by David Moodie in the vessel, <i>Fri</i>. Documentation compiled by Gabby Putnoki and Peter Smith in January 2004.
• Greenpeace. A scrapbook compiled by the crew of the <i>Rainbow Warrior I</i> between March and June 1985 while transferring 260 Marshallese forced to leave their homeland of Rongelap Atoll to resettle on Majuro Atoll, 160km away.

See also PMB Doc 464: <i>Greenpeace New Zealand Newsletter</i>, 1974-2004.

In 1947 the United Nations established the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI), vesting administration with the USA. The districts within the TTPI included Ponape (then including Kusaie), Truk, Yap, Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Northern Marianna Islands. In 1960s and 1970s the US and local representatives from these districts met to discuss various options for self-determination. This resulted in the eventual partition of the TTPI. The Northern Marianas became a self governing commonwealth within the US, while the rest of the TTPI was divided between the Marshall Islands, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), all gradually achieving independence in free association with the USA from the early 1980s through to 1990 when the TTPI was finally dissolved by the UN.

In 1978 the peoples of Truk (now Chuuk), Ponape (Pohnpei), Kusaie (Kosrae) and Yap voted to form the FSM. In the early 1980s these states drafted and implemented their own constitutions, ready for the FSM's 1986 ratification of the Compact of Free Association with the USA. On 16 March 1982 the first Yap State Convention met to draft a constitution that was ratified by plebiscite in November of that year. The constitution enshrined a four branch system of government comprising the executive, legislative, judicial and traditional. Yap became the only state in the FSM where traditional leaders were fully incorporated into a constitution; through the Council of Pilung and the Council of Tamol, representing traditional leaders from Yap's main island and the state's outer islands respectively. These councils were granted authority over matters concerning tradition and custom. The constitution is also unique in Micronesia in mandating a balanced state budget. These papers cover the debates, discussions and meetings that resulted in this constitution.

Registered files of the Yap State Constitutional Convention, including: resolutions and reports of Convention Committees; agenda, journals and verbatim transcripts (in Yapese, Ulithian and English) of the proceedings of the Committee of the Whole and Plenary Sessions; Proposals; Resolutions; drafts of the Constitution; correspondence and related administrative documents.
See reel list for further details.

Rev. Ian Fardon (1925-1991) was born and raised in the Atherton Tablelands, far North Queensland. He trained as a pilot during World War II and attended Sydney University after the War with a view to going into the Methodist Ministry. At Sydney University he became active in the Student Christian Movement. After graduating he undertook theological training at Leigh Methodist Theological College, Sydney. Rev. Fardon was appointed probationary minister at Wagga, NSW, 1952-53, and helped organise the Student Christian Movement in Australia, 1954-55. He was appointed Minister of the Rabaul Memorial Church TPNG in 1956 and was posted as Circuit Minister at Gaulim, New Britain, from 1966 till 1968. In 1969 Rev. Fardon was appointed Minister at the Ela-Boroko United Church in Port Moresby. In 1974 Rev. Fardon returned to Australia and settled in Armidale where he retired in 1984.

The Fardon Papers consist of: correspondence, 1960-1976, including commentary on the death of Jack Emmanuel; talks, articles and notes on PNG theology, mission history and current events, 1963-72; sermon notes, 1966-72; Methodist Overseas Mission, New Guinea District and Rabaul Church papers, 1902-1973; articles, notes and original documents on the history of New Britain and New Ireland, 1884-1973, including a dossier on the Matuangan Association; unpublished articles and notes on education, history and politics in PNG, 1957-1972; and sundry press cuttings on PNG missions and politics, 1930-73. The papers cover diverse topics such as local government, anthropology, colonial policies, the World Bank, self-government, archaeology, alcohol, industrial relations, oceanic voyaging and mission economic interests. See Finding aids for details.

Sarea Kiri commenced employment with the PNG Administration in 1970. He completed course work at the Administrative College and the Local Government Staff College, Vunadidir, in 1970 and1971. Mr Sarea commenced duty as a Patrol Officer at the Wapenamanda Sub-District Office, Enga District, in 1972. He transferred to the Milne Bay District in 1974.

Records gathered in support of Mr Kiri’s application for the position of Losuia District Administrator, including documentation of the Enga District Localisation Sub-Committeee and some routine police matters at Wapenamanda, 1972-73, part of the Wapenamanda annual report 1972/73, and the following patrol reports by Mr Kiri:
<LI>Wapenamanda Sub-District Office, Patrol Report No.5 of 1971-72 to Middle Lai.</LI>
<LI>Wapenamanda Sub-District Office, Patrol Report No.8 of 1971/72 to Middle Lai and Tshak.</LI>
<LI>Wapenamanda Sub-District Office, Patrol Report No.3 of 1972/73 to Tshak.</LI>
<LI>Wapenamanda Sub-District Office, Patrol Report No.6 of 1972/73 to Middle Lai (Pompabos).</LI>
<LI>Wapenamanda Sub-District Office, Patrol Report No.7 of 1972/73 to Tchak.</LI>
<LI>Wapenamanda Sub-District Office, Patrol Report No.11 of 1972/73 to Tchak.</LI>
<LI>Wapenamanda Sub-District Office, Patrol Report No.15 of 1972/73 to Tchak.</LI>
<LI>Laiagam Sub-District Office, Patrol Report No.17 of 1972/73 to Lake Sirunki.</LI>
<LI>Wapenamanda Sub-District Office, Patrol Report No.21 of 1972/73 to Lower Lai.</LI>
<LI>Wapenamanda Sub-District Office, Patrol Report No.5 of 1973/74 to Tambitanis Area.</LI>
<LI>Tagula Station, Bwagaoia Sub-District, Milne Bay District, Patrol Report No.3 of 1974/75 to Rossel Island.</LI>
<LI>Tagula Station, Bwagaoia Sub-District, Milne Bay District, Patrol Report No.5 of 1974/75 to Sudest Island.</LI>
<LI>Alotau Sub-District, Milne Bay District, Patrol Report No.4 of 1976/77 to Tavara.</LI>

This is the journal of Mr Taptulu’s grandfather Tatai of Nui. Nui
is a northern island in Tuvalu where the Kiribati language is spoken. The journal, in Kiribati, includes an account of Tatai’s visit to Samoa, his training there as a missionary and his return to Nui; a genealogy of Nui; and, lastly, an account of the visit to Nui by the canoe Toantebuke, including a list of those on board. There is also a typed transcript in Kiribati of the text of the journal.