See PMB 617

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.

The grammar was the work of 'Le pere Victor'.

The genealogies were originally compiled about 1910 and have been updated to about 1950.<BR>See also PMB 2 and 651.

Statistics gathered at the Mission station on Yule Island.

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited.

IRIS; Spooner; 1843-47; Pacific JIREH PERCY; Smith; 1868; HECTOR; Norton; 1838-40; Pacific OSCAR(?)/SARAH; Dornin; 1849-51; Pacific SHARON; Norris; 1841-45; Pacific The above are held by The Duke's County Historical Society, Thomas Cooke House and Museum, School and Cooke Streets, Edgartown MA 02539
HOPEWELL; Littlefield; 1844-48; Pacific WARREN; n.d. Account Book LUMINARY; n.d. Account Book MARY WILDER; n.d. Account Book MARY WILDER; Cleveland; 1851-52; Pacific The above are owned by Mrs D. Riggs, last known address (1990) West Tisbury, MA 02575
Port of Honolulu; Arrivals and departures of whalers, March-October 1848 EBEN DODGE; ?; 1852-53; Above owned by Mrs E.J. Bliss, last known address (1990) Wheelhouse, PO Box 436, Edgartown MA 02539
INDEPENDENCE; Plasket; 1825-28; Pacific (held by Duke's County Historical Society - see above) COLUMBUS; Pease; 1840-43; Pacific (owned by Mrs Bliss - see above) * - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean. Of special interest on this reel (INDEPENDENCE; 1825-28) Accounts of trading with islanders.