J.K. McCarthy (1905- ) joined the pre-war New Guinea Administration as a patrol officer in 1927 and served in New Britain, Morobe and Sepik districts. After war service with the Coastwatchers and ANGAU in New Guinea, and also in Borneo and Sarawak, he rejoined the Administration as District Officer, Madang in 1947. He was subsequently District Commissioner Rabaul and director of Native Affairs (later District Administration) 1960-68. His autobiography Patrol into Yesterday was published in 1963.

The papers comprise:

1. Court papers, 1927
2. Malutu and Talasea patrol reports, 1927-29
3. Ambunti and Marienberg patrol reports, 1930-32
4. Land investigations, New Ireland, 1932
5. Kukukuku-Menyamya patrols, 1933
6. Native labour inspections, 1933
7. Rai Coast and Karkar Island patrol reports, 1934-35
8. Sepik River exploration (accompanying Administrator), 1935
9. Wewak patrol reports, 1935
10. Aitape patrol reports, 1936-37
11. Report on tour of Netherlands New Guinea, 1952
12. Central Nakanai patrol report by J.B. Mackay, 1926
13. Chimbu-Wahgi correspondence, 1936 (C.D. Bates) 1937 (A.F. Kyle)

E.T.W. Fulton (1904- ) first went to New Guinea in 1925 and from 1930 to 1939 was engaged in gold mining in the Sepik area. After service in the Army in the Middle East he joined ANGAU in 1942 and served in Central Highlands and Sepik districts. After the war he purchased Makurapau plantation near Kokopo. He returned to Australia to live in 1960.

The papers comprise:

1. Correspondence re 'Starlight' claim (Sepik goldfield), 1936-1940
2. Return of gold produced, 1936-1941
3. Assay reports, 1936-1941
4. Account of gold produced by various employees, 1938
5. Inward letters, 1936-1939
6. Outward letters, 1937-1939
7. Diary of recruiting trip, Yapunda area, 1938
8. Plan of principal gold bearing areas - Sepik district, 1937
9. Papers re New Guinea Association, 1939
10. Patrol reports, diary and correspondence, 1942-1944
11. Messages sent from Ialibu Post, 1944
12. Radio messages sent, 1944

See also Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's Who 1968

Four reports by government officials:

1. Cargo Beliefs and Cargo Cults among the West Nakanai of New Britain, by C.A. Valentine III, 15 January 1955, 74 + 3 pp.
2. A Review of Native Policy for the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, February 1955 (Known as the Jones-Marsh Review), 177 pp.
3. Report on Mass Communications to His Honour the Administrator and the Public Service Commissioner from Committee of Enquiry, headed by L.F. Butler, 87 pp.
4. An Enquiry into the Social Conditions of the Mixed-blood Population of Papua and New Guinea, by R. Thomson, July 1951-July 1952, 117 pp.

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:

1. Patrol reports in Morobe, Madang and New Ireland districts, 1936-49
2. Annual reports, Chimbu sub-district, 1939-40
3. Monthly reports, Chimbu sub-district, 1939-40
4. Census figures, New Ireland district, c.1949. See also PMB 609

Jean Baptiste Octave Mouton (1866-1946), a Belgian, was a member of the Marquis de Rays' expedition which established a colony at Port Breton in New Ireland in 1881. When the colony collapsed in 1882, Mouton remained in New Guinea near Kokopo. He settled in Australia in 1929 but retained interests in the Territory, particularly as owner of the Rabaul Printing Works which published the Rabaul Times.

Reel 1:

1. Memories of J.B.O. Mouton, typescript, c.1931
2. Ms. of part of Memories of J.B.O. Mouton (in French)
3. Passport, December 1915-24
4. Certificate of naturalization, 13 August 1921
5. Share certificate of Sarang Plantation Ltd, 1911
6. Notice of meeting and balance sheet of Rabaul Recreations Ltd, 4 April 1935
7. Appointment of Attorney, 1914
8. Correspondence with the firm of J. Martens, Hamburg, 1919-26
9. Ledger, 1926-29
10. Papers re lease of Rabaul Times by R.V. Wallace, 1930-33
11. Balance sheets, Rabaul Printing Works, 1929-38
12. Audit reports, Rabaul Printing Works, 1931-33
13. Papers re war damage compensation claims, 1942-48

Reel 2:

14. Correspondence with manager of Rabaul Times, J. Hoogerwerff, 1937-42.
15. Copies of letters from Gordon Thomas (editor of Rabaul Times) to J. Hoogerwerff, 1933

The papers comprise: Some correspondence of Bishop John Coleridge Patteson for the years 1855, 1858, 1861, 1863, 1865 and 1871; Rev. John Palmer's journal to his sister in England (1863-1864), describing his voyage to Erromanga, New Hebrides and the mission there; copy of a letter by Mr Welchman (29.11.1891) entitled Voyage of the 'Southern Cross', describing the first voyage of the Southern Cross from England to New Zealand; miscellaneous correspondence (1952-53) including some by Dr C.E. Fox, at that time the longest actively serving member of the Melanesian Mission; music and words of a dance from the Qatnapnei district of Raga, New Hebrides, with English commentary.

Sandars, a former officer in the British Army, went to the Solomon Islands in 1928 to join the armed constabulary. He was one of the most important District Officer and District Commissioners on Malaita throughout the 1930s until 1947. He died in NSW in March 1975.

The papers comprise:

1. Autobiography covering the years 1928-43
2. A diary kept from 23 November 1942 - 7 April 1943
3. Autobiography, 1896-1923

Please see PMB MS 184. These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of Samoa which are designated Oceania Navigatores (ON) in the Marist Archives.

The documents comprise material in the following files:

1. ON 418 Mgr Brayer, 1896-1918
2. ON 418 Mgr Darnand, 1905-34 (contents 1920)
3. ON 498 T.O.R.M. Epistolae Ad Admin General (1877, 1892-1920)
4. ON 5700-1 Collegiae (1895)
5. ON 600 Activitas Pastoralis (Conferences Theologiques, 1886)
6. ON 6100 Aleipata (1900), Apia (1870-1)
7. ON 61 208 Apia Epistolae (1848-54, 1875-90, 1910, 1855-57)

The Labasa [Fiji] Branch of Burns Philp (South Sea) Co. Ltd. was established in 1920.

Managers' Reports on Annual Balances: Reel 1: contains reports for 1920-34; Reel 2: 1935-49; Reel 3: 1950-52.