Mr Keith Woodward, OBE, arrived in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) as an Oxford graduate in 1953 to begin his career with the British Residency. He was subsequently promoted through the New Hebrides British Service and by the 1970s he had been appointed Secretary for Political Affairs coincided with rapid constitutional change in Vanuatu as the territory moved towards independence. The manuscript written by Mr Woodward documents, with compelling detail, these constitutional changes. Up until the 1950s the New Hebrides had no representative form of government. This began to change in 1957 with the formation of an Advisory Council and Mr Woodward provides an insightful overview into its composition and functions. However, most of Mr Woodward's manuscript concentrates on the constitutional changes that occurred in response to growing ni-Vanuatu (indigenous) demands for independence in the early to mid 1970s. These include the formation of a Representative Assembly comprised of a majority of elected members in 1975 to succeed the Advisory Council, the Vanuaaku Pati's (VP) (main independence political party) boycott of the 1977 elections and the subsequent proclamation of a Peoples Provisional Government (PPG), and the political movements as they established their respective constitutional positions regarding the transistion to national independence. Mr Woodwards analysis of this crucial period in Vanuatu political and constitutional history provides an important framework in which to contextualise the last two turbulent years of condominium rule, independence in 1980 and the political climate of the early 1980s.

<I>Historical Summary of Constitutional Advance in the New Hebrides, 1954 - 1977</I>; 77 typescript pages.

Transcripts of daily radio news bulletins broadcast by Radio New Hebrides (Radio Vanuatu, after independence), 28 Sep 1978–26 Nov 1980 (gaps),
Ts., roneo, c.800pp.
Reel 1

28 Sep 1978–29 May 1979
30 May 1979–1 Oct 1979
2 Oct 1979–24 Dec 1979
26 Dec 1979–31 Mar 1980
1 Apr 1980–1 Jul 1980
Reel 2
2 Jul 1980–26 Aug 1980
27 Aug 1980–26 Nov 1980

The peak council of trade unions in Fiji was formed on 29 Sep 1951 as the Fiji Industrial Workers’ Congress. The present name was adopted in October 1966. The Congress was based at Nadi and Lautoka in the western districts of Viti Levu until 1962 when it shifted to Suva. The Congress has had a relatively stable administration: the first honorary Secretary was Tomasi Vunisina, 1951-1957, Mohammed Ramzan was honorary Secretary from 1960-1972, and James Raman followed him as National Secretary, with one short break, till the Biennial Conference in May 1994. See PMB 1085 for records of the Congress.

Nos.1-47, 49-99, 1978-1999

Mary Mennis is an historian who lived and worked in PNG for many years. She has published works on Tolai people, myths and social customs, a history of St. Michael's Church on Matupit Island, a reader for Pacific island primary school students and a biography of Father William Ross, first American missionary to Papua New Guinea.

M. Mennis, 'The Existence of Yomba Island Near Madang: Fact of Fiction', <I>Oral History</I>, Vol. 6, No.6, 1978, pp.3-81.
<BR>M. Mennis, 'Kilibob & Manup Myth Found on the North Coast of PNG', <I>Oral History</I>, Vol. 7, No.4, 1979, pp.88-101
<BR>Brian Mennis, 'Tolai Fish Traps', <I>Oral History</I>, Vol. 7, No.4, 1979, pp.88-101
<BR>'Oral Testimonies from Coastal Madang' Collected by Mary Mennis, Part One, <I>Oral History</I>, Vol.8, No.10, 1980, pp.1-118.
<BR>'Oral Testimonies from Coastal Madang, Collected by Mary Mennis', Part Two, <I>Oral History</I>, Vol. 9, No.1, 1981, pp.1-107.
<BR>'Oral Testimonies from Coastal Madang Collected by Mary Mennis', Part Three, <I>Oral History</I>, Vol. 9, No.2, 1981, pp.1-107.
<BR>Mary Mennis, <I>Sailing for Survival: a comparative report of the trading System and Trading canoes of the Motu people in the Port Moresby area and the Bel people in the Madang area of Papua New Guinea</I>, report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Social Science , School of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology, James Cook University of North Queensland, March 2000, 128pp., illus., maps, diags.

Dr Mike Bourke is an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the School of Culture, History & Language in the College of Asia and the pacific at the ANU. He has been engaged in research and development activity in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu since 1970. His career highlights include: Agronomist, PNG Department of Primary Industry (1970-77); Principal Research Horticulturalist, PNG Department of Primary Industry (1978-83); Postgraduate Student, ANU (1983-88); Visiting Fellow (and later Adjunct Senior Fellow), Department of Human Geography, ANU (1989-2008); Self-employed Consultant (1988-2008).

Highlands Agricultural Experiment Satation, Aiyura, Crop Altitudinal Limits Data giving actual figures for altitudinal range of crops in PNG gathered by Mike Bourke in the period 1979 to 1984, arranged in files as follows:
Location abbreviations
Altitude limits – staples / energy crops
Altitude limits – traditional vegetables
Altitude limits – introduced vegetables
Altitude limits – fruit
Altitude limits – nuts
Altitude limits – herbs, spices and narcotics
Altitude limits – non-food crops

Dr Bourke published the mean data in his paper, “Altitudinal limits of 230 economic crop species in Papua New Guinea”, in S.G. Haberle, J. Stevenson and M. Prebble (eds), Altered Ecologies: Fire, Climate and Human Influence on Terrestrial Landscapes. Terra Australia 32 (2010), ANU E-Press, The Australian National University, Canberra; pp.473-512. http://epress.anu.edu.au/terra_australis/ta32/pdf/ch27.pdf

Weekly newspaper in Bislama, French and English. Published in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Nos. 1-188, 21 May 1980-28 Jun 1984.
See Finding aids for details.

Reo Pasifika. Voice of the Pacific. La Voix Du Pacifique, Journal of the Pacific Churches Research Centre, Port Vila; edited by Rev. Brian Macdonald-Milne, No.1, 1980. See PMB 1333 for records relating to the Pacific Churches Research Centre.

This is a rare copy of Reo Pasifika. Voice of the Pacific. La voix du Pacifique, No.1, 1980, journal of the Pacific Churches Research Centre, Port Vila, in English and French; edited by Rev. Brian Macdonald-Milne. It is likely that there was only ever one issue of Reo Pasifika published. This issue includes articles by Sir John Guise on Christianity in PNG and by Grace Mera Molisa on women in Vanuatu. There are also two articles on Pacific archives administration: one by Fr. Theo Cook SM on the Marist archives in the Pacific and the other by Rev. Brian Macdonald-Milne reporting on PEACESAT discussions on Pacific archives administration held in 1978 and 1979.