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AU PMB MS 1008
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- 1906 - 1975 (Creation)
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20 reels; 35mm microfilm
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Robert Stewart Parker was born on 19 February 1915 in Artarmon, New South Wales. He received his Masters in Economics from the University of Sydney. In 1938 he was appointed Lecturer in Public Administration and Secretary to the Council of the Canberra University College. From 1939 to 1945 he was Lecturer in Public Administration at Victoria University College, Wellington, before returning to Canberra University College as Lecturer in Political Science. From 1949-1954 Parker was Head of the School of Public Administration at Victoria University, New Zealand. Parker began his association with the Australian National University as a Research Fellow in the Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences from 19 October 1947 to 24 February 1949, then Reader (Public Administration) from 1 March 1954. He was Professor and Head of ANU's Political Science program in the Research School of Social Sciences from 1962 until his retirement in 1978. He was a member of the 1957 Committee of Inquiry into Commonwealth Public Service Recruitment (Boyer Committee), the Interim Council of the Administrative College of Papua New Guinea (1962-69) and the Papua New Guinea Public Services Arbitration Tribunal (1972-73). Parker died on 31 July 2002.
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R.S. Parker was a member of the Interim Council of the Administrative College of Papua New Guinea, 1962-1969. He also advised the Administration on organisational policy, organised and assisted in public service training courses, represented Administration employees on the public service arbitration tribunal and gave evidence at the local officers' arbitration case in the 1960s.
Labelled files with file headings used by Professor Parker. A detailed inventory of file contents is not available. Reel contents are given below in a condensed form - a more complete list of General Contents is available on request.
Reel 1: Introduction; File List: PNG general
Reel 2: 4 files - Constitutional development and Planning Committee Reports 1st & 2nd Interim (terms of reference, appointments)
Reel 3: 1 file - Constitutional Planning Committee recommendations/draft<
Reel 4: 2 files - Constitutional Planning Cmt. Final Report; Constitution - Government proposals
Reel 5: 2 files - Constitution - Texts and national name; and the Courts
Reel 6: 2 files - District Administration - evolution; (miscellaneous)
Reel 7: 2 files - reel 6 cont. - official reports
Reel 8: 3 files - Native Affairs, recruitment, training; ASOPA Sen. Officers' Course; Executives and Under Secretaries (miscellaneous)
Reel 9: 3 files - reel 8 cont. - Execs and Under Secs (transfer of executive power); land law/administration
Reel 10: 3 files - Laws and law drafting; legislative councils; local government councils
Reel 11: 5 files - Politics; anti-corruption policy; Bougainville political disturbances; Cargo cults; Election prospects/1964
Reel 12: 3 files - Politics; Election 1968; law/administration; Gazelle political disturbances
Reel 13: Politics; House of Assembly
Reel 14: 4 files - Politics - House of Assembly; members; parties
Reel 15: 12 files - Politics - House of Assembly; 10 parties; miscellaneous papers (various names); Public Service (miscellaneous)
Reel 16: 2 files - reel 15 cont.; Public Service Association
Reel 17: 3 files - reel 16 cont.; Public Service Association Press Statements; employment security scheme
Reel 18: 3 files - Public Service - recruitment; salaries; local officers' case 1965-67
Reel 19: University College for PNG
Reel 20: 2 files - Urban government; Urban local government.
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Available for reference - but no part of the contents may be reproduced or used in quotation without the written permission of Professor Parker. Please see his Introduction, Reel 1.
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(1989) R.S. Parker, 54 Munro Street, Curtin, ACT (to be deposited in the National Library of Australia at a later date)
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Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php
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ms1008