The Nemea Association was formed in 1970 by people of several villages inland from Cloudy Bay, about 200km east of Port Moresby. Its aim was to gain the return of land which the colonial administration had alienated from the late 19th century on. The association's activities also produced a movement seeking local autonomy. The papers were gathered together and, in some cases, indexed by Mr David R. Milbourne Marsh, OBE, one-time district commissioner in Papua New Guinea.

Reel 1:<BR>1. Timber rights purchase; Marshall Lagoon - Banguina, Abau sub-district, 1964<BR>2. The Nemea Land Owners Association, Abau, 1971-72 (with index)<BR>3. Documents re formation and progress of Nemea Association, 1973 (with index)<BR>4. Administration documents re Nemea Association 1971-74. Documents re history of Abau sub-district, 1886-1963 (with index)<BR>Reel 2:<BR>5. Nemea maps<BR>6. Documents re Applications to Land Titles Commission, 1974<BR>7(a): Documents and correspondence re return of Crown Land to Nemea customary land<BR>7(b): The Nemea Land Owners Association, 1972-74 (with index)<BR>8. Patrol reports, 1974Correspondence and documents re reversal of Crown Land to native title<BR>9. Declarations under Land Act, 1974, with maps<BR>10. Two articles by R.J. May, 1976, and related correspondence