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Premier's papers

  • AU PMB MS 1089
  • Collection
  • 1873-1874, 1880-1890 and Dec 1933-Sep 1936

Tonga Government letterbook, May 1873-Nov 1874, indexed, pp. 1-171; Tonga Government letterbook, Jun 1880-Jun 1883, letter Nos.1-173, pp. 1-130; Premier's correspondence and memoranda-out, Dec 1933-Sep 1936, pp.30-35 (loose copies of eight letters found in a Land Court minute book; Premier's (Shirley Baker's) letterbook, Apr 1884-Jun 1884, Nos. 84/1-84/9 and notes of the Eva case, pp. 1-32; Premier's (Shirley Baker's) letterbook, Sep 1885-Nov 1886, Nos. 85/1-9, 96/1-14, and 87/1 & n.d., pp.1-36; Premier's (Shirley Baker's) letterbook, Dec 1886-Jul 1890, Nos. 86/88-89, 87/1-179, 88/1-163, 89/1-99, 90/1-29, pp. 1-378; Premier's (Shirley Baker's) letterbook, Jan 1889-Jun 1890 in Tongan, Nos. 89/1-223, 90/1-81, pp. 1-275.<P><B>See reel list for further details</B>

Government of Tonga

Quarterly Jottings from the New Hebrides - John G. Paton Mission Fund Woodford, Essex (Etc.): John G. Paton Mission Fund. Nos. 1-284, July 1893-Spring 1966

  • AU PMB DOC 34
  • Collection
  • July 1893 - Jan 1900

Early issues published under the title New Hebrides South Sea Island Quarterly Jottings of the John G. Paton Mission Fund, edited by Rev. James Paton, a member of the Paton family which was very active for many years in the New Hebrides Presbyterian Mission. Place of publications and publishing body vary. For further details and contents see R. Langdon (ed) An index to Quarterly Jottings from the New Hebrides ... (Canberra: PMB, 1988)

Nos. 1-27, July 1893-Jan 1900

Quarterly Jottings from the New Hebrides - John G. Paton Mission Fund

Papua New Guinea research materials: Papua New Guinea politics and administration

  • AU PMB MS 1008
  • Collection
  • 1906 - 1975

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.

Parker, Robert Stewart

Papua New Guinea research materials: comparative colonial administration, notes for chapters

  • AU PMB MS 1006
  • Collection
  • 1870s - 1970s

Background notes for the 'Chapters' reproduced in PMB 1005, for a book tentatively entitled 'Comparative colonial administration', by R.S. Parker and Norman Mellor. See also PMB 1007.

Manuscript and typed notes, published and semi-published material. File headings are those used by Professor Parker, with notes in brackets supplied by PMB. A file heading sheet precedes each file. Within each file, the order of items is that used by Professor Parker. No detailed inventory of file contents is available.

Reel 1: Introduction, R.S. Parker; Ch. 1 - Introduction files; Ch. 2(a) - Motives for enquiry
Reel 2: Ch. 2(b) - Indigenous political structures; Ch. 2(c) - Population
Reel 3: Ch. 2(d) - Economic resources; Ch. 2(e) - German and British policies
Reel 4: Ch. 3(a) - Military to 1950 (file empty); Ch. 3(b) - Government to 1950; Ch. 3(c) - Economic to 1950; Ch. 3(d)i - Education to 1950; Ch. 3(d)ii - Health to 1950; Ch. 3(d)iii - Welfare to 1950; Ch. 4(a) - Military to 1960; Ch. 4(b) - Governance to 1960
Reel 5: Ch. 4(c) - Economic to 1960; Ch. 4(d)i - Education to 1960; Ch. 4(d)ii - Health to 1960; Ch. 5(a) - Military to 1960s; Ch. 5(b) Governance to 1960; Ch.5 - Governance 1960s A-C; Ch. 5 - Governance 1960s D 1-7
Reel 6: Ch. 5 - Governance 1960s D 8
Reel 7: Ch. 5 - Governance 1960s E and F; Ch. 5(4)(c) - Economics in 1960s
Reel 8: Ch. 5(d)i - Education in 1960s; Ch. 5(d)ii - Health in 1960s
Reel 9: Ch. 6(a) - Military in 1970s; Defence; Ch. 6D - Governance in 1970s
Reel 10: Ch. 6D iii - Geographically uniform; Ch. 6D v - Administrative Executive Council; Ch.6D vi - Legislative; parties; Ch.6D vii - Legal institutions; Ch. 6D viii - Administration; Ch. 6 - Governance 1970s: E local government
Reel 12: Ch. 6(c) - Economics 1970s
Reel 13: Ch. 6(d)i - Education in 1970s; Ch. 6(d)ii - Health in 1970s

Parker, Robert Stewart

Papua New Guinea research materials: comparative colonial administration, background papers

  • AU PMB MS 1007
  • Collection
  • 1906 - 1975

Background papers for a book tentatively entitled 'Comparative colonial administration' by R.S. Parker and Norman Mellor. See also PMB 1005 and 1006.

Labelled files of correspondence, notes, published, semi-published and manuscript material various in form and production method. File headings are those used by Professor Parker, with notes in brackets supplied by PMB. A file heading sheet precedes each file. Within each file, the order of items is that used by Professor Parker. No detailed inventory of contents is available.

Reel 1: Introduction, R.S. Parker; File List: Subject index; Comparative colonial administration; Correspondence
Reel 2: General theme and planning of book; Current reading matter; Economic development policies - general; Micronesian history and policies
Reel 3: Pacific bibliographies; Papua New Guinea (general)
Reel 4: Papua New Guinea papers to be sorted (government 1960s; political development; statistics; demography)
Reel 5: Papua New Guinea bibliographies; Papua New Guinea biography (includes book reviews)
Reel 6: Chapter VII Evaluation of policy (background for chapter incomplete at March 1989)

Parker, Robert Stewart

Murray John Hubert Plunkett and others miscellaneous printed reports

  • AU PMB DOC 307
  • Collection
  • 1908-1923
  1. <I>The territories of the Commonwealth</I>, reprint, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1922.
  2. <I>Timber trees of the Territory of Papua - reports and catalogue</I>, by Gilbert Burnett, 1908.
  3. <I>Papuan timbers - some of the properties of six specimens</I>, by James Mann, 1911.
  4. <I>Review of the Australian administration in Papua from 1907 to 1920</I>, by J.H.P. Murray, CMG.
  5. Views of Australian planting and mining companies, missionaries and others on the administration of Papua, 1922.
  6. <I>Papua of today</I> by J.H.P. Murray, 1923.
  7. <I>Recent exploration in Papua</I> by J.H.P. Murray.
  8. <I>Notes on Colonel Ainsworth's report on the Mandated Territory of New Guinea</I>, by J.H.P. Murray.

Murray John Hubert Plunkett and others

Papers on the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

  • AU PMB MS 1189
  • Collection
  • 1881-1993

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, 23 October 1921, Sir Colin took a BA (1943) and MA (1945) at Canterbury University and a Diploma in Anthropology at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served with the NZ army (1942-44) and with the British Solomon Islands Defence Force (1945).
Sir Colin was appointed in 1945 as an Administrative Cadet in the British Colonial Service and spent a brief training period in the Western District of Fiji. Transferred to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, he served first as District Officer Nggela, Western Solomons, then D.O. and District Commissioner Western (1946-1948), D.O. Choiseul and Ysabel (1948), D.O. Malu`u (1949) and finally District Commissioner Malaita (1950-1952) at the time of the Marching Rule. He was appointed by the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific to be Special Lands Commissioner on 10 July 1953.
In 1954 Sir Colin was seconded to the Western Pacific High Commission Secretariat as Senior Assistant Secretary, Finance and Development. Here Sir Colin completed the report of the Solomon Islands Special Lands Commission on 17 June 1957. He served as Secretary of the BSIP Agriculture and Industrial Affairs Board (1956-57), Chaired the BSIP Copra Marketing Board (1957-58) and represented the UK on the South Pacific Commission Research Council (1958).
In 1959 Sir Colin transferred to Port Vila where he was appointed Assistant British Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides Condominium (1959-66) and then Resident Commissioner (1966-73). Sir Colin was appointed Governor and Commander in Chief of the Seychelles (1973-76) and then Governor of the Solomon Islands (1976-1978) at the time of their independence. He was the last High Commissioner of the Western Pacific. Sir Colin was knighted in 1977 and retired from his illustrious career in 1978.
Sir Colin had a close association with Professor Jim Davidson and other members of the faculty in Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies and the National Centre for Development Studies, having been a Visiting Fellow in the Australian National University for a time. His publications include Customary Land Tenure in the Solomon Islands, 1958, based on the report of the Special Lands Commission, Constitution Making in New Island States, 1982, and Solomons Safari, 1989.

Reel 1: PMB 1189/1-21 Sir Colin manuscripts and articles (with reviews), 1951-88; PMB 1189/22-23 Sir Colin’s speeches, 1967-84; PMB 1189/24 Sir Colin’s press articles about Marching Rule, 1945-51; PMB 1189/25 Sir Colin’s letters to editors re colonial administration, 1981-82; PMB 1189/100-107 Papers re the Solomon Islands, 1881-1980.
Reel 2: PMB 1189/108-125 Papers re the Solomon Islands, 1881-1980, cont.
Reel 3: PMB 1189/126-142 Papers re the Solomon Islands, 1881-1980, cont.
Reel 4: PMB 1189/143-159 Papers re the Solomon Islands, 1881-1980, cont.; PMB 1189/160-167 Papers re Vanuatu (New Hebrides), 1897-1993.
Reel 5: PMB 1189/168-183 Papers re Vanuatu (New Hebrides), 1897-1993, cont.
Reel 6: PMB 1189/184-196 Papers re Vanuatu (New Hebrides), 1897-1993, cont.
Reel 7: PMB 1189/197-216 Papers re Vanuatu (New Hebrides), 1897-1993, cont.; PMB 1189/217-218 Papers re general Pacific matters, 1944-1983.
Reel 8: PMB 1189/219-229 Papers re general Pacific matters, 1944-1983, cont.; PMB 1189/267-271 Papers on constitutional development in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, including resettlement of Gilbertese in the Solomons, 1943-1987.
Reel 9: PMB 1189/272-273 Papers on constitutional development, cont.; PMB 1189/276-280, 285-291 Selected press cuttings, 1953-1989; PMB 1189/294 Selected printed material – Solomon Islands.
Reel 10: PMB 1189/295, 298, 301-303, 306-312 Selected printed material – Solomon Islands, cont.; PMB 1189/384-385, 388 Selected printed material – Vanuatu.
Reel 11: PMB 1189/394-397, 400 Selected printed material – Vanuatu, cont.
<B>See Finding aids for details.</B>

Allan, Colin

Vocabulary of the Hawaiian language

  • AU PMB MS 198
  • Collection
  • 1828 - c.1844

The Rev. Artemas Bishop (1795-1872) was a missionary sent to Hawaii by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was the author of a book of English and Hawaiian words and phrases published in Honolulu in 1854. He appears to have been the most probable compiler of the vocabulary described here.

A vocabulary of approximately 150 pages with a foreword dated 12 May 1844 and signed A.B. The first page of the vocabulary proper bears the date 1828

Bishop, Artemas

Letters

  • AU PMB MS 197
  • Collection
  • 1869 - 1893

The Rev. Peter Milne (1834-1924) was born in Scotland and went to the New Hebrides as a Presbyterian Missionary in 1869. After a brief stay on Erromanga, he established himself at Nguna on Efate, where he remained, except for short breaks, for the rest of his life.

There are 33 letters. The first four were written in New Zealand, and all but one of the rest from the New Hebrides - mainly Nguna.

Milne, Peter

Private correspondence

  • AU PMB MS 586
  • Collection
  • 1903 - 1935

Please see PMB 581 for full entry.

Correspondence with private individuals including Albert Hahl, governor of German New Guinea, from 1902-14. The correspondence with Hahl covers the period 1903-16. Other correspondents represented on the microfilm are: Albert Einstein, 1918-30; Mathias Erzberger, 1914-19; Richard Fisk, 1913-29/35; Bruno Fuchs, 1914-18; H. Gerlich, 1889-95, 1915-18; Otto Glein, 1911-16; Fritz Haber, 1924-29; Maximilien von Hagen, 1918-35; Ewald Herker, 1914-20; Edmund and Elizabeth von Heyking, 1914-24; Alfred von Heymel, 1912-14; Gottlieb von Jagow, 1914-34 (Continued on reel PMB 587)

Solf, Wilhelm Heinrich

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