Born of Tongan chiefly line, Tupou trained first as a nurse and, later, as a lawyer. In 1959 she was seconded by Queen Salote to work for the Tonga Traditions Committee. In this capacity she worked out of the Palace Records Office in Nuku'alofa until her resignation in 1978. Between 1959 and 1986 she travelled extensively in Tonga researching Tongan traditions. She has published two volumes of her collected Tongan legends, Po Fananga (1975) and Po Tatala (1982). Since 1978 she has had a variety of short stories and poems published in the journal Faikava.

1. Papers relating to the Tonga Traditions Committee, 1959-78, including weekly reports, 1962-75 and interview transcripts.<BR>2. Papers on Tongan kinship and genealogies<BR>3. Miscellaneous papers on Tongan history and culture.<BR>4. Drafts of Tupou's traditional stories (Talanoa) and related material.<BR>5. Drafts and correspondence relating to Tonga from the beginning of time, c.1978.<BR>6. Papers on pandanus weaving/tapa cloth.<BR>7. Personal correspondence, 1960-92<BR>8. Miscellaneous personal papers.<BR>9. Papers relating to the Kaho Family.<BR>10. Interview transcripts, drafts and other papers relating to Queen Salote.<BR>11. Typescripts of Ta'anga verse texts.<BR>12. Manuscripts of Tupou's writings.<BR>13. Miscellaneous pamphletts and publications.

The first private newspaper in the Solomon Islands after the Kakamora Reporter (PMB Doc 414) was Solomons Toktok, originally published as the Melanesian Nius and the Kiokio Nius (both at PMB Doc 416). It started in 1977 and continued publication until 1992. The Toktok might be described as the Solomons' first tabloid newspaper with its own version of sensationalist reporting (one early headline: 'Sex and Politics in Honiara - a husband's lament'). It came out in competition with the government-owned Solomons News Drum (PMB Doc 415) and was intended to have more popular appeal. (From Ian Frazer, “Solomon Islands Newspapers”, in Pambu, Series.5, No.5, May 1997.)

Solomons Toktok
Reel 1 Nos.1-110 (gaps), Aug 1977-Dec 1979
Reel 2 Nos.111-189 (gaps), Jan 1980-Aug 1981
Nos.1-34 (gaps), Jan 1982-Mar 1983
Reel 3 Nos.35-74 (gaps?), Mar 1983-Feb 1984
Nos.1-61 (gap), Feb 1984-May 1985
Reel 4 Nos.62-88 (gaps), May-Dec 1985
Nos.1-33, Jan-Dec 1986
Nos.1-69, Jan-Nov 1987
Reel 5 Nos.70-135, Nov 1987-Apr 1989
Reel 6 Nos.136-200, May 1989-Sep 1990
Reel 7 Nos.201-243, Sep 1990-Sep 1991
Nos.1-19, Oct 1991-Feb 1992
See Finding aids for details.

United Nations Trusteeship Council, Report of the United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in the Pacific on New Guinea, T/791, 15 August 1950. Printed, bound, 74pp., map. Mission chaired by Sir Alan Burns.

United Nations Trusteeship Council, United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in the Pacific. Report on New Guinea together with the relevant resolution of the Trusteeship Council. Official Records: Eighth Session (30 January-16 March 1951) Supplement No.4 (T/899). New York, 1951. Printed, bound, 29pp, including annexes.

United Nations Trusteeship Council, United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in the Pacific, 1953. Report on New Guinea, T/1056, 9 June 1953. Printed, bound, 70pp., plus annexes. Mission chaired by Enrique de Marchena.

United Nations Trusteeship Council, United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in the Pacific, 1956. Report on New Guinea, T/1260, 20 June 1956. Printed, bound, 113pp., plus annexes. Mission chaired by John Macpherson.

United Nations Trusteeship Council, United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in the Pacific, 1956. Report on New Guinea, together with the relevant resolution of the Trusteeship Council. Trusteeship Council Official records: eighteenth session (7 June-14 August 1956). Supplement No.5 (T1280). New York, 1956. Printed, bound, 48pp, incuding annex, map.

United Nations Trusteeship Council, United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories of Nauru, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, 1959. Report on the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, T/1447, 6 May 1959. Printed, bound, 90pp., plus annexes and map. Mission chaired by Chiping H. C. Kiang.

United Nations Trusteeship Council, Report of United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories of Nauru and New Guinea, 1962. Report on New Guinea. T/1597, 22 June 1962. Printed, bound, 88pp., plus annexes. Mission chaired by Hugh Foot.

United Nations Trusteeship Council, Report of United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territory of New Guinea 1968, T/1678, 22 May 1968. Printed, bound, 114pp., plus annexes. Mission chaired by J. M. McEwen.
United Nations Trusteeship Council,

Report of United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territory of New Guinea, 1971, April 1971. Printed, bound, 113pp., plus annexes. Mission chaired by Denis Allen.

Please see PMB 581 for full entry.

Correspondence with private individuals (Continued from reel PMB 586): Gottlieb von Jagow, 1914-34; H. Knipping, 1900-04, 1920-30; Richard von Kuhlmann, 1912-17; Richard Kuenzer, 1912-35; Karl Max Lisknowsky, 1914-18; Emil Ludwig, 1916-18; Adolf-Friedrich Mecklenberg, 1913-16; Albrecht Mendelssohn, 1922-31; Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, 1922-35; Anton Mentz, 1916-18; Walther Rathenau, 1911-18; Otto Riedel (manager of the Deutsche Handels-und Plantagen-Gesellschaft), 1905-26; Paul Rohrback, 1913-18; F. Rose, 1900-06; Friedrich Rosen, 1898-1932; Erich von Salzmann, 1921-32; and E. Schmidt-Dergitz, 1899-1904. Note: Rose and Schmidt-Dergitz were Pacific specialists in the German Colonial Office. (Cont. on PMB 588)

The Minutes are in typescript and are numbered as follows:<BR> 1 - 30 - 1907<BR>10 - 34 - 1908<BR> 1 - 33 - 1909<BR> 1 - 34 - 1910<BR> 1 - 29 - 1911<BR> 1 - 46 - 1912<BR> 1 - 60 - 1913<BR> 1 - 58 - 1914

See PMB 617

Reel 1: 1 January - 7 March<BR>Reel 2: 8 March - 1 May<BR>Reel 3: 2 - 31 May<BR>Reel 4: 1 June - 15 July<BR>Reel 5: 16 July - 20 August<BR>Reel 6: 21 August - 18 October<BR>Reel 7: 19 October - 15 December<BR>Reel 8: 16 - 31 December<BR>NOTE: includes some clippings on Nauru, Norfolk Island, Northern Territory and other Australian territories under the control of the Minister for (External) Territories.

Reports to the director of overseas missions, Lutheran Church of Australia, on visits to stations and villages within the mission district. They are mainly in German.<BR><BR>See also reports filmed as PMB 644

A Roro language newspaper published by the Roman Catholic Mission, Yule Island, Papua. Issues filmed are: Vol I, Nos 1-9; Vol II, Nos 1-13; Vol III, Nos 1-11; Vol IV, Nos 1-12. Some issues were not available for filming.