R.S. Parker was one of 2 Australian mainland members of the Interim Council of the Administrative College of PNG from the Council's inception in May 1962 until its reconstitution in April 1969. The aim of the College was to train indigenous public servants. Professor Parker's papers have been microfilmed as PMB 1004 - 1008.

Labelled files of correspondence, notes, published, 'semi-published' and manuscript material various in form and in 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. There is no detailed inventory of file contents.

Reel 1: Introduction by Professor Parker; File list A: Drafts of statute/ordinance-future development; Interim Council personal papers (includes correspondence)
Reel 2: Interim Council Meetings 1964-65; Interim Council Meetings 1966
Reel 3: Interim Council Meetings 1967; Interim Council Meetings 1968
Reel 4: Interim Council Meetings 1969; Sketch plan of buildings; Association with the University (of Papua New Guinea); Recent Reports 1966-1982
Reel 5: File list B: Correspondence general, File 1 of 2 1961-64, File 2 of 2 1965-73
Reel 6: Staff and staffing (includes correspondence, 1964-72); Allen Brown Committee on Higher Education (includes correspondence, 1971).

The Fisheries Division of the Department of Agriculture was established in 1954. The Research and Surveys Branch of the Fisheries Division was formed in 1968 with its headquarters at Kanudi Fisheries Research Station, Port Moresby.

<BR>FRV <I>Fairwind</I> log: fish survey data, 1948-1950. <BR> <I> Scomberomorous commersoni</I> data, Jul 1948-Mar 1950.<BR> Grant West & Ishmael Paiia, Field journal of Gulf District trip, including Lake Tebera, Sep-Oct 1971. <BR> Grant West, fisheries import-export statistics. <BR>Wankowski, tuna catch & CPUE analysis, 1970-1978. <BR> Japan/PNG fishing arrangements, 1978-1979.<BR> Files on the formation of the Forum Fisheries Agency, 1976-79. <BR> Alan Haines, Purari River environment and the Wabo Power Project Feasibility Study, 1975-1978. <BR> FRV <I>Tagula</I>: log of fishing voyages 2/16 to 2/22, 1964-1965. <BR> Prawn survey results, 1960-1964. <BR>Freshwater fisheries files, 1950-1974.<BR> Sepik River fisheries files: selected documents, 1973-1982. <BR> Joseph Glukman, freshwater files: selected documents, 1950-1984.<P><b>See reel list for further details</b>