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AU PMB MS 607
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- 1936 - 1949 (Creation)
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1 reel; 35mm microfilm
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Ian Downs (1915- ) joined the Department of District Services in the Territory of New Guinea in 1936 and, as a patrol officer, served in most districts. After wartime naval service, he returned to the Territory as a district officer and later served as District Commissioner in the New Ireland, Madang and Eastern Highlands districts. He resigned from the Administration in 1956 and became a coffee planter near Goroka. He was president of the Highland Farmers and Settlers' Association from 1957 to 1968 and a member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea in the same period.
The papers comprise:
- Patrol reports in Morobe, Madang and New Ireland districts, 1936-49
- Annual reports, Chimbu sub-district, 1939-40
- Monthly reports, Chimbu sub-district, 1939-40
- Census figures, New Ireland district, c.1949. See also PMB 609
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PMB Member Libraries and sponsors of the Papua New Guinea Records Project, (1973) Mr I.F.G. Downs, Canberra
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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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ms607