Fulvio Favetta was a patrol officer in Papua New Guinea from 1 Oct 1968 to 30 Nov 1980. He was on the first intake of married officers and his wife, Suzanne, and one year old son Mark joined him in PNG on 1 Nov 1968 after he completed a one month induction course at Kwikila. From 1968-1972 Fulvio worked as a patrol officer in the Northern District, in Tufi and Popondetta. From 1972-1980 he worked in the Southern Highlands District, in Tari and Mendi. He was promoted to Assistant District Officer while in Tari and to District Officer when he transferred to Mendi at the end of 1975. In Mendi he was appointed executive officer to the local Area Authority (precursor to Porvincial Government) and finished his career in PNG as Provincial Finance Officer for the Southern Highland Provincial Government. His longest patrol (Tufi Patrol No 3 of 69/70) was 51 days to the Lower Musa area in the Northern District, now Oro Province.

During his patrols he inspected places for the purpose of initiating civil works, land for possible purchase for cattle projects,observed Cape Nelson Council’s 5th Annual elections, patrolling part Sohe part Aiga Census Divisions to conduct land investigation prior to alienation of land to be used for resettlement of Aiga & Aioma people, census revisions in Cape Nelson & Dyke Ackland Bay Census Divisions (1971), investigated widespread food shortage induced by prolonged drought around Tari (1972), encouraging economic development in the Haibuga-Munima/Iumu Census Divisions (1973), political education, making lists of sand and gravel sources in the South Basin and Benaria Census Divisions (1973), census revisions and area studies of Puijero/North Basin Census Divisions (1974), situation reports for Tari, that included Situation Report No. 1 (Introduction; Population – Distribution and Trends; Social Groupings; Leadership; Land Tenure and Use; Literacy; Standard of Living; Missions; Non-indigenes; Communications; Technical; and Clerical Skills; The Stage of Political Development; The Economy of the Area; Possibilities of Expanding the Economy; Attitude towards Local Government; Attitude towards Central Government; Accommodation, services and facilities, plus Appendices (1974), investigating a murder in the Homa in the Benaria Census Division (1974), repair suspension bridge on Tagari River; and to commernce work on community centre at Hangapo, in East Basin Census Division (1974), annual census, village record and general administration in the Haibuga/ Munima Census Division (1975), supervise House of Assembly by-election in Etoro, Waragu and Orogo Census Divisions (1975).

Favetta returned to Australia and later worked as a Custom Officer in the Commonwealth Government from 1982 until his retirement in 2006.

Patrol reports, related documents and correspondence 1969-1975.
Field Journal (1968-1977).

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