03035nkc a22002417i 450000100060000000800410000604000260004710000190007324501760009226400140026830000190028233600280030133700230032933800320035235100190038450000190040350600280042252018830045053300770233354000790241054400150248985602890250431200140929k19351965xx            000 0|zxx d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aChambers, Jean10aPosters prepared for the Infant Welfare Section, Department of Public Health, Papua New Guinea, and for the introduction of decimal currency in Papua New Guinea, 1935-1965  c1935-1965  a47 photographs  astill image2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aOrder as found  aAU PMB PHOTO 9  aAvailable for reference2 aJean Chambers was a commercial artist who commenced work designing screen slides for Whitford Theatre Ads in Sydney. She then worked for Vivian Art Studios which carried out all branches of advertising and display for many large buisiness firms in Sydney, including Bonds Hosiery, Berley’s and Nestles. In 1935 she married Keith M. Chambers and moved to New Guinea with her husband. They were evacuated in 1941, returned to Madang in 1946, where Keith Chambers was the Customs Officer, then moved to Rabaul in 1948. In 1948 a Maternal and Child Health (MCH) service was established in the TPNG Department of Public Health by Dr Joan Refshauge. The MCH commissioned Mrs Chambers to design posters on infant care. (See posters marked “Rabaul”.) The original paintings were sent to Sydney for lithographic block making in 3 or 4 colours. Thousands were printed and returned for distribution by the Public Health Department as teaching aids in villages throughout the Territory. The couple moved to Port Moresby in the mid 1950s where Keith Chambers eventually became Chief Collector of Customs. In Port Moresby Jean Chambers designed and completed film strips for the Commonwealth Film Unit on women’s club training, and worked for Burns Philp (NG)Ltd for 18 months during 1958-59 on display and newspaper advertising. Mrs Chambers also received more commissions for posters and eventually acccepted a full-time appointment with the Department of Information where she trained New Guinean staff in silk screen printing, using her designs and stencils for posters, mainly on health education but also for the Departments of Agriculture, and Post and Telegraphs. Mrs Chambers left PNG when her husband retired in 1965 or 1966. 34 lithographic and silk screened posters on health education in PNG, 1948-1965(?); 13 posters on the introduction of decimal currency in PNG, 1965.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php1 aPMB MS125541uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/posters-prepared-for-infant-welfare-section-department-of-public-health-papua-new-guinea-and-for-introduction-of-decimal-currency-in-papua-new-guinea-1935-1967zView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.