John Green - Correspondence, 1892-1896
John Green - Correspondence, 1892-1896
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Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
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PMB 420
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microfilm reels 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 420
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The letters, which are all to members of Green's family in Healesville, Victoria, begin in September 1892 when Green was in Cooktown en route to Port Moresby. Some of the letters are more than 100 pages long. They give a vivid idea of life in Papua when it was under British administration
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John Green - Correspondence, 1892-1896
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 420
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Microfilm copy of original held in private ownership
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Administrative / Biographical history
John Green, an Australian, went to Papua in 1892 and worked on a plantation at Kapadi for about fifteen months before joining at Administration staff of Sir William MacGregor, Lt-Gov. of British New Guinea (later Papua). He eventually became MacGregor's acting private secretary and accompanied him on some of his arduous patrols. After a patrol to t...
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PMB 420
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1bGd0APY
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440558
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