Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea). Losuia District Administration - Archives of the Losuia Distri...
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea). Losuia District Administration - Archives of the Losuia District Administration, Kiriwana, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1920's-1974
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PMB 1177
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microfilm reels 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 1177
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While carrying out fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands for his doctoral dissertation, the anthropologist Jerry Leach (producer and narrator of the renowned ethnographic film Trobriand Cricket) surveyed and microfilmed important archives kept in the archipelago's main centre, Losuia. These records were drawn upon for Dr Leach's research on the Kabisa...
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Full title
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea). Losuia District Administration - Archives of the Losuia District Administration, Kiriwana, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1920's-1974
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1177
Available for reference
Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 2 microfilm reels
Some papers since lost or destroyed. Others held with the archives of the Losuia District Administration, Losuia, Trobri...
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Administrative / Biographical history
Dr Leach selected documents as they related to his research interests. The photographs are 35mm negatives from a Pentax Spotmatic spliced together into rolls. Lighting conditions were far from ideal so some of the exposures are hard to read. Most of these papers are district and local government administrative records. They include annual reports a...
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PMB 1177
Record Identifier
9O4oNj2n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4oNj2n
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441531
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