Roy Davies - Marching rule a personal memoir, 1970-1980
Roy Davies - Marching rule a personal memoir, 1970-1980
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PMB 1076
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68 p.
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Microfilm : PMB 1076
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A 368 p. annotated typescipt divided into an introduction and 43 chapters containing corrections, footnotes, index and maps, ca. 1970. Consists of Davies' reminiscences from the British Colonial Administrators viewpoint of the Masina Rule Movement in the Solomon Islands, 1944-1947. Based on contemporary notes recorded in his personal diary and in o...
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Roy Davies - Marching rule a personal memoir, 1970-1980
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1076
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Microfilm. Balgowlah : W.& F. Pascoe Pty Ltd for Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University : 1998. 1 microform reel : positive, 35 mm
Microfilm copy of originals held in private ownership
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After graduating from Manchester University, Roy Davies joined the British Overseas Civil Service in 1944. He served as a cadet with the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, and later became Solomon Islands District Commissioner. From 1957 to 1962 he was Secretary of the Government of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. He retired in 1972
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PMB 1076
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Yj7dJV39
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7dJV39
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441443
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