Bernard Baldwin - Papuan notes and Trobriand Islands linguistic material, 194-
Bernard Baldwin - Papuan notes and Trobriand Islands linguistic material, 194-
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Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
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PMB 1031
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English
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microfilm reels 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 1031
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The material comprises a number of translations, grammars and vocabularies in Kiriwinian, Boyowan and Motu. Also included are some autobiographical notes, some observations on the Marist missionaries on Woodlark Island and some notes on the Papuan natives, their preservation and development. These 'Notes from Milne Bay' were written in pencil and a...
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Bernard Baldwin - Papuan notes and Trobriand Islands linguistic material, 194-
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1031
Reel 1: 1. Dokinikani: cannibal tales of the wild Western Pacific; Gnomes and ghouls on Kula. -- 2. Keibigibogwa. -- 3. Boyowan : dictionary. -- 4. Kiriwinian? : grammar. -- 5. [Manuscript concerning Malinowski and the Boyowan people and some autobiographical notes].-- Reel...
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Bernard Baldwin (1907-1990) was born in Preston, England. He studied at the Apostolic School, Douglas Park and later at the Sacred Heart Monastery, Kensington. He was ordained on November 30, 1933. His first appointment was to Eastern Papua, founding mission stations at Milne Bay and the Trobriand Islands. He also contributed a a great deal to th i...
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PMB 1031
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Yr8R5ddn
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441379
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