440506
- TitleHarrold Eustace Woodman - Papers, 1927-1947
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- Call numberPMB 602
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--] - Type of material
- Reference code440506
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : PMB 602
- Physical Descriptionmicrofilm reels 35 mm
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
H. E. Woodman (1895- ) joined the Public Works Department in the mid-1920s. After a brief period as a gold miner he took part in the Nakanai punitive expendition of 1926-1927 and was then invited to join the New Guinea Administration as acting District Officer, Sepik district, stationed at Ambunti. Over the next twelve years he was at Manus, Madang, Kavieng, Namatanai, Gasmata, Aitape and Kavieng. He returned to take charge of the Madang district after the war and retired to live in New South Wales in 1947 - Scope and ContentThe papers consists of: 1. Patrol diaries, 1927-1939. 2. Notebooks of evidence given in Jomba Land Inquiry (Madang), 1932. 3. Station diaries, 1932, 1946-1947. 4. Patrol reports, 1927-1939. 5. Papers re labour matters in Madang district, 1947
- General note
PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 602
Papua New Guinea Records Project
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Microfilm copy of original in private ownership - Creator/Author/Artist
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