Bernard Baldwin - Papuan notes and Trobriand Islands linguistic material, 194-

PMB 1031

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

441379

Microfilm : PMB 1031

microfilm reels 35 mm

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 islands of Sideia and Basilaki. He spent a total of twenty years in Eastern Papua during which time he wrote numerous articles, mostly on the Trobriand Islands, for "Annals of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart"

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 are now a little faded

Austronesian (Other), English

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 2: 6. [Fragment of a grammar or vocabulary]. -- 7. Catholic catechism in Panatinane language. -- 8. Mai-maiwalena ahi catechism. -- 9. Notes on Milne Bay. -- 10-11. Catechism. -- 12. Revised Motu grammar and vocabulary. -- 13. Foundation vocabularies. -- 14. Varia
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by Sacred Heart Monastery, 1 Roma Avenue, Kensington, NSW 2033