Mary Mennis - Studies of indigenous societies in the Madang area, Papua New Guinea, 1978-2000

PMB 1186

fonds

441526

Microfilm : PMB 1186

microfilm reel 35 mm

Mary Mennis is an historian who lived and worked in PNG for many years. She has published works on Tolai people, myths and social customs, a history of St. Michael's Church on Matupit Island, a reader for Pacific island primary school students and a biography of Father William Ross, first American missionary to Papua New Guinea

Includes "The Existence of Yomba Island Near Madang: Fact of Fiction", Oral History, Vol. 6, No. 6, 1978; pp. 3-81."Kilibob & Manup Myth Found on the North Coast of PNG", Oral History, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1979; pp. 88-10. Brian Mennis, "Tolai Fish Traps", Oral History, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1979; pp. 88-101"Oral Testimonies from Coastal Madang Collected by Mary Mennis", Pt 1, Oral History, Vol. 8, No.10, 1980; pp. 1-118."Oral Testimonies from Coastal Madang Collected by Mary Mennis", Pt 2, Oral History, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1981; pp. 1-107."Oral Testimonies from Coastal Madang Collected by Mary Mennis", Pt 3, Oral History, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1981; pp. 1-107. "Sailing for Survival: a comparative report of the trading System and Trading canoes of the Motu people in the Port Moresby area and the Bel people in the Madang area of Papua New Guinea", report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Social Science, School of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology, James Cook University of North Queensland, March 2000

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1186
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Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 1 microfilm reel
Mrs Mary Mennis, Aspley, Queensland, Australia
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