William C. Groves - Ethnographic studies of New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), 1932-1966

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In 1932 W.C. Groves carried out ethnographic fieldwork centred on the village of Fisoa in the northern half of the island of New Ireland, in the Territory of New Guinea, part of the administrative district which had its headquarters in the town of Kavieng. His fieldwork was carried out under a grant from the Australian National Research Council. Reports of Groves' work were published in Oceania and Mankind. Following a successful career as an educator, culminating in his appointment as Director of Education in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, 1946-1958, Groves was appointed Visiting Fellow in Anthropology in the Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University in 1965 and 1966, where he complied the papers copied on this microfilm

aIncludes W. C. Groves, "An Ethnographic Study of Fisoa, a New Ireland Community" [in 1932], ANU, Canberra, 1965. Ts., 48pp. "Kinship and Social Organisation in a New Ireland Community", ANU, Canberra, 1965-66. Ts., 111pp., and "A South Seas' Panorama". Ts. 151pp. See Reel List for Details

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1188
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Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 1 microfilm reel
Originals held by Dr Murray Groves, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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