Dorothy Crozier - Research papers on the Western Pacific, particularly Tonga and Fiji, 1936-1977

PMB 1196

fonds

441535

Microfilm : PMB 1196

2 microfilm reels 35 mm

Dorothy Felice Crozier (1918-2001) studied history at Melbourne University from 1936 till 1944 and also tutored in its Department of History after the War. In 1948-49 Ms Crozier studied anthropology at the University of London and began research on culture change in Tonga. In 1950-51 she carried out fieldwork in Tonga as an ANU Research Scholar. In 1952 Ms Crozier joined the Department of Pacific History in the Research School of Pacific Studies at the ANU. In 1954 she was appointed Archivist by the Government of Fiji and remained at the Central Archives of Fiji and the Western Pacific High Commission till 1958 during which time she completed an inventory and calendar of the WPHC archives and wrote an administrative history of the WPHC to 1900
Ms Crozier remained Archivist at the Central Archives of Fiji and the Western Pacific High Commission till 1958. In 1959 Ms Crozier returned to London for further anthroplogical studies under Professor Firth and to write up work on the development of social services in Tonga. From 1964 till 1971 Ms Crozier lectured in the History Department at Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, and worked on a definitive edition of William Mariner's, 'Natives of the Tongan Islands'. She gave the Macmillan Brown lectures in 1968. Ms Crozier returned to Australia in the early 1970s and lectured on European history at Melbourne University in 1976-77 before retiring from her academic career

Writings by Dorothy Crozier and related papers, in particular her unpublished edition of Mariners Tonga; correspondence; course, conference and teaching files; Pacific Islands social services survey project files; Tonga social services survey files; WPHC archives administration and working files and related publications. See Reel List for details

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1196
"Various written papers, some published, 1947-1951"--container
Available for reference
Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 12 microfilm reels
Originals held by Pacific manuscripts Bureau, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra
PMB - Centre for South Pacific Studies (UNSW) Joint project
Reel list available, and on Internet through http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu