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Found 4 from your keywords: subject="Papua New Guinea"
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The Boy from Boort
Daws, GavanGammage, Bill

Hank Nelson was an academic, film-maker, teacher, graduate supervisor and university administrator. His career at The Australian National University (ANU) spanned almost 40 years of notable accomplishment in expanding and deepening our understanding of the history and politics of Papua New Guinea, the experience of Australian soldiers at war, bush schools and much else. This book is a highly re…

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ISBN/ISSN
9781925021646
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x, 224p.: ill.
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Call Number
994.007202 DAV b
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Sung tales from the Papua New Guinea highlands studies in form, meaning, and …
Rumsey, AlanNiles, Don

The genres of sung tales that are the subject of this volume are one of the most striking aspects of the cultural scene in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Composed and performed by specialist bards, they are a highly valued art form. From a comparative viewpoint they are remarkable both for their scale and complexity, and for the range of variation that is found among regional genres and indivi…

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ISBN/ISSN
9781921862212
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330 p.; 22 cm.
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Call Number
781.629912 SUN s
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Growing up on the trobriand islands in Papua New Guinea. Childhood and educat…
Senft, GunterSenft, Barbara

This volume deals with the children’s socialization on the Trobriands. After a survey of ethnographic studies on childhood, the book zooms in on indigenous ideas of conception and birth-giving, the children’s early development, their integration into playgroups, their games and their education within their `own little community’ until they reach the age of seven years. During this time ch…

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ISBN/ISSN
9789027200693
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274 p.; 22 cm.
Series Title
Culture and Language Use. Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
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305.2309953 SEN g
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Black, white and gold : gold mining in Papua New Guinea, 1878-1930
Nelson, Hank

Australian goldminers were among the first white men to have sustained contact with Papua New Guineans. Some Papua New Guineans welcomed them, worked for them, traded with them and learnt their skills and soon were mining on their own account. Others met them with hostility, either by direct confrontation or by stealthy ambush. Many of the indigenous people and some miners were killed. The min…

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ISBN/ISSN
9781921934346
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xx, 298p. : ill.
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622.3420995 NEL b