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Author Downs, Ian.

Title The Australian trusteeship, Papua New Guinea, 1945-75 / Ian Downs
Published Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service, 1980

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 W'PONDS  320.995 Dow  DUE 28-09-23
Description xxiv, 587 pages, 40 pages of plates : maps, portrait ; 26 cm + 1 folded color map
Contents 1. Post-war reconstruction 1945-51 -- 2. The Hasluck period 1951-63 -- 3. Economic growth and emerging nationalism -- 4. Self-government and independence
Summary "Australian policy in Papua New Guinea from 1945 to 1975 derived from full acceptance of the principles of trusteeship and a course of action that led the people out of tribal disunity and a multiplicity of mutually unintelligible languages to nationhood. This book recalls the difficulties of post-war reconstruction, problems of tropical disease and lack of education, the expansion of administrative control, the development of the highlands, the drive for economic independence, the politics of nationalism and sub-nationalism, and the final transfer of power. Under the Charter of the United Nations, the Trusteeship Agreement only obliged Australia to prepare the Trust Territory of New Guinea for "self-government or independence", but Australia extended this objective to include the people of of Papua and obtained the United Nations' approval for an administrative union. Events in a changing world influenced the timing and direction of Australian intentions, and succeeding governments favoured particular aspects of administration. The impact of an Australian style was visible in the Public Service, politics, local government, trade unions, law and order, social justice and in the recreation of the people. Papuans and New Guineans in ten thousand villages managed to absorb these alien influences without losing their own identity and culture. In 1975 a Coalition Government of nationals, that had achieved self-government in 1972, successfuly survived threats of secession and accepted the responsibility of governing the independent nation of Papua New Guinea."
Analysis Papua New Guinea History
Papua New Guinea. Colonial administration by Australia, 1945-1975
Notes At head of title: Department of Home Affairs
Australian Government Publishing Service cat. no. 7970249
One col. map on folded leaf in pocket
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 568-574
Includes index
Issuing Body At head of title: Department of Home Affairs
SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonies -- Administration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012506 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonies -- Administration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012506
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonies http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005254 -- Management http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007911 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Territories and possessions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005255 -- Administration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007910 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Papua New Guinea -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097691
Papua New Guinea -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097693
Papua New Guinea. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915
Author Australia. Department of Home Affairs (2017- )
LC no. 92191037
ISBN 0642041393