Title Missionaries, headhunters and colonial officers / Peter Maiden

Published Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, [2003] ©2003

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Description xvii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm regular print Summary In this extraordinary history the author traces forty wild and exotic years in the nineteenth and early twentieth century Papua New Guinea where warriors killed miners and missionaries. The book is also partly a celebration of the life and work of Reverend Chalmers who was to become the unfortunate victim of cannibals in 1901 Notes Includes index "British New Guinea and the Goaribari Affray - 1860s-1907" -- Back cover Bibliography Bibliography: pages 218-219 Subject Chalmers, James, 1841-1901. Robinson, Christopher Stansfeld, 1872-1904 London Missionary Society -- Missions -- Papua New Guinea. Colonial administrators -- Papua New Guinea -- Biography. Missionaries -- Papua New Guinea -- Biography. Missionaries -- Papua New Guinea. Missions -- Papua New Guinea. SUBJECT Papua New Guinea -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097691 -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475 Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonies -- Administration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012506 -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 Papua New Guinea -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097691 United Kingdom -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115231 Papua New Guinea -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097691 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. 2004444318 ISBN 9781876780296 1876780290 :

Other Titles British New Guinea and the Goaribari Affray - 1860s-1907

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