Title The sky travellers : journeys in New Guinea 1938-1939 / Bill Gammage

Published Carlton South, Vic. : Miegunyah at Melbourne University Press, 1998

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	919.560422 Gam/Stj		AVAILABLE
ADPML SPC	919.560422 Gam/Stj		LIB USE ONLY

Description xx, 292 pages 28 unnumbered pages of plates, 1 unnumbered folded leaf : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm regular print Summary The Sky Travellers is the story of an extraordinary journey of exploration - three thousand kilometres by foot, from March 1938 to June 1939, through the formidable mountains of the western highlands of Papua New Guinea. The Hagen-Sepik Patrol was Australia's last gret exploring expedition, and it marked the end of 450 years of European land exploration worldwide. It mapped and described unknown country, made first contact with many Highland peoples, established outposts, inluding Mount Hagen and found a major goldfield Analysis First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners - Papua New Guinea Hagen-Sepik Patrol (1938-1939 : Papua New Guinea) Papua New Guinea - Description and travel Papua New Guinea - Discovery and exploration - Australian Papua New Guinea - Social life and customs Notes "Miegunyah Press" Includes index Bibliography Bibliography Notes Donation. ANU COOP 20120212 Brissenden collection, ANU Library Signed by author 1 copy. ANU SUBJECT Hagen-Sepik Patrol (1938-1939 : Papua New Guinea) Hagen-Sepik Patrol (1938-1939) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99055257 Hagen-Sepik Patrol (1938-1939) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99055257 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Subject First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- Papua New Guinea. First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners. SUBJECT Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116520 Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- Discovery and exploration -- Australian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002239 Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116522 LC no. 98201868 ISBN 0522848273

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