Guide to the E.W.P. Chinnery collection of photographs of Papua New Guinea, 1912 to 1937
Collection context
Summary
- Collection number:
- PIC/8394
- Language:
- English and English
- Availability:
- Available
Background
- Content Summary:
- Negatives show New Guinea weapons, dress and decoration, religious practices, artefacts, canoes and rafts, dances and ceremonies, houses, and copper mining.
- Biographical / Historical:
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E.W.P. Chinnery was Government Anthropologist in New Guinea 1924-1932 and Director of District Services and Native Affairs 1932-1939; he then headed the Dept. of Native Affairs in Northern Territory for six years.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
- Contact: