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:

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:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact: