Hagen-Sepik Patrol 1937-1939
- Component identifier:
- Series 3
- Content Summary:
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This major exploratory expedition into the highlands west of Mount Hagen took place from 9 March 1938 to 19 June 1939 under the leadership of J.L. Taylor (Hagen-Sepik Patrol 1938-39: Interim report, Annual Report Territory of New Guinea, 1938-1939: 137-49). The expedition operated as one party until 13 June 1938 when it then split in order to cover as much ground as possible. Black led a party westward to Telefomin, completing this exploration in April 1939 when he rejoined Taylor in Wabag. For security and other reasons, little publicity was given to Taylor and Black, and details of their discoveries were suppressed. Of particular interest in this section are Black's patrol diaries, two large volumes of written and illustrated information and comments. Correspondence about a re-enactment of the patrol in 1988 and publishing a book is also included here.
The large volumes are a detailed, illustrated account of Black's part in the Hagen-Sepik Patrol. They require special care.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- MS 8346 was bequeathed to the Library by John Black in 1988. At the request of the family, to enable Robin Radford to complete her research, it remained in Adelaide until 1992. In 1999 Dr Bill Gammage added a substantial collection of photographs taken on the Hagen-Sepik Patrol of 1938-39. They have been placed in Series 3. Further papers were received in 2011.
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Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1179566).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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