Patrol and official reports, 1948-71
- Component identifier:
- Series 2
- Content Summary:
- Speer was among those instrumental in the opening of the Southern Highlands district, where he provided the basis for the present network of health services. Speer's reports offer an insight into the daily routine life of the patrol team. He wrote about his observations and understanding of the culture of Papua New Guinea people, and the photographs capture Papua New Guinea life. There is a photographic album of the Duna Reconnaissance Patrol of 1955. The photographs and caption notes tell the story of the Duna people's first encounter with Europeans.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers in this colleciton were donated to the National Library of Australia by Albert Speer.
- Subjects:
- Pacific
Society and culture
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2701735).
- 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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