(Card 1/E) Hoiyevia Base Camp, May-June 1938

Containers:

Box 1

Component identifier:

Item 6

Content Summary:

1-3*-4*-7*-10*-19 Supply drop from Guinea Airways Ford (pilot Tom O'Dea), 31 May 1938: the crowd watching, the Ford over the strip or circling, parts of the camp. 15 shows Walsh with binoculars.

20-21*-22 L. to r.: Sgt Boginau and Taylor's servants Makis and Banonau, c. 31 May 1938, carriers' huts at rear.

23-24*-25 Huli men

26*-27 The European dining tent, with washstand at left, and a servant holding mugs of tea (r.). Further right is the European office, 1-2 June 1938.

28* Men selling food, 1-2 June 1938

Immediate source of acquisition:

The Taylor Papers were donated to the National Library by Bill Gammage, on behalf of Taylor's nephew Russ Robinson, in 1998. The core of the collection is comprised of records Taylor brought to Sydney in 1940 to prepare his report on the Hagen-Sepik Patrol. This material spans the period 1932-40, though Taylor also drew on other records relating to the Patrol in his assessment. On completing the report Taylor passed the records to his nephew, Russ Robinson, who in turn added papers to the collection. In 1986, at Taylor's request the records were lent by Robinson to Bill Gammage for his book about the Hagen-Sepik Patrol, entitled The sky travellers: journeys in New Guinea 1938-1939 (Melbourne University Press, 1998). Gammage added further Taylor records to the original body of papers, principally acquired from John Black and Ian Downs.

Names:

Jim Taylor

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