(Card 1/K) Waga Valley, July 1938

Containers:

Box 1

Component identifier:

Item 12

Content Summary:

1 Waga house?, July 1938

2 A police wife uses scissors to give a youth (a carrier or a boy who joined the patrol) a haircut, July 1938

3-4*-5*-9*-10, 13* The patrol crossing a Waga bridge, 9? July 1938. 3-4, 6-7 and 10 show a police wife; 6-7 show wigged men.

11-12* Waga men, and one Huli, watch the patrol cross, 9? July 1938

14 Karegari swamp area? from south, 10 July 1938. Compare with Walsh roll 15/9.

15* Upper Waga men?, 10 July 1938. The pole and rope may be a light flying fox.

16* Patrol crossing a bridge, over a Waga tributary?, 10 July 1938

17 Men follow the line at a safe distance, 10 July 1938?

18* Similar to 15.

19* River in 18.

20*-21*-23*-24* Waga country between Marapepa and Ungashibi, 10 July 1938. Compare 23 with Walsh Roll 15/7.

25-26* Waga men and boys, 10-11 July 1938

27* Waga Valley with carrier in foreground, 10-11 July 1938. Compare the skyline with Walsh Roll 16/1.

28*-30*-31*-32 Waga Valley, 10-11 July 1938. 29 shows carriers in foreground. 31 shows that Taylor is walking away from the mountain in 27.

33 Waga Valley men and boys, 10-12 July 1938

34*-35*-36 Hoiyevia visitor to patrol camp at Kombaiere, northeast of Karegari swamp, 12 July 1938. Compare with Walsh Roll 15/10.

37-38 Extensive gardens northeast of Karegari swamp, 12 July 1938. Compare with Walsh Roll 16/1.

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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