(Card 2/A) Ailamanda Base Camp - Hagen, June 1939

Containers:

Box 1

Component identifier:

Item 30

Content Summary:

1*-2 Ailamanda graves, 14-15 June 1939, one possibly of the Telefol boy Wongsep, who died of malaria on 8 May

3-4 Ailamanda man, 14-15 June 1939

5 Walsh's camp, Ailamanda, 14-15 June 1939

6-7 Ailamanda man, 14-15 June 1939

8*-9 Ailamanda men dressed for an occasion, 14-15 June 1939

10-11 The men surround and kill a pig, 14-15 June 1939

12-14 Grave of Gorentz of Hagen, who died of gangrene on 14 June, Ailamanda, 15-16 June 1939

15-16 Tree marking grave of Waubu of Simbu, who died of internal injuries on 31 May, Ailamanda, 15-16 June 1939

17-18 View from near Ailamanda east to Yaramunda, Minyamp Valley, 16 June 1939

19*-20 Melpa (Hagen) man, possibly Koive of Kendiga, who treated Taylor hospitably on 18 June, 16-18 June 1939

21-22*-23 Looking east or southeast towards Mt Hagen from above the Nebilyer River, 18 June 1939. 21-22 are a panorama.

24-25* The line forming up to enter Mt Hagen, 19 June 1939

26 The patrol enters Mt Hagen, 19 June 1938. The track was the 1998 Highlands Highway; the view is from water tower hill.

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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