Publications and maps on New Guinea, 1943-1970

 
Containers:
Box 45 (MS 10563)
Component identifier:
File 497
Content Summary:

"Vegetation changes in the Lake Mamsin area, Saruwaged Plateau, New Guinea" by Alec Costin, Ru D. Hoogland, and C. Lendon, reprinted from American Museum Novitates, 1977.

"Major soil groups of New Guinea and their distribution" by H.A. Haantjens et al. Koninklijk Instituut Voor de Tropen, 1967. Includes maps inserted into sleeve inside back cover.

"An atlas of Papua and New Guinea" by R. Gerard Ward and David Lea (eds) and Marlous Ploeg (cartographer), 1970. Department of Geography, University of Papua and New Guinea.

Large map "Mt Salawaket: B55/11: Northeast New Guinea: Provisional Map" by the War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1943. Includes annotations.

Annotated large map "Territory of Papua and New Guinea" by the Division of National Mapping, Department of National Development, Commonwealth of Australia, 1958.

Large map "Wabag-Mendi Area Sheet 15: NMP/60/030" by the Division of National Mapping, Department of National Development, Commonwealth of Australia, 1962.

Immediate source of acquisition:
This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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