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Papers of Ian Downs, 1935-1994

4.69 metres (32 boxes, 1 folio)
Abstract Or Scope
A former patrol officer who rose to the position of Deputy Administrator in the mid-1950s, Downs was a prominent figure in Papua New Guinea in the last years of the Australian trusteeship, and possibly the only person who combined the roles of administrator, politician, planter and historian.