Translations of German publications, official correspondence and documents relating to Papua New Guinea, covering 1889-1924. Translated by H.A. Thomson.

Collection

Identifier: MSS-Archives-2007/16

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Scope and Contents

Vol. 1. Contains index at front. T.1: German New Guinea. Translation of: Neuhauss, Richard. 'Deutsche Neu-Guinea'. Berlin, D. Reimer (E. Vohsen) 1911. 3 v. Incomplete (ends part way through chapter 30). 1922? T.2: 'The Australian disgrace' (newspaper article). 1922. T.3: Official correspondence re nationality of Adolf Genten. 1922. T.4: Island line of steamers / by Walter Fritsch. Statement in response to Fritsch's imprisonment for supplying arms to natives in Hollandia and other charges, in 1921. Includes official correspondence. 1921-1922. T.5: Translation of sections of: Parkinson, R. (Richard), 1844-1909. 'Dreissig Jahre in der Su¨dsee : Land und Leute, Sitten und Gebra¨uche im Bismarkarchipel und auf den deutschen Salomoinseln'. Stuttgart : Strecker und Schro¨der, 1907. ('Thirty years in the South Seas'). T.6: News (nachrichten) about Kaiser Wilhelmsland and the Bismarch Archipelago. dated Stephansort. 1st June 1897. No. XI Legal affairs and the natives' view on legal matters. 1922. T.7: News (nachrichten) about Kaiser Wilhelmsland and the Bismarck Archipelago. Dated Stephansort, 1st June, 1897. 2. Report of the missionary Herr Konrad Vetter of Simbang. 1922. T.8: News (nachrichten) about Kaiser Wilhelmsland and the Bismarck Archipelago. Dated Stephansort, 1st June, 1897. IX. Legal conditions and the Native view of justice. T.9-10: Review of the proceedings of the Kaiserin Augusta River expedition. (Original article published in: 'Journal of the Berlin Geographical Society', no.4, 1914). 1922. Volume 2. T.12- 26: Translations of various German official documents and correspondence. 1922. T.27: Behrmann, Dr. 'In the Sepik River Basin' in: Schultze Jena, Leonhard, 1872-1955. Forschungen im Innern der Insel Neuguinea. Berlin : E.S. Mittler, 1914. ('Researches in the interior of the island of New Guinea'). 1923. T.28-42: translations of various official correspondence and documents. 1923-1924. Associated materials: Translations of German annual reports on German New Guinea catalogued as 'Annual report on German New Guinea', NZGC 325.34309925 G37a.