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A short history of Papua New Guinea /

Waiko, John.

A short history of Papua New Guinea / John Dademo Waiko. - Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1993. - xi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the Stone Age to the Steel Age -- British and German colonial powers -- Papua 1905-40 -- Australian military occupation and the mandated Territory of New Guinea 1941-42 -- The Pacific war and wind of change 1939-60 -- Transition to independence 1961-75 -- A decade of nationhood 1975-85 -- From the Stone Age to the space age.

"A Short History of Papua New Guinea is a concise book describing the quick and steady growth of the many small, isolated and self-sufficient societies that made up the fledgling British Papua and German New Guinea colonies towards the end of the last century. In less than 100 years the people in both colonies were united as one nation, achieving independence in 1975." "A Short History of Papua New Guinea traces how the British and German colonies grew and the effects that each administration had on health, religion, education and trade up to and beyond independence"--Jacket

0195531647 9780195531640

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GB9575337 bnb GB95-75337

011641496 Uk 019-55316 Uk


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