02667nam 22005413u 450 991080831990332120230803031107.01-921902-19-1(CKB)2670000000405681(EBL)1249270(OCoLC)853362360(SSID)ssj0001573022(PQKBManifestationID)16217868(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001573022(PQKBWorkID)14836484(PQKB)11373371(MiAaPQ)EBC1249270(EXLCZ)99267000000040568120150316d2013|||| u|| |engtxtccrPapua New Guinea[electronic resource] Initiation and Independence2nd ed.Chicago University of Queensland Press20131 online resource (276 p.)Pacific Studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1: Time Before; 2: The Initiation Begins; 3: Bougainville; 4: The Gazelle; 5: The Big Men; 6: The Biggest Tok Tok; 7: A Party System Emerges; 1. Michael Somare; 3. Tei Abal; 4. Sir Maori Kiki; 2. Sir John Guise; 5. Julius Chan; 8: The National Government; 9: To Self-government; 10: The Constitution; 11: The Separatists; 12: The Economy; 13: Independence and Beyond; Notes on Sources; Index; CopyrightFirst published in 1976, Papua New Guinea was the first book to interpret the key events that led to the nation's independence in 1975. In the book, journalist Don Woolford, a correspondent for the Australian Associated Press in Papua New Guinea, describes the ferment and excitement of the 1960's and 1970's, chronicling the former Australian territory's political development from the first general election for a representative House of Assembly in 1964 through independence. Key figures in the transition, including Michael Somare, John Guise, Albert Maori Kiki, and Josephine Abaijah, make an...Pacific Studies seriesIslands of the Pacific -- AntiquitiesNew Guinea -- Description and travelPapua New Guinea -- HistoryIslands of the Pacific -- Antiquities.New Guinea -- Description and travel.Papua New Guinea -- History.995Woolford Don1629260Woolford Donald MarkAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910808319903321Papua New Guinea3966887UNINA