LEADER 03804 am 22005053u 450 001 9910153561903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-921934-34-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000856543 035 $a(OCoLC)937651998 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00120575 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4674259 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258857 035 $a(OCoLC)958580419 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4674259 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000856543 100 $a20160916h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#nnn||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBlack, white & gold $egold mining in Papua New Guinea, 1878-1930 /$fHank Nelson 210 1$aActon, Australia :$cAustralian National University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (xx, 298 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 0 $aOpen Access e-Books 225 0 $aKnowledge Unlatched 300 $a"First published 1976 by The Australian National University" --Title page verso. 311 $a1-921934-33-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOut of Cooktown -- 1, A meeting: north Queensland miners and Sudest Islanders -- The Islands -- 2. Sudest: from protection to competition then isolation -- 3. Misima: warlike and civilised -- 4. Woodlark: a people free to walk about -- Opening the Mainland -- 5. The Laloki: a beautiful country but a failure -- 6. The South-east: a few fine colours and malaria -- The Northern Rivers -- 7. The Mambare: natives of the fighting variety -- 8. New Ground: all golden country but very poor -- 9. The Yodda, Gira and Waria: unavoidable mishaps which constantly recur in warfare -- Sideshows -- 10. Milne Bay: nothing very exceptional -- 11. Keveri: a magnificent valley and an intense interest in killing -- The Lakekamu -- 12. Two ounces a day and dysentery: it grieves a man to lose one of them especially if he is a good boy -- 13. No meeting: a salute of skewers -- Edie Creek -- 14. On gold: a quiet whisper ... up on the Bulolo old shark-eye's getting gold. 330 $aAustralian goldminers were among the first white men to have sustained contact with Papua New Guineans. Some Papua New Guineans welcomed them, worked for them, traded with them and learnt their skills and soon were mining on their own account. Others met them with hostility, either by direct confrontation or by stealthy ambush. Many of the indigenous people and some miners were killed. The miners were dependent on the local people for labourers, guides, producers of food and women. Some women lived willingly in the miners? camps, a few were legally married, and some were raped. Working conditions for Papua New Guineans on the claims were mixed; some being well treated by the miners, others being poorly housed and fed, ill-treated, and subject to devastating epidemics. Conditions were rough, not only for them but for the diggers too. This book, republished in its original format, shows the differences in the experience of various Papua New Guinean communities which encountered the miners and tries to explain these differences. It is a graphic description of what happens when people from vastly different cultures meet. The author has drawn on documentary sources and interviews with the local people to produce, for the first time, a lively history. 517 3 $aBlack, white and gold 606 $aGold mines and mining$zPapua New Guinea$xHistory 615 0$aGold mines and mining$xHistory. 676 $a338.27410924 700 $aNelson$b Hank$0893221 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910153561903321 996 $aBlack, white & gold$92158326 997 $aUNINA