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Titolo: |
Taim bilong misis bilong armi : memories of wives of Australian servicemen in Papua New Guinea, 1951-1975 / / compiled by Stephanie Lloyd, Marlena Jeffery and Jenny Hearn, with an introduction by Hank Nelson
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Pubblicazione: | Canberra, Australia : , : Pandamus Books, , 2001 |
©2001 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 919.53 |
995.3/04/092294 | |
Soggetto topico: | Australians - Papua New Guinea |
Women - Australia - Papua New Guinea | |
Soggetto geografico: | Papua New Guinea Social life and customs |
Papua New Guinea Description and travel | |
Australia Armed Forces Papua New Guinea | |
Altri autori: |
LloydStephanie
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface: Tok i go pas; Introduction; A Serpent on Our Lawn; Adding a Guest Wing; Tarred-Paper Houses; A Teddy Bears Picnic?; Single in Moresby; Government House Aide; Where s the Jungle?; A Heavenly Bird of Paradise; Mixed Messages; Marriage to an Officer and a Gentleman; The Gift; A Rushed Arrival; An Arranged Marriage; Hospital Sinabada; Mrs Osi to the Rescue; Cars and Cultural Clashes; Moem s Brown Owl; The Hagen Show; Clive s Game; Yangpela Misis; Earthquakes and Farewells; Life in a Shoe Box; All Sewn Up; Teaching in Paradise; A Year of Independence; Misis bilong mi; Glossary of Words, Phrases and Abbreviations; Biographical Notes |
Sommario/riassunto: | An anthology of the experiences of army wives who accompanied their husbands on postings to Papua New Guinea in the decades prior to independence in 1975. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Taim bilong misis bilong armi ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-74076-078-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827617703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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