New Compilation by
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The 1914-1922 Period In
New Guinea
New Compilation by C. D. Rowley
THE Principal 0 f the Australian
A °9J °LPacific Administration,
• AT Mr - c - D - Rowely, left Sydney in November for Indo-China where mpJsSiif9 r °£ e . of , the un O instru- Srw5 h S eS ’ 18 to make a social survey of socio-economic conditions. for some months, in SSf ern . Sla T m and the mountainous regions in Laos and Cambodia—not exactly a healthy region under the present political tensions in those countries.
In recent years, Mr. Rowley has written a book entitled, New Guinea —From Protectorate to Mandate; but in view of its length, it is un likely that it will be published un- IfnHuJk 18 . subsidised. It should be published, because there really is no comprehensive or reliable record ol the late German and early Aus tralian period in New Guinea—so far as records are concerned, the period from 1914 to the middle Twenties is almost a blank. Mr.
Rowley appears, voluntarily, to have undertaken a great amount of dif ficult research in order to provide a really dependable history and work of reference and, if it has any funds available, the Australian De partment of Territories really should ensure its publication in printed form.