Manuscript On Patrol
p. 97 · Read in the full issue
Work Accepted
NEW GUINEA Deputy District Commissioner Jim Sinclair (pictured on patrol) has recently had a book accepted for publication, and is now hard at work on a new one. The first, to be issued by Melbourne University Press, is on New Guinea patrol work. It is tentatively titled Beyond the Ranges, and will be illustrated with plenty of the photographs which Jim Sinclair is justly renowned for—(Some of them were published in PIM in January).
Beyond the Ranges gives detailed accounts of Sinclair’s work in uncontrolled areas, particularly among the Kukukuku, and the people around Mendi. It’s a readable book, with plenty of valuable information.
Since 1963 Jim has been stationed at Wau. He is now collecting material for a book on the colourful pre-war Papuan patrol officer, Jack Hides. On leave in Sydney recently he tracked down much original material, but wants more. Anybody who can supply him with information on Hides, the man and his work, should get in touch with him at the District Office, Wau.