New Journal Of Pacific Studies
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A NEW publication devoted to Pacific studies, the Journal of Pacific History, is due to make its appearance about the end of June.
IT. . „ e J° urnal Wll {.be published annually by the Department of Pacific T. ls * ory A . ustrallan National University, Canberra, in association with Uxtord University Press, Melbourne. Each issue will have 150-200 pages, and will cost $A3.50 or its equivalent.
A prospectus for the journal says that it “aims to provide an inter national medium for the publication of original research in the field of racmc History. This includes archaeology, prehistory and ethnohistory, as well as contemporary government and political development concerned with any part of the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii and New Guinea there will also be documentary, bibliographic and archival features designed to aid further research.
Nearly two dozen writers have contributed to the first issue Subjects include: Problems of Pacific History, Alcoholism and !S t 6?i Per S n xT e^ m T Ear y Pacific Missions, William Diaper, Native Members ot the P-NG Legco, 1951-63, Constitutional Changes in Fiji Self f j ir ! Cook Islands, Political Advancement in P-NG, Commission Central Archives of Fiji and the Western Pacific High The editors are Professor J. W. Davidson and Mr. H. E. Maude.