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New Guinea
Although it Is primarily designed as a geographical text book for use in Australian secondary schools, "New Guinea: The Territory and its People" (Oxford University Press, $3.75) is a handy volume of 116 pages for anyone wanting a few quick lessons on what the territory is all about.
It might even serve as a gift book for territorians to send to friends overseas, as it contains numerous excellent photographic illustrations, besides maps and diagrams.
The authors are D. A. M. Lea, Lecturer in Geography at Melbourne's Monash University, and P. G. Irwin, Lecturer in Geography at Newcastle University. They say in an introduc tion: "The emphasis throughout is on the relationship between the people of the territory and their environment. The book does not simply deal with the 'traditonal' society under conditions which no longer exist, for attention is paid to the changing evaluation of the New Guinea environment as a result of European contact and the introduc tion of new technologies."