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P Ng Geography

Dr. Diana Rowlett’s A Geography of Papua and New Guinea is a handy little book in paper-back form, probably intended for high-school students.

However, the study of “geography” is obviously a very different business now to what it used to be.

Only one chapter deals with the physical environment mountain, rivers, climate, rain fall and the rest of it. The remainder of the book is devoted to history, indigenous and non indigenous economy, people, population and contemporary social conditions.

Dr. Rowlett has spent two periods doing field-work in New Guinea and more recently has been lecturer in geography at the University of Sydney.—lT.

(Geography Op Papua & New

GUINEA. Published by Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd. Price not given.)