Valuable Bibliography On Ng

MORE than 10,000 references to literature on Papua-New Guinea and West Irian, published in many countries and several languages over a period of more than a century, are contained in a three-volume Ethnographic Bibliography of New Guinea, just published by the Depart ment of Anthropology and Sociology at the Australian National University, Canberra.

The references are to books and articles on “traditional and changing

indigenous cultures of this region”— but the compilers make that phrase cover an unexpected variety of material, such as contemporary re ports on various Budget sessions of the New Guinea legislature, the development of political parties, the escape of Australian civilians from wartime New Guinea, an article on Papua’s “Nick the Greek”, a reference to John Hunter’s Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson of 1793, a National

Geographic picture series of 1927, an article by Governor im Thum, of m Geographic Journal of 1915 on European Influence on the Pacific, 1513-1914" etc., etc No research student would complain at the size of the net cast, Inis is a rich catch; a wealth of pointers to unexpected sources. The bibliography is particularly strong on articles and is worth having for these rp, Ihere is an author index, a proper names index and a district index (the districts being the administra-

tive districts of P-NG), and the compilation is so well done that it would be difficult not to find what you were looking for.

The printing is clear and the price ($l2 for the three volumes) excellent value. Publishers are the ANU Press, Canberra. @ Sea Quest, by yachtie Charles A. Borden, certainly lives up to its sub-title, “Small Craft Adventures from Magellan to Chichester”. There are literally hundreds of fascinating anecdotes from all over the world

about cruising yachtsmen and the! yachts—and cruises through thi South Pacific get a particularly goo< run.

Many people who have madf names for themselves at sea are ii this book—people such as Captaii Slocum, Alain Gerbault, Robei

Frisbie, Herman Melville, A 1 am

Majorie Petersen, Miles Smeeton am Eric De Bisschop.

Dozens of the yachts mentione< in Quest have filtered through PIM' Cruising Yachting pages in recen years, and names like Awahnee h Dove, Firecrest, Golden Hina Highlight, Jellicle, Kon-Tiki, Nan Sang, Rehu Moana, Sea Wanderei Stella Maris, Stornaway, Tangaro' and Wanderer 111 will be familiar t: regular readers.

Borden has included the sailim feats of the early Polynesians, Micrc nesians, Vikings, European explorer and some of the present-day raft a tiny-craft sailors.

And the famous Dr. Earl Reynolds case is covered. Yachtin enthusiasts will remember that Di Reynolds was found guilty in Hono lulu of entering, in his ketcl Phoenix, an area of Micronesi: “forbidden” by the United State

nic Energy Commission. He ;ht this and won. uthor Borden’s massive list of lowledgements will give readers e idea of the painstaking research went into preparing this book— arch that will place Sea Quest he shelves of almost every cruis yachtie’s bookcase, and find a e in the homes of anyone who a taste for sea yarns.—K.McG.

EA QUEST. Published by Robert Hale ted. $5.65.) The biography of Jack Hides, Papua, The Outside Man, is cted to be released any day by idowne Press. It’s by New lea’s Jim Sinclair, of Goroka, an side man” himself, who is mtly working on his third book, the P-NG Constabulary up to period of World War 11. His book was the autobiographical nd the Ranges. Jim reports he appy with the presentation of Outside Man, which is a large tat with plenty of pictures.