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Paperback / softback. New. The extraordinary story of the world's last major exploration and experience of first-contact-a 1938-39 Australian expedition of three thousand kilometres by foot, through the mountainous western highlands of Papua New Guinea.The pale skin of the strangers suggested that they were spirits-sky people. How should they be treated? Local people repeatedly asked 'Why have you come?' Jim Taylor, with John Black and Pat Walsh, led a patrol of over 350 people. Most were carriers from Highlands areas already familiar with Europeans; about 40 were new Guinea police from the coast. with war looming, records of their remarkable experience were officially suppressed. Bill Gammage has talked to many of the people who were there-both the visitors and those visited. With the rigour of a committed historian and a rare skill as a storyteller he traces a complex journey of minds as well as bodies. Every participant in this adventure was changed irrevocably. Readers, too, can…
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Melbourne Univ Pr, 1999. Hardcover. New. 292 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.25 inches.
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Melbourne University Press, Australia, 1998. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Book Inscribed by Author. Reprint. Size: Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches). Item Type: Book. Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0522848273. ISBN/EAN: 9780522848274.. 9780522848274
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Carlton South: The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Press, 1998. Foreword by Sir Rabbie L Namaliu. xx, 292pp, b/w illustrations, maps (one folding), glossary, index. Papered boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. The story of a journey of exploration, 3,000 km by foot, from March 1938 to June 1939, through the mountains of the western highlands of Papua New Guinea. The Hagen-Sepik Patrol was Australia's last great exploring expedition. It mapped and described unknown country, made first contact with many Highland peoples, established outposts including Mount Hagen and found a major goldfield.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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Carlton.: Melbourne University Press.. 1998.. In-text and fold out maps, black and white photographic plates, xx + 292pp, index, notes, glossary, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. .
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Carlton South: The Miegunyah Press, 1998 F/F. 4to. original green boards gilt in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed); pp. xx, 292, with illustrations. A fine copy. The book synthesises diaries from the Hagen-Sepik Patrol, which explored the Western Highlands of New Guinea between March 1938 and June 1939.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F.
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