Download or read book Balus written by James Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1987-03-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Balus the Aeroplane in Papua New Guinea The rise of Talair written by James Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Roars from the Mountain written by R. Wally Johnson and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Lamington broke out in violent eruption on 21 January 1951, killing thousands of Orokaiva people, devastating villages and destroying infrastructure. Generations of Orokaiva people had lived on the rich volcanic soils of Mount Lamington, apparently unaware of the deadly volcanic threat that lay dormant beneath them. Also unaware were the Europeans who administered the Territory of Papua and New Guinea at the time of the eruption, and who were uncertain about how to interpret the increasing volcanic unrest on the mountain in the preceding days of the disaster. Roars from the Mountain seeks to address why so many people died at Mount Lamington by examining the large amount of published and unpublished records that are available on the 1951 disaster. The information sources also include the results of interviews with survivors and with people who were part of the relief, recovery and remembrance phases of what can still be regarded as one of Australia’s greatest natural-hazard disasters.

Download or read book Fire Mountains of the Islands written by R. Wally Johnson and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volcanic eruptions have killed thousands of people and damaged homes, villages, infrastructure, subsistence gardens, and hunting and fishing grounds in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The central business district of a town was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in the case of Rabaul in 1994. Volcanic disasters litter not only the recent written history of both countries—particularly Papua New Guinea—but are recorded in traditional stories as well. Furthermore, evidence for disastrous volcanic eruptions many times greater than any witnessed in historical times is to be found in the geological record. Volcanic risk is greater today than at any time previously because of larger, mainly sedentary populations on or near volcanoes in both countries. An attempt is made in this book to review what is known about past volcanic eruptions and disasters with a view to determining how best volcanic risk can be reduced today in this tectonically complex and volcanically threatening region.

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Papua New Guinea written by Ann Turner and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papua New Guinea has experienced a remarkably rapid transition from scattered primitive societies to a modern unified nation. The dictionary covers major economic, social, political, and cultural developments, basic geographic information and biographies. With maps.

Download or read book Papua New Guinea National Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Research in Melanesia written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Red Tail Skies written by Jim Eames and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heroic, hilarious and sometimes just plain weird . . . Jim Eames shares great Qantas stories from World War II to the age of the jumbo and beyond. 'These are stories of passion and dedication, of risk and resilience, of excellence and Australian larrikinism, of inventiveness and determination.' Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny on The Flying Kangaroo 'Jim Eames captures the experiences of a small band of brave, professional and pioneering aircrew who confronted the dangers of war.' Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK, AFC (Ret'd) on Courage in the Skies First published as the best-selling Courage in the Skies and The Flying Kangaroo From the challenges of its earliest days to the significant but little known involvement in Australia's World War II campaigns and its surge into the jet age and beyond, these are the stories of the men and women, the risk takers and the characters who shaped Qantas. Generous and richly told, Red Tail Skies is a warm-hearted reminder of why Qantas remains so important in the Australian psyche. It is the story of how a uniquely Australian style shaped the safest airline in the world.

Download or read book Acquisition List written by University of Hawaii at Manoa. Library. Pacific Collection and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Guinea written by Chris Harkness and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1994 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Golden Gateway written by James Sinclair and published by Crawford House Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Australasia and South Pacific Islands Bibliography written by John Thawley and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selective bibliography of nearly 6,000 items concentrates on monographs published during the last fifty years, updating other major bibliographies on the Australasian and South Pacific region.

Download or read book Australian Books in Print 1998 written by Bowker and published by Bowker-Saur. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...excellent coverage...essential to worldwide bibliographic coverage."--AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL. This comprehensive reference provides current finding & ordering information on more than 75,000 in-print books published in or about Australia, or written by Australian authors, organized by title, author, & keyword. You'll also find brief profiles of more than 7,000 publishers & distributors whose titles are represented, as well as information on trade associations, local agents of overseas publishers, literary awards, & more. From D.W. Thorpe.

Download or read book Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary written by Susan Baing and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The perfect dictionary for speakers of Tok Pisin who want to improve their English, and speakers of English who want to learn Tok Pisin."--Book jacket.

Download or read book Papua New Guinea Prints written by National Gallery of Australia and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated and clearly written, Papua New Guinea Prints is a groundbreaking contribution to the understanding of a vital period in the history of art in Papua New Guinea.

Download or read book Last Frontiers written by James Patrick Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Anthropological Knowledge Secrecy and Bolivip Papua New Guinea written by Tony Crook and published by British Academy. This book was released on 2007-09-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of one of the most enigmatic cultures in the world looks at the nature of knowledge in the Min area of Papua New Guinea (where sharing knowledge is believed to be like exchanging skin), and uses these understandings to consider our own anthropoligical notions of knowledge.