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Papua and New Guinea: Life Stories

Papua and New Guinea: Life Stories

Spencer, Rita
Chrismar, Hans Von

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ISBN10: 0645522007
ISBN13: 9780645522006
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 30 2022
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book follows the lives of three families that came to the 'Territory' of Papua and New Guinea. A Chinese family, a Dutch family and a British family.

It describes the traumatic effects of the Japanese occupation isolating the Chinese family on a small island of the coast of Wewak for three years.

Likewise, Soekarno's saber-rattling abruptly ended the idyllic lifestyle of a Dutch family in Merauke in Dutch New Guinea in 1962, causing them to flee to Port Moresby. They carved out a living building roads and airstrips in places like Misima and Bougainville.

The British family disillusioned with their lives and careers in Peterborough looked for 'paradise' and found it in PNG working in education and experiencing the best and worst times.

The result is a fascinating book about times in Papua and New Guinea that were exciting, full of challenges and situations that were tackled in a uniquely PNG way.

Cultural aspects of the Asmat headhunters in Dutch New Guinea and

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