Papers of Brian Essai, 1951-1986 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2708363
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Essai, Brian
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1951-1986]
- 5 cm.
- Summary:
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1. Bound typescript of book which was published as Papua and New Guinea: a contemporary survey (O.U.P., 1961). The typescript is entitled "Facts About Papua and New Guinea: a contemporary survey with photographs, maps and statistical tables". 2. Correspondence regarding the publication of the book, including letters from publishers, the publisher's agreement and reviews of the book. 3. Copies of articles, newspaper cuttings, reports and other papers assembled by Essai between 1951 and 1960 during his employment in the Public Service of Papua and New Guinea. Also includes correspondence with Dudley Glastonbury (1986), and copies of photographs including the official opening of the Public Service Institute (Port Moresby) and the sitting of the first Legislative Council of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Nov. 1951.
- Biography/History:
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Joined Papua and New Guinea Administration in 1951 as Private Secretary to the Administrator of the Territory, Sir Donald Cleland. Principal of the Public Service Institute in Papua New Guinea, 1957-59. Brian Essai was also the first editor of the Journal of the Public Service of Papua New Guinea. Essai returned to Australia in 1960, where he wrote "Papua and New Guinea: a contemporary survey."
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no. : MS 8165.
- Related Material:
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- Related material : Original photographs held by National Library of Australia Pictorial Section at P2260/1-2, together with a wide range of other photographs collected by Essai which depict people, life and activities in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea during the 1950s and earlier.
- Related material : Papers of Dudley Glastonbury held by National Library of Australia Manuscripts Section at MS 9387.
- Related material : 'Outline of the economics of Papua and New Guinea' by Brian Essai (Public Service Institute, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, 1955) held by National Library of Australia Manuscripts Section in the Dudley Glastonbury papers at MS 9387/1/60.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1951-1986
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Essai, Brian. Papua and New Guinea
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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