Correspondence, related papers and publications collected by Nancy Lutton, 1978-1993 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 4365571
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Kolia, John
- Related Online Resources:
- Reel list
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- Access Conditions:
- Available for research.
- Description:
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- 1978-1993
- 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Series:
- PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1298.
- Summary:
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Nancy Lutton's correspondence with and about Kolia, 1979-1992; Press cuttings, journal articles and reviews, 1978-1993; Unpublished verse; Theatre programmes and poster, 1981; Photograph and other documents; Thesis: Lyn Baer, In Between: Cultural Ambivalence in the Novels of John Kolia, 1982; Duplicated typescripts by John Kolia, 1976-1993; Other publications, by, edited by, or about Kolia, 1979-1981.
- Biography/History:
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John Kolia was born in Sydney in 1931 as John Alexander Collier. He attended Sydney Grammar School and completed his secondary education in England in 1951. Having enrolled in a medical course at the University of London, he returned to Australia and commenced work in PNG as a medical assistant for the Australasian Petroleum Company which was involved in oil exploration in the Gulf and Western Districts of Papua. After visiting London again in 1958, Kolia returned to Sydney where he completed teacher training. He took up a teaching position in New Britain in mid 1960, and in 1964 joined the Catholic Mission at Vanimo as a teacher. In 1966 he returned to Port Moresby. While teaching at Bavaroko, Kolia enrolled in the University of PNG, completing his BA (Hons) in 1971. He was awarded a PhD in 1975 for his research among the Balawaia people in the Rigo sub-district where he had been living in Tauruba village since 1972. At that time he changed his name from Collier to the phonetic form, Kolia. From 1971 Kolia had been employed at the UPNG as a research assistant, but by 1973 he was mostly occupied in editing the journal Oral History. When the Institute of PNG Studies was established in 1974, it took over production of Oral History and Kolia joined its staff. Kolia became a naturalised citizen of newly independent PNG in 1976. His History of the Balawaia was published in 1977, followed by a formidable body of literary work: eight novels, several short stories, plays and long poems, and press articles on anthropological topics. He was also an editor of the IPNGS journal, Bikmaus, and edited a collection of poems, Melanesian Thoughts and Words. He worked as a Project and publications officer at the PNG Institute of Technology from 1989 until 1992. (Mainly from Lyn Baer, In Between: Cultural Ambivalence in the Novels of John Kolia, 1982.)
- Notes:
- ANU Pacific Research Archives
- Reproduction:
- Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 1 microfilm reel.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Printed reel list available and also through the Internet via home page.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1978-1993
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
- Copyright:
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