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A trial separation : Australia and the decolonisation of Papua New Guinea /

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When it came in September 1975, Papua New Guinea's independence was marked by both anxiety and elation. In the euphoric aftermath, decolonisation was declared a triumph and immediate events seemed to justify that confidence. By the 1990s, however, events had taken a turn for the worse and there...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denoon, Donald
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Decolonization > Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea > Politics and government.
HISTORY > Oceania.
Decolonization.
Politics and government.
Papua New Guinea.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Australian Rule. 1. Miss Tessie Lavau Discovers Australia
  • Natives
  • Planters and Peasants
  • Missionaries and Millenarians
  • Government
  • 2. Emulating Australia
  • Political Education
  • Hasluck's Vision
  • The Australian Context
  • 3. Guided Democracy
  • The Gunther Select Committee and a House of Assembly
  • Barnes and Warwick Smith
  • The Paternalistic State
  • Appendix: The First House of Assembly
  • 4. Impasse
  • The Guise Select Committee
  • The Second House of Assembly
  • Nation-Building and the Sceptics
  • Appendix: The Second House of Assembly
  • 5. New Directions
  • Managing Social Change
  • New Australians and New Papua New Guineans
  • Whitlam Intervenes: Gorton Responds
  • The Gorton Reforms
  • Part 2: Decolonisation. 6. Gearing Up
  • The Arek Select Committee
  • The Gearing-Up Program
  • Security Issues
  • Appendix: Commonwealth Acts Applying to Papua New Guinea
  • 7. New Men, New Visions
  • Andrew Peacock and Michael Somare
  • Gough Whitlam and Bill Morrison
  • The Papua New Guinea Office and the Liaison Unit
  • Appendix: The Third House of Assembly and the First Cabinet
  • 8. Creating a Constitution
  • The Constitutional Planning Committee
  • The CPC Recommendations
  • The Compromise Constitution
  • Discharging the United Nations Trust
  • 9. A National Economy
  • Economic Strategy
  • Land
  • Minerals
  • Aid
  • A National Economy?
  • Appendix: The 'Eight Aims'
  • 10. Creating a State
  • A National Bureaucracy
  • The Uniformed Forces
  • The Judicial System
  • 11. Defining the State
  • National Unity and Decentralisation
  • Borders with Australia and Indonesia
  • Projecting Independence
  • Part 3: The Limits of Independence. 12. Independence and its Discontents
  • A Failing State?
  • Measuring Independent Papua New Guinea
  • 13. The Continuing Connection.