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

Published Canberra : Pandanus Books, 2005

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Description xv, 228 pages : maps ; 25 cm Contents Ch. 1. Miss Tessie Lavau discovers Australia -- Ch. 2. Emulating Australia -- Ch. 3. Guided democracy -- Ch. 4. Impasse -- Ch. 5. New directions -- Ch. 6. Gearing up -- Ch. 7. New men, new visions -- Ch. 8. Creating a constitution -- Ch. 9. A national economy -- Ch. 10. Creating a state -- Ch. 11. Defining the state -- Ch. 12. Independence and its discontents -- Ch. 13. The continuing connection Summary "This superlative history presents the fully story of the 'trial separation' of Australia and Papua New Guinea, concluding that - given the intertwined history, geography and economies of the two neighbours - the decolonisation project of 'independence' is still a work in progress."--BOOK JACKET Analysis Decolonisation History, 1946-1999 History, 2000- Independence Papua New Guinea Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references: pages [199]-208 Notes Print version record Subject Decolonization -- Papua New Guinea. Independence Day (Papua New Guinea) SUBJECT Australia -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009588 -- Papua New Guinea. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Territories and possessions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005255 Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005791 -- Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 Papua New Guinea -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097691 Papua New Guinea -- Politics and government -- 1975- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097695 Papua New Guinea -- Politics and government -- To 1975. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097694 Papua New Guinea -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097693 Author Australian National University. LC no. 2006365921 ISBN 1740761715 9781740761710

Other Titles Australia and the decolonisation of Papua New Guinea

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