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1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) |
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Part 1: Australian rule. 1. Miss Tessie Lavau discovers Australia -- 2. Emulating Australia -- 3. Guided democracy -- 4. Impasse -- 5. New directions -- Part 2: Decolonisation. 6. Gearing up -- 7. New men, new visions -- 8. Creating a constitution -- 9. A national economy -- 10. Creating a state -- 11. Defining the state -- Part 3: The limits of independence. 12. Independence and its discontents -- 13. The continuing connection |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 were doubts about the capacity of PNG to function. This history presents the full 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 |
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Decolonization |
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Politics and government |
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Papua new guinea |
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Originally published: Canberra : Pandanus Books, 2005 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Decolonization -- Papua New Guinea
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Politics and government.
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
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HISTORY -- Oceania.
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Decolonization
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Papua New Guinea -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097693
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| Subject |
Papua New Guinea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1921862920 |
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1921862912 |
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9781921862915 |
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9781921862922 |
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