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University of Wales Swansea PhD thesis, 2005
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This essay discusses relations of Papuans with foreign incomers from first known contact ... more SUMMARY
This essay discusses relations of Papuans with foreign incomers from first known contact up to 1884, when a British Protectorate was proclaimed over south-east New Guinea. The area covered is that of the future Protectorate together with Torres Strait, both initially part of a single cultural continuum. A variety of significant personalities, Papuan and foreign, are portrayed.
The scene is set by a characterisation of Papuan society as viewed by white men in the later nineteenth century, particularly of aspects that coloured relationships between Papuans and foreigners. Early explorers and their contacts with Papuans are next discussed, starting with Torres in 1606, followed by Cook, Bligh of the Bounty, Flinders and others, and then by the 1840s surveying voyages of HM ships Fly, Bramble and Rattlesnake, with the unique story of Barbara Thompson, discovered by the Rattlesnake after living marooned for some years among the Kaurareg people of Torres Straits.
A new phase begins in the 1860s with the development of the Torres Strait bêche-de-mer and pearl-shell fisheries, and the subsequent arrival of the London Missionary Society, each contributing to the transformation of Torres Strait societies. From 1873-4 interest expands to the mainland and islands of south-east New Guinea, including missionary and trading activity, the Papuan response, periodic naval intervention, the 1878 Port Moresby gold-rush, and especially the labour trade interlude of 1884, with the atrocities of the Hopeful.
A separate chapter narrates the build-up of British and Australian interest in New Guinea, culminating in 1884 with the proclamation of the Protectorate. This is followed by an analysis of ensuing murders which cast light on the interplay of Papuans and foreigners. The essay concludes with remarks on the many-sided question of how “civilisation” confronted “savagery” in Papua - a recurrent theme of contemporary observers.
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This essay discusses relations of Papuans with foreign incomers from first known contact up to 1884, when a British Protectorate was proclaimed over south-east New Guinea. The area covered is that of the future Protectorate together with Torres Strait, both initially part of a single cultural continuum. A variety of significant personalities, Papuan and foreign, are portrayed.
The scene is set by a characterisation of Papuan society as viewed by white men in the later nineteenth century, particularly of aspects that coloured relationships between Papuans and foreigners. Early explorers and their contacts with Papuans are next discussed, starting with Torres in 1606, followed by Cook, Bligh of the Bounty, Flinders and others, and then by the 1840s surveying voyages of HM ships Fly, Bramble and Rattlesnake, with the unique story of Barbara Thompson, discovered by the Rattlesnake after living marooned for some years among the Kaurareg people of Torres Straits.
A new phase begins in the 1860s with the development of the Torres Strait bêche-de-mer and pearl-shell fisheries, and the subsequent arrival of the London Missionary Society, each contributing to the transformation of Torres Strait societies. From 1873-4 interest expands to the mainland and islands of south-east New Guinea, including missionary and trading activity, the Papuan response, periodic naval intervention, the 1878 Port Moresby gold-rush, and especially the labour trade interlude of 1884, with the atrocities of the Hopeful.
A separate chapter narrates the build-up of British and Australian interest in New Guinea, culminating in 1884 with the proclamation of the Protectorate. This is followed by an analysis of ensuing murders which cast light on the interplay of Papuans and foreigners. The essay concludes with remarks on the many-sided question of how “civilisation” confronted “savagery” in Papua - a recurrent theme of contemporary observers.
This essay discusses relations of Papuans with foreign incomers from first known contact up to 1884, when a British Protectorate was proclaimed over south-east New Guinea. The area covered is that of the future Protectorate together with Torres Strait, both initially part of a single cultural continuum. A variety of significant personalities, Papuan and foreign, are portrayed.
The scene is set by a characterisation of Papuan society as viewed by white men in the later nineteenth century, particularly of aspects that coloured relationships between Papuans and foreigners. Early explorers and their contacts with Papuans are next discussed, starting with Torres in 1606, followed by Cook, Bligh of the Bounty, Flinders and others, and then by the 1840s surveying voyages of HM ships Fly, Bramble and Rattlesnake, with the unique story of Barbara Thompson, discovered by the Rattlesnake after living marooned for some years among the Kaurareg people of Torres Straits.
A new phase begins in the 1860s with the development of the Torres Strait bêche-de-mer and pearl-shell fisheries, and the subsequent arrival of the London Missionary Society, each contributing to the transformation of Torres Strait societies. From 1873-4 interest expands to the mainland and islands of south-east New Guinea, including missionary and trading activity, the Papuan response, periodic naval intervention, the 1878 Port Moresby gold-rush, and especially the labour trade interlude of 1884, with the atrocities of the Hopeful.
A separate chapter narrates the build-up of British and Australian interest in New Guinea, culminating in 1884 with the proclamation of the Protectorate. This is followed by an analysis of ensuing murders which cast light on the interplay of Papuans and foreigners. The essay concludes with remarks on the many-sided question of how “civilisation” confronted “savagery” in Papua - a recurrent theme of contemporary observers.