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A Trial Separation : Australia and the Decolonisation of Papua New Guinea.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (242 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781921862922
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Trial SeparationDDC classification:
  • 325.953
LOC classification:
  • DU740 -- .D466 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Preliminary -- Maps -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1: AUSTRALIAN RULE -- Chapter 1. Miss Tessie Lavau Discovers Australia -- Chapter 2. Emulating Australia -- Chapter 3. Guided Democracy -- Chapter 4. Impasse -- Chapter 5. New Directions -- PART 2: DECOLONISATION -- Chapter 6. Gearing Up -- Chapter 7. New Men, New Visions -- Chapter 8. Creating a Constitution -- Chapter 9. A National Economy -- Chapter 10. Creating a State -- Chapter 11. Defining the State -- PART 3: THE LIMITS OF INDEPENDENCE -- Chapter 12. Independence and its Discontents -- Chapter 13. The Continuing Connection -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This superlative 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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Preliminary -- Maps -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1: AUSTRALIAN RULE -- Chapter 1. Miss Tessie Lavau Discovers Australia -- Chapter 2. Emulating Australia -- Chapter 3. Guided Democracy -- Chapter 4. Impasse -- Chapter 5. New Directions -- PART 2: DECOLONISATION -- Chapter 6. Gearing Up -- Chapter 7. New Men, New Visions -- Chapter 8. Creating a Constitution -- Chapter 9. A National Economy -- Chapter 10. Creating a State -- Chapter 11. Defining the State -- PART 3: THE LIMITS OF INDEPENDENCE -- Chapter 12. Independence and its Discontents -- Chapter 13. The Continuing Connection -- Bibliography -- Index.

This superlative 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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