Voices from a Lost World: Australian Women and Children in Papua New Guinea Before the Japanese Invasion
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Author: Jan Roberts
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 288
This narrative documents a part of Australian colonial history - that of the lives and achievements of women in Papua New Guinea before the Japanese invasion in World War II, and the experiences of children growing up there during those years. This illustrated book is based on oral history, giving first-person accounts from interviews with "befores" (the name given to those before the Japanese invasion), which provide immediacy to this historical record. It includes sections on the war-time strategy of evacuation and its implications for the Pacific War. Covering a diversity of women - nurses, goldminers, missionaries, planters, company and government wives, adventurers, nuns and business women - the book details a wide range of experiences, sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic: the culture shock experienced by many women as they struggled to make a home in shacks in the jungle, with only tinned food or unfamiliar produce to eat; the inevitable white prejudices and the fear of the "black peril"; the dangers of a strange environment; the trials of ordinary working women in an extraordinary place; and the adventures of children who called Papua or New Guinea "home". Jan Robert is the author of "Maybanke Anderson: Sex, Suffrage and Social Reform".
Author: Jan Roberts
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 288
This narrative documents a part of Australian colonial history - that of the lives and achievements of women in Papua New Guinea before the Japanese invasion in World War II, and the experiences of children growing up there during those years. This illustrated book is based on oral history, giving first-person accounts from interviews with "befores" (the name given to those before the Japanese invasion), which provide immediacy to this historical record. It includes sections on the war-time strategy of evacuation and its implications for the Pacific War. Covering a diversity of women - nurses, goldminers, missionaries, planters, company and government wives, adventurers, nuns and business women - the book details a wide range of experiences, sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic: the culture shock experienced by many women as they struggled to make a home in shacks in the jungle, with only tinned food or unfamiliar produce to eat; the inevitable white prejudices and the fear of the "black peril"; the dangers of a strange environment; the trials of ordinary working women in an extraordinary place; and the adventures of children who called Papua or New Guinea "home". Jan Robert is the author of "Maybanke Anderson: Sex, Suffrage and Social Reform".
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Jan Roberts
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 288
This narrative documents a part of Australian colonial history - that of the lives and achievements of women in Papua New Guinea before the Japanese invasion in World War II, and the experiences of children growing up there during those years. This illustrated book is based on oral history, giving first-person accounts from interviews with "befores" (the name given to those before the Japanese invasion), which provide immediacy to this historical record. It includes sections on the war-time strategy of evacuation and its implications for the Pacific War. Covering a diversity of women - nurses, goldminers, missionaries, planters, company and government wives, adventurers, nuns and business women - the book details a wide range of experiences, sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic: the culture shock experienced by many women as they struggled to make a home in shacks in the jungle, with only tinned food or unfamiliar produce to eat; the inevitable white prejudices and the fear of the "black peril"; the dangers of a strange environment; the trials of ordinary working women in an extraordinary place; and the adventures of children who called Papua or New Guinea "home". Jan Robert is the author of "Maybanke Anderson: Sex, Suffrage and Social Reform".
Author: Jan Roberts
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 288
This narrative documents a part of Australian colonial history - that of the lives and achievements of women in Papua New Guinea before the Japanese invasion in World War II, and the experiences of children growing up there during those years. This illustrated book is based on oral history, giving first-person accounts from interviews with "befores" (the name given to those before the Japanese invasion), which provide immediacy to this historical record. It includes sections on the war-time strategy of evacuation and its implications for the Pacific War. Covering a diversity of women - nurses, goldminers, missionaries, planters, company and government wives, adventurers, nuns and business women - the book details a wide range of experiences, sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic: the culture shock experienced by many women as they struggled to make a home in shacks in the jungle, with only tinned food or unfamiliar produce to eat; the inevitable white prejudices and the fear of the "black peril"; the dangers of a strange environment; the trials of ordinary working women in an extraordinary place; and the adventures of children who called Papua or New Guinea "home". Jan Robert is the author of "Maybanke Anderson: Sex, Suffrage and Social Reform".
Voices from a Lost World: Australian Women and Children in Papua New Guinea Before the Japanese Invasion