IDNO

P.87200.

Description

"Paul Ryan, a native medical assistant, policeman and Luluia.
Left to right - 2 Carriers, Village TUL-TUL. Policeman, Doctor boy, Patrol Officer."

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; ?Bougainville; ?Arasi

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Paul Ryan

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Source

Cropp, H. B.

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.69992 to P.69999 and P.87186 to P.87201 were in the Museum’s paper archive envelope, OA2/10/3, which has now been re-numbered C509/.

Named Person: "William Paul RYAN, OBE (13 August 2010, aged 78)
Paul grew up in Camberwell, Victoria, and ... attended the Australian School of Pacific Administration as a Cadet Patrol Officer. Paul spent much of his working life in PNG, starting as a Patrol Officer in the 1950s. He was posted to Bougainville from 1952-56, working both in Sohano and Kieta.  Paul was posted to Talasea in 1957 and then spent four years in Tapini, after which he moved to Port Moresby to take up a position in the Public Service Inspector’s Office. Following undergraduate studies in Economics and Commerce at the University of Queensland, he progressed to senior levels in the PNG administration.  As Secretary of the Administrator’s Executive Council (1968-73) and subsequently as head of the Department of Chief Minister and Development Administration, Paul played a significant role in facilitating political transition in the lead-up to PNG independence in 1975.   
Paul worked closely with two Administrators (David Hay and, from 1970, Les Johnson) and with Members of the House of Assembly as they assumed greater political and ministerial powers before and after Self-government in 1973...
Paul’s contribution to the development of PNG was widely acknowledged and he always maintained a great affection for the people. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1975 for his outstanding service to Papua New Guinea. [Article by] Catherine Ryan." [Source: https://www.pngaa.net/Vale/vale_dec10.htm#Ryan, JD 22/11/2018]


This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One.