IDNO

T.150944.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "218. S.P. New Guinea. 35mm. (colour)." [Poignant's manuscript]
"29. ditto [view across Wahgi [sic 'Wahgi'] valley, immediate ridge is that between Muru (where standing) and Kup. Distant view in direction of Mt Wilhelm]." [Poignant's typed text]

Roslyn Poignant and Kenneth Arthur Brown standing on a dirt road with Wahgi Valley in the background. [KK 04/08/2022]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Chimbu; Wahgi Valley; Muru; Kup; Mount Wilhelm

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Roslyn Poignant; Kenneth Arthur Brown

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre August 1969

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.148696.RPT - T.152693.RPT were located in the drawer file of transparency sheets, numbered C1021/.

T.150928.RPT - T.150951.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/96.

Biographical information: Kenneth Arthur Brown was Assistant District Commissioner of Bougainville in 1967.
Stuart Doran (ed.) 2006. Documents on Australian Foreign Policy. Australia and New Guinea 1966 - 1969. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. p.258. [source: https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/australia-and-papua-new-guinea-1966-1969.pdf KK 04/08/2022]

Facebook: Image published on PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo group on 17/2/2023 with the caption: "Roslyn Poignant and Kenneth Arthur Brown standing on a dirt road with Wahgi Valley in the background, 1969. "View across Wahgi valley, immediate ridge is that between Muru (where standing) and Kup. Distant view in direction of Mt Wilhelm." [Poignant's text]. Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Kenneth Arthur Brown was Assistant District Commissioner of Bougainville in 1967."
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"Kenneth Arthur Brown was the DC in Daru, 1971 (Phyllis RH Tabara)" [KK 28/02/2023]