Ian Downs - Patrol and other reports, 1936-1949

PMB 607

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

440402

Microfilm : PMB 607

microfilm reel 35 mm

Ian Downs (1915- ) joined the Department of District Services in the Territory of New Guinea in 1936, and as a patrol officer served in most districts. After wartime naval service, he returned to the Territory as a district officer and later served as Dictrict Commissioner in the New Ireland, Madang, and Eastern Highlands districts. He resigned from the Administration in 1956 and became a coffee planter near Goroka. He was president of the Highland Farmers and Settlers' Association from 1957 to 1968 and a member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea in the same period

The papers comprise:- 1. Patrol reports in Morobe, Madang and New Ireland districts, 1936-1949. 2. Annual report, Chimbu, sub-district, 1939-1940. 3. Monthly reports, Chimbu sub-district, 1939-1940. 4. Census figures, New Ireland district, c. 1949

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 607
Papua New Guinea Records Project
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original in private ownership