Finance and alluvial mining in Papua 1878 to 1920

Auteurs :
MCGEE, W. A.
HENNING, G. R.

Description :
Britain proclaimed a Protectorate over Papua in 1884 and in 1888 annexed it as a Crown Colony. In 1895, gold was discovered, and mining accounted for the overwhelming proportion of mineral activity prior to the First World War. The fields were an extension of the Queensland fields, and there was often an exchange of miners between the two colonies.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Asia Pacific viewpoint, issn : 1360-7456, 1991, vol. 32, n°. 1, p. 78-87, Références bibliographiques : 15 réf.

Date :
1991

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Cambridge, Blackwell