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Date:         Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:31:27 +1000
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(1) THE BOUGAINVILLE CRISIS
RJ May and Matthew Spriggs, editors

Published by Crawford House Press
PO Box 143
Bathurst   NSW   2795
AUSTRALIA

138 pp; 255x150mm, includes maps
ISBN 1 86333 013 5
Price: A$14.00 plus p&p: A$5.00 (Australia); A$7.00 (other countries)


Towards the end of 1988, a group of disgruntled landowners began a series
of sabotage against the Bougainville copper mine in Papua New Guinea's
North Solomons (formerly Bougainville) Province in support of claims for
increased compensation for loss of land and environmental pollution. By
early 1989 this confrontation had developed into a major conflict between
Papua New Guinea's armed forces and an alliance of landowner and other
elements which took the title of the 'Bougainville Revolutionary Armu'
(BRA) and demanded secession. In May 1989, guerilla activity by the BRA
forced the closure of the mine, which in recent years has accounted for 40
pr cent of Papua New Guinea's exports and between 17 and 20 per cent of
government revenue. A year later the BRA proclaimed an independent Republic
of Bougainville.

In what has become the most serious conflict in the island Pacific since
World War II, there have been heavy casualties on both sides and human
rights abuses both by army and police and by the BRA.

In April 1990, a conference was held at the Australian National University,
bringing together a number of people with close associations with
Bougainville, to discuss the Bougainville Crisis and its broader
implications. This volume brings together papers presented at that
conference with some additional papers and a postscript which covers events
up to the August 1990 cease-fire agreement.

CONTENTS;
1. Bougainville is a special case (James Griffin)
2. The politics of the Panguna Landowners Association (Henry Okole)
3. Bougainville, December 1989-January 1990: a personal history (Matthew
Spriggs)
4. Human rights violations and community disruption (Moses Havini)
5. Some implications for Papua New Guinea of the closure of the
Bougainville Copper Mine (D.S. Carruthers)
6. The Papua New Guinea economy and the Bougainvillean crisis (Ethan
Weisman )
7. Political implications of the Bougainville crisis for Papua New Guinea
(RJ May)
8. A short history of the Bougainville ceasefire initiative (Graeme
Kemelfield)
9. The Bougainville rebellion, the mining industry and the process of
social disintegration in Papua New Guinea (Colin Filer)
10.Postscript: August 1990 (Matthew Spriggs and RJ May)

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Orders for this book may be addressed to: Bev Fraser, Dept of Political and
Social Change, RSPacS, ANU, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: (06) 249 5915; fax: (06) 257 1893; e-mail (Internet):
cxs414@coombs.anu.edu.au
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Lulu Turner
Dept of Political & Social Change
Research School of Pacific Studies
Australian National University
GPO Box 4, Canberra  ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA

tel: (06) 249 0173
fax: (06) 257 1893
e-mail (Internet): lulu@coombs.anu.edu.au
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