Thirty years in the South Seas
Subtitle: land and people, customs and traditions in the Bismarck Archipelago and on the German Solomon Islands
By: by R. Parkinson ; edited by B. Ankermann ; translated by John Dennison ; translation edited by J. Peter White.
Contributors: Ankermann, Bernhard, b. 1859.
Publisher: Crawford House Pub. in association with Oceania Publications, University of Sydney
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Bathurst, NSW
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Parkinson, R. 1844-1909.; Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea.; Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Bismarck Archipelago.; Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel.; Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea) -- Social life and customs.
Other titles: 30 years in the South Seas; Dreissig Jahre in der Südsee
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxxii) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I New Britain with the French Islands and the Duke of Yorks; title: 1. The Land; title: 2. The Inhabitants; title: a. The Natives of the North-east of the Gazelle Peninsula; title: b. The Baining; title: c. The Taulil and Butam; title: d. The Tribes of the Central Part of New Britain; title: e. The Tribes of Western New Britain and the French Islands; title: II New Ireland, New Hanover and their Offshore Islands; title: 1. The Land; title: 2. The Natives; title: III St Matthias and the Neighbouring Islands; title: IV The Admiralty Islands; title: V The Western Islands; title: 1. Wuwulu and Aua; title: 2. Ninigo, Lufand Kaniet; title: VI The German Solomon Islands, together with Nissan and the Carteret Islands; title: VII The Eastern Islands (Nuguria, Tauu and Nukumanu); title: VIII Secret Societies, Totemism, Masks and Mask Dances; title: IX Stories and Fables; title: X Languages; title: 1. The Languages of the Coastal Dwellers of the Northern Gazelle Peninsula; title: 2. The Duke of York Language; title: 3. The Baining Language; title: 4. The Sulka Language; title: 5. The Nakanai Language; title: XI Cultigens and Useful Plants, Domesticated and Hunted Animals; title: XII History of Discovery.