Madang Tapa dura - 2005

Divine Word University Press. 2005. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket.. 450 p. Includes: illustrations, index, bibliography. . This book tells the story of Madang and Madang Province, from pre-European times to the arrival of the first European settler, Nikolai Nikalaevich Mikloucho-Maclay, in September 1871. It covers the period of German rule of New Guinea, from the days of the famous Neuguinea-Compagnie through the latter years of Imperial Government rule to the outbreak of the Great War, and the assumption of Australian control. It outlines the developments of the between-war years of the Mandated Territory Administration to the events of the Pacific War, and the resumption of civil administration in 1945. A major part of the book covers the Madang story from that year to Independence, and carries on to outline the major happenings of the post-Independence years, to the 2002 General Elections.