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Print prestations: The social embeddedness of reading publics in colonial Papua

Ryan Schram

A paper presented in the session “Textual ecologies of difference and transformation” at the 2016 meeting of the Australian Anthropological Society, University of Sydney

14 December 2016

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To the Papuan Times

 TO THE PAPUAN TIMES
 
 Many happy returns to you.
 
 Thank you for your good work in the past. May the years ahead of you 
 bring more rich work you may do in sending out news to all parts of 
 Papua and other countries.
 
 Happy birthday to you and a few gifts for your work:-
  
  A pen, to address your
      papers.
   
  Paste, to paste your
      stamps
   
  A 10/-, to buy your ink
  
  A basket, to send you out
      in.
  
  Alice Wedega. (Papuan Times, June 27, 1951, p. 9)

As the Editor

As the Editor I would like to express on behalf of the Papuan Times how grateful we are for being able to keep the paper going and I am personally grateful for being able to help to save my own race with what little bit I've got. Editor (Papuan Times, June 27, 1951, p. 2)

Journalism for the villages

The unsigned article entitled “Journalism for the villages: When you are sending news to the editor of the newspaper” was published in Papuan Times on September 28, 1951 (vol. 4, iss. 9, pp. 5-6)

Local news should hold plenty of names because readers like to see what their friends are doing... (p. 5)
You will find plenty of material to write about even in a small village. There are MEETINGS to report, SPORTS EVENTS to record, CROPS, RAINFALLS, MARRIAGES, WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES, VISITS of well-known PEOPLE, TRIBAL FIGHTING, NEW BUILDINGS, SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, etc. (p. 5)

The new flying boat

In the “News of People” section of the April 18, 1952 issue, a letter from Osineru Dickson appears describing a trip on the Sandringham, a passenger seaplane which flew between Samarai and Port Moresby.

PDF transcript of "First trip on new flying boat"

Violeta Basinauro's birthday

In the August 29, 1952 issue, Violeta Basinauro published an account of happenings at her school at Gelemalaia, in Buhutu, on the mainland of eastern Papua.

PDF transcript of "News from Gelemalaia"

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