PNG & the Pacific collection
The PNG and the Pacific collection aims to provide materials for researchers in the Asian and Pacific studies area. It is based on a collection of Papua New Guinean material that was established at Queens College Library during the 1960s by a group of students with an interest in Papuan independence.
The collection was bought by Victoria University and was expanded to include items relating to the Pacific.
What's in the collection
The Collection's strengths are: economics, development and trade, statistical data, governance and administration, language and linguistics, education, culture, society and history.
Titles available in the collection include:
- Papua New Guinea Government Gazette
- Papua New Guinea National Bibliography
- Annual Report of the Territory of Papua
- New Guinea and Australia, the Pacific and South East Asia
- CSIRO Land Research Series
- Papua New Guinea Law Reports
- Pacific Linguistics series
- Research Bulletin of the PNG Department of Agriculture and Livestock / Primary Industry
- Papua New Guinea Newsletter
Access to the collection
The PNG and the Pacific collection is a research collection. The items can't be borrowed, but may be viewed on appointment.
In the library catalogue, these items have the prefix FTS PNG COLL. before the shelf number.
To access material in the collection, please email our Special Collections librarians. You will receive an emailed response within five working days (Mon-Fri) and a suitable time will be arranged.
You can view the items in the Special Collections reading room on level 4 of the Footscray Park campus library.
