Colonial Town to Melanesian City: Port Moresby, 1884-1974
by: Oram, N.D.

Hardcover. Canberra, Australian National University, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in decorative cloth, no dust jacket issued, spine shows fading, 290 pages, several maps and charts. The chapters are: the regional development in pre-European times; the foundation of Port Moresby 1873-1888; the colonial backwater 1889-1941; administration & social change 1889-1941; wartime interlude 1942-1945; expansion of Port Moresby 1946-1974; characteristics of the Port Moresby population; social organisation; race relations; shelter; administration 1945-1974. "Port Moresby" lettered on spine, otherwise clean.