Oxford University. Melbourne. 1993. First Edition;. pages xi, 275, index; 7 maps, 33 b/w illusts.; pictorial cardcover; exlibrary copy with usual markings o/wise good condition. ISBN-0-19-55164-7 Traces how the separate British and German colonies of Eastern New Guinea grew and the effects that each colonial administration had on health, religion, education and trade up to and beyond independence in 1975, in less than 100 years the people were united as one nation.