New Guinea diary, 1942 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 644777
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Johnston, George, 1912-1970
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1942
- 1 v. (2 cm.).
- Summary:
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Diary entitled "New Guinea diary" kept by the Australian war correspondent George H. Johnston which gives a day by day account leading to the Japanese occupation of New Guinea and the imposition of martial law in Papua and New Guinea. This diary is an historical document as well as a personal record of the author.
- Biography/History:
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The author spent the period covered in this diary as war correspondent in New Guinea for the Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne Age and Daily Telegraph (London). The New Guinea Diary published by Angus and Robertson Sydney 1943 gives only a general picture of the campaign in New Guinea due to problems of censorship during the war years. In 1984 it was published by Collins, Sydney as "War diary 1942". Some books by George Johnston are Grey Gladiator, Battle of the Seaway, Australia at War and My Brother Jack (1964).
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 6538.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1942
- Occupation:
- War correspondents
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2040 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1970
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1942
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