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Green, John, ca. 1866-1897
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1866-1897
History
At the age of 27, John Green, fifth son of John and Mary Green, went to British New Guinea in 1892 to assist in establishing a 2000 acre plantation at Kapadi. After 15 months, he began working as a government officer, eventually becoming the acting private secretary to Sir William MacGregor, Governor of British New Guinea (later Papua). In 1895 was assigned to build a government station at the junction of the Mambare River and Tamata Creek to protect European miners who were prospecting for gold. On 14 January 1897 he was speared and then clubbed to death by Binandere people. During this four years in New Guinea John Green wrote more than 3200 pages of correspondence to his family in Healesville, which he began writing in September 1892 when he was in Cooktown en route to Port Moresby.
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Revised
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Created, Linda Justo, 1-Nov-2019
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Internal evidence; ANU Pacific Manuscripts Bureau; Trove.