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- 1990-2000 (Creation)
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4 items, 31 folders
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This series contains drafts, notes, photographs and research material. A straight young back is narrated in the first person by David Apps, a cadet government officer who arrives in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1963. Apps works for Hal Franklin, a District Commissioner. As the country moves towards self-government and independence, Apps is slowly corrupted by the power of ruling. Based on true story of the assassination in August 1971 of Jack Emanuel, District Commissioner. Emanuel was murdered deep in the the forest on a Rabaul plantation. The working titles for the novel were 'The old magic touch' and the 'Walk novel'.
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Box 9
Item 1: Notebook with handwritten notes, on cover 'Journal - Apps [character in novel' + film school '93, ca. 1994
Folder 1: Original cover had 'PNG notes (conversations, etc.)' on cover. Historical outline of events in the 1960s and 1970s in PNG, research material, travel itinerary, facsimile copy of article by Shearston "Payback and politics: the murder of District Commissioner Jack Emanuel at Kabarra Plantation, near Rabaul, on August 19th, 1971", 21 Jun 1990
Folder 2: Photocopy of Court transcript of 'The Queen v. William Taupa Tovarula & 13 ors." of 4 Feb 1972, with post-it notes, undated
Folder 3-6: Newspaper cuttings; correspondence; research material; and typescript drafts of 'Diary: Apps' and 'Patrol Report' by D.J. Apps, Senior Patrol Office [character in novel]
Box 10
Folder 1-4: Drafts for "The old magic touch" ('A straight young back'), typescript, 1999 and undated
Folder 5: Final draft on 3/4 in. floppy disk, cover art mock ups, colour negative, letter, 1 Feb 2000
Folder 6: Print outs of correspondence from Shearston from disk in order of recipient, 1995 to 2000
Box 11
Folder 1: Correspondence, photographs, 1996 to 2000
Folder 2: Handwritten notes; typed notes on research trip to Rabaul; typed notes of interviews with people who knew Jack Emanuel, worked in PNG , 1990
Folder 3: "Kiap notes", handwritten and typed notes, research material, 1990
Folder 4: Correspondence, cover art work proposal, edited partial draft manuscript, notes, 1999
Folder 5: Draft fictional patrol report, photocopies of field officer's journal and patrol reports, newspaper cuttings, 1990?
Folder 6: Film research material including PNG film archive and ABC TV holdings, ca 1990s
Folder 7: Apps [character from novel] field officer's dairy, handwritten and typescript, undated
Folder 8: "Notes & deleted material" written on original folder. Handwritten and typescript notes, undated
Folder 9: "Emanuel" written on cover of original folder. Correspondence, expense list for trip to PNG for 'Hindsight', 1990 to 1995
Box 12
Folder 1: Original folder: "PNG miscellaneous, extracts from trial transcript of most relevance, notes on ‘Emanuel’."Research material for trial, Jack Emanuel and PNG
Folder 2: Draft, typescript, pages 16-230, undated
Folder 3: Draft, typescript, pages 231-242; handwritten research notes; colour photocopies of potential cover images, undated
Folder 4: Draft, first edit, typescript with post-it notes through out draft with editorial comments, 1999
Folder 5: Draft, second edit, typescript with post-it notes through out draft with editorial comments, 1999?
Box 13
Folder 1: First draft, typescript, 1999
Folder 2: Draft, with amendments and post it notes, 1999?
Folder 3: Journal cuttings, photocopies and an issue of 'Paradise', no. 144, with reviews, 2000 to 2001
Folder 4: Copies of 3 b&w photographs with Jack Emanuel, 6 negatives of same photographs, undated. On original film folder 'Kabaira / Murder - Photographs 'Hindsight' - Jack Emanuel': 13 negatives; 25 colour photographs, 1990. On original folder ' Mataungan Assoc. - interviews / Rabaul / 1990': 13 colour photographs, 35 negatives, 1990
Folder 5: Taped interview with William Taupa, Antun Tovaliria, and Joesph Tomarum in Kabaira , in Pidgin (no transcription), microcassette, Oct 1990.
[RESTRICTED] Folder 6: Letter and deliver note from PNG National Library service, 2 Aug 1995. Forensic photographs of the murder scene of Jack Emanuel: 12 b&w negatives; Contact print of 12 negatives; 13 x b&w photographs (1 duplicate). [RESTRICTED]
Parcel 1
Item 1: Proofs, with emendations, post-it notes, 28 Feb 2000
Item 2: Proofs, with emendations, post-it notes, 9 Mar 2000
Item 3: Advertising poster, 2000?
Draft material for working titles moved to Series F when possible.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access except for permanent restriction to forensic photographs in Box 13, Folder 6: material may be viewed by researcher; material may not be reproduced or exhibited.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Language of material
- English
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
3/4 in. floppy disk and colour negative in Box 10, Folder 5.
Colour and b&w photographs in Box 11, Folder 1; Box 13, Folder 5-6.
Sony microcassette tape, MC60 in Box 13, Folder 5.
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Box 9 Item 1, Folders 1-6; Box 10 Folders 1-6; Box 11 Folders 1-9; Box 12 Folders 1-5; Box 13 Folders 1-6; Parcel 1 Items 1-3.
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Created, Linda Justo, 8-Oct-2019