Unsung Land, Aspiring Nation: Journeys in Bougainville PDF
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UNSUNG LAND, ASPIRING NATION JOURNEYS IN BOUGAINVILLE UNSUNG LAND, ASPIRING NATION JOURNEYS IN BOUGAINVILLE GORDON PEAKE PACIFIC SERIES For Patrick Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2600, Australia Email: [email protected] Available to download for free at press.anu.edu.au ISBN (print): 9781760465438 ISBN (online): 9781760465445 WorldCat (print): 1346579423 WorldCat (online): 1346581358 DOI: 10.22459/ULAN.2022 This title is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. The full licence terms are available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Printed by Lightning Source ingramcontent.com/publishers-page/environmental-responsibility Cover design and layout by ANU Press. Cover photograph: Bougainville Referendum Commission/Jeremy Miller. This book is published under the aegis of the Pacific Editorial Board of ANU Press. This edition © 2022 ANU Press Some names in this book have been changed in the interests of privacy. Contents Abbreviations and other shortened forms xi Acknowledgements xiii Foreword xv Introduction 1 Part One 1. Aid comes to my aid 11 2. Arrival 21 3. Make-work and workshops 27 4. Bookanville 37 5. Have licence, lack engine 51 6. A trip to Port Moresby 57 Part Two 7. The road to Arawa 69 8. Town of ghosts 79 9. Buka’s bestseller 89 10. Beatrice’s Bougainville 95 11. Plan A 103 12. Plan B and whiskey to the rescue 107 13. Institutions new and old, seen and unseen 115 Part Three 14. Odd jobs, family trips and a friend worth fighting for 129 15. Referendum days 139 16. The stone pillars 143 17. The result of all this 147 Epilogue 151 Glossary 157 See enough and write it down. — Joan Didion
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