Ken McKinnon collection

Description

Photograph albums were presented to Professor Ken McKinnon in August 1973 on the occasion of his farewell from the post of Director of Education for Papua New Guinea (1966-73). The photographs are all annotated and show the cultural richness of the curriculum within Papua New Guinea schools during the period. Emeritus Professor McKinnon AO, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Wollongong donated the albums to the University of Wollongong Archives on the occasion of the 2016 Library exhibition, 24 Boxes: Unpacking the Cochrane Papua New Guinea collection.

For additional information refer to the University of Wollongong Archives collection guide.

Collection GuideKen McKinnon collection guideCollection NumberD293Person InformationKen McKinnon

Photograph

Models of houses by Standard One children

Highland Boys play a traditional flute

Traditional counting

Kreer School

Highland village model

Sepik pot making

Ancestor emblem

Decorated classroom

Sepik art in interior Haus Tamborans

Manus boy learning to carve in traditional style

Children from M'Bunai School playing garamuts

Girls from Buna School practice patterns for tapa cloth

Kerepuna School boy with his family's fish nets

Tsigmal Swiss Agency School students

Highland children with traditional instruments

Northern district father teaching how to make fish traps

Sagalau school children adding touches to a traditional design

Northern district traditionally dressed teacher

At Hagara School making and mending fish nets

Girls learning to weave

Hagara school girl making traditional beadwork

Gulf District lad displays a spirit board