Huntley Wright
Biographic Data
| ID | 3841179 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Huntley Wright |
| GIVEN NAMES | Huntley |
| FAMILY NAME | Wright |
| SIGNATURE | WRIGHT H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Economic or Political Development
In 1969, Speaker of the House Assembly of Papua and New Guinea John Guise, spoke of a “quiet decision” to limit the activities of “Native” Local Government Councils in the Territory, so that “they seem to be much more like those of Australian Shire Councils” . The present essay suggests that this “quiet decision”, contrary to conventional wisdom, was not simply part of a colonial policy designed to serve “assimilationist purposes”. Rather, the re…
A liberal ‘respect for small property’
The official records of the Australian state in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (TPNG) now open to academic scrutiny are sufficient to warrant a comprehensive revision of the former Territory's late‐colonial history. As a contribution toward this revision, I examine the developmental legacy of long‐serving Liberal Minister for Territories, Sir Paul Hasluck. It is argued that insofar as government policy for TPNG came to articulate a coheren…
Protecting the National Interest
With the Japanese invasion of New Guinea and Papua during World War II, it is not unsurprising that the Labor Governments of John Curtin and Ben Chifley found it difficult to disentangle colonial from strategic interests. Acknowledging the difficulty, however, still leaves unanswered the important question: does this suggest an unwillingness to break with attitudes of the past, or did it provide the basis for colonial reform? Prior to the Japanes…
A liberal ‘respect for small property’
The official records of the Australian state in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (TPNG) now open to academic scrutiny are sufficient to warrant a comprehensive revision of the former Territory's late‐colonial history. As a contribution toward this revision, I examine the developmental legacy of long‐serving Liberal Minister for Territories, Sir Paul Hasluck. It is argued that insofar as government policy for TPNG came to articulate a coheren…
Protecting the National Interest
With the Japanese invasion of New Guinea and Papua during World War II, it is not unsurprising that the Labor Governments of John Curtin and Ben Chifley found it difficult to disentangle colonial from strategic interests. Acknowledging the difficulty, however, still leaves unanswered the important question: does this suggest an unwillingness to break with attitudes of the past, or did it provide the basis for colonial reform? Prior to the Japanes…
Economic or Political Development
In 1969, Speaker of the House Assembly of Papua and New Guinea John Guise, spoke of a “quiet decision” to limit the activities of “Native” Local Government Councils in the Territory, so that “they seem to be much more like those of Australian Shire Councils” . The present essay suggests that this “quiet decision”, contrary to conventional wisdom, was not simply part of a colonial policy designed to serve “assimilationist purposes”. Rather, the re…
A liberal ‘respect for small property’
The official records of the Australian state in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (TPNG) now open to academic scrutiny are sufficient to warrant a comprehensive revision of the former Territory's late‐colonial history. As a contribution toward this revision, I examine the developmental legacy of long‐serving Liberal Minister for Territories, Sir Paul Hasluck. It is argued that insofar as government policy for TPNG came to articulate a coheren…
Protecting the National Interest
With the Japanese invasion of New Guinea and Papua during World War II, it is not unsurprising that the Labor Governments of John Curtin and Ben Chifley found it difficult to disentangle colonial from strategic interests. Acknowledging the difficulty, however, still leaves unanswered the important question: does this suggest an unwillingness to break with attitudes of the past, or did it provide the basis for colonial reform? Prior to the Japanes…
Colonialism (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Government (linguistics) (2 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (2 works) · New guinea (2 works)