R Gerard Ward
Biographic Data
| ID | 689305 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Gerard Ward |
| GIVEN NAMES | R Gerard |
| FAMILY NAME | Ward |
| SIGNATURE | WARD R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 55 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 54 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Diana Rosemary Howlett, 1934–2018
The first chart of southwest Fiji, 1799
Elspeth Anne Young (1940–2002)
Land Use on Mago, Fiji: 1865-1882
Obituary: Oskar Hermann Khristian Spate (1911–2000)
Samoa: Mapping Diversity
Remote Runways: Air Transport and Distance in Tonga
Air transport brings areas 'closer together'. But it leaves some places relatively more isolated than when all depended on other modes of transport. Improved technology accentuates this tendency. Where traffic is low and distance long, the maintenance of links is costly. These issues are examined at both international and national scales in the case of Tonga, using several measures of distance and relative accessibility
Land, Custom and Practice in the South Pacific
Land Tenure in the Pacific Islands
Most Pacific Islanders living in rural areas use land tenure arrangements which are commonly described by islanders and outsiders alike as ‘traditional’ or ‘customary’. Yet current tenure practices on ‘customary’ or ‘native’ land often differ considerably from the ‘customary’ practices described by early observers, land commissions or in recorded oral history. What are now described as ‘traditional’ or ‘customary’ tenure arrangements are often gr…
Land, Law and Custom: Diverging Realities in Fiji
During the last century and a half, Fijians have made great changes to the ways they allocate and control land. Some changes now have the sanction of ‘custom’ or government law. Some current practices are sanctioned by either custom or law, or both; others by neither. Government land and labour policies of the 1870s and 1880s were designed to protect Fijians from loss of their land and from the social disruption which, it was thought, would follo…
Beyond the Breathing Space
For the past generation, and while they have been endorsing the ideology of development, the leaders of most Pacific Island countries have also emphasised the importance of ‘culture’ and ‘tradition’ as the bases of national identity and the integrity of national institutions. The crucial role of culture is proclaimed in many national constitutions and the need for its maintenance is taken as a basic article of faith by many politicians (Henry, 19…
Land Use and Tenure: Some Comparisons
Land tenure in the Pacific Islands has always been subject to change. Even in pre-colonial times, which are sometimes portrayed as a time of stability and little change, land tenure practices were modified pragmatically to meet changing conditions, and control of land frequently passed from one group to another as a result of warfare, changing demographic pressures, or migration. Indeed, all tenure systems change over time, conditioned by broader…
Land, custom, and practice in the South Pacific
Land tenure arrangements are intimately linked with the organisation of society, the economy (particularly to land use), the political structure and the geography of most countries. The majority of land in all South Pacific Island countries remains under 'customary' or 'traditional' forms of tenure in which land is normally held by a community group. This book argues that many parts of the region are in the midst of a major transformation in the …
Land, Custom and Practice in the South Pacific
Land tenure arrangements are intimately linked with the organization of society, the economy, political structures and geography. In the South Pacific Islands the majority of land is held by community groups under 'customary' or 'traditional' forms of tenure. This book argues that land formerly held in common is now often controlled and used exclusively by individuals or nuclear families - it is being privatized. Detailed case studies demonstrate…
Davidson's contributions to the ‘admiralty handbooks’
Human greatness∗
Contract Labor Recruitment from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, 1950- 1974
The author examines the social, economic, and political context surrounding a contract labor system implemented in Papua New Guinea that was begun in the 1950s. "In its 25 years of operation the Highland Labour Scheme provided the mechanism whereby some 100,000 men migrated temporarily from their highland homes to work in the coastal districts of Papua New Guinea. This was a circular migration within their own country, for labor purposes only. Th…
Contract Labor Recruitment from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, 1950–1974
Systems of contract labor are established in specific political, economic and social conditions to meet the needs of employers, governments and, sometimes, employees. They are maintained if these conditions continue or if one or more of the participant groups has sufficient power or interest to maintain the system. In the case examined here the interests of government, employers and, by proxy, employees were seen to converge and led to the establ…
Thirty years ago: A view of the Fijian political scene confidential report to the British colonial office, September 1959
Land, Cane and Coconuts: Papers on the Rural Economy of Fiji
Earth's Empty Quarter? The Pacific Islands in a Pacific Century
Aboriginal Communists
Reflections on Pacific Island agriculture in the late 20th century∗
(1986). Reflections on Pacific Island agriculture in the late 20th century. The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 217-226
Migration, myth and magic in Papua New Guinea
The author examines some of the assumptions, classifications, and techniques that affect the study of migration in specific countries. Using migration in Papua New Guinea as an example, he critically reviews the conventional approaches to the study of migration
Area preferences in Papua New Guinea
Earth's Empty Quarter? The Pacific Islands in a Pacific Century
Land Use and Population in Fiji: A Geographical Study
Man in the Pacific Islands: Essays on Geographical Change in the Pacific Islands
Migration, myth and magic in Papua New Guinea
The author examines some of the assumptions, classifications, and techniques that affect the study of migration in specific countries. Using migration in Papua New Guinea as an example, he critically reviews the conventional approaches to the study of migration
Contract Labor Recruitment from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, 1950–1974
Systems of contract labor are established in specific political, economic and social conditions to meet the needs of employers, governments and, sometimes, employees. They are maintained if these conditions continue or if one or more of the participant groups has sufficient power or interest to maintain the system. In the case examined here the interests of government, employers and, by proxy, employees were seen to converge and led to the establ…
An Economic Survey of West Kalimantan
This survey was compiled from data collected in the course of a regional study carried out by the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation, in conjunction with P.A. Management Consultants Pty. Ltd., G.P. McGowan and Associates Pty. Ltd., Gavan McDonell and Company Pty. Ltd., and Australian Aerial Mapping (W.A.) Pty. Ltd. Their report to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra, is printed in seven volumes under the general title Preliminary Reg…
Land use and land alienation in Fiji to 1885
(1969). Land use and land alienation in Fiji to 1885. The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 3-25
Aboriginal Communists
Reflections on Pacific Island agriculture in the late 20th century∗
(1986). Reflections on Pacific Island agriculture in the late 20th century. The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 217-226
American Activities in the Central Pacific, 1790-1870
Cash Cropping and the Fijian Village
The change from a subsistence to a commercial rural economy frequently brings new attitudes to the allocation of labour and time, to socio-economic organiza? tion, to value systems and to the appraisal of the land. This paper is an examination of some of the changes which such a widening of economic relations has brought to the settlement and agricultural geography of Fijian villages. Other influences, such as Christianity, peace, the presence of…
Elspeth Anne Young (1940–2002)
Land Use on Mago, Fiji: 1865-1882
Obituary: Oskar Hermann Khristian Spate (1911–2000)
Davidson's contributions to the ‘admiralty handbooks’
Thirty years ago: A view of the Fijian political scene confidential report to the British colonial office, September 1959
Area preferences in Papua New Guinea
Geographers in Papua New Guinea: A preliminary bibliography
A brief survey of the work of geographers in, and on, Papua New Guinea is followed by a preliminary bibliography of their publications
American Activities in the Central Pacific, 1790-1870. A History, Geography and Ethnography Pertaining to American Involvement and Americans in the Pacific Taken from Contemporary Newspapers etc
Journal Article American Activities in the Central Pacific, 1790–1870. A History, Geography and Ethnography Pertaining to American Involvement and Americans in the Pacific Taken from Contemporary Newspapers etc. Vol. I. Ed. by R. Gerard Ward. (Ridgewood, N.J.: Gregg Press, 1966. 316 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, appendix, and index. $37.00.) Get access Merze Tate Merze Tate Howard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acad…
Pacific Port Towns and Cities: A Symposium
Cash Cropping and the Fijian Village: Discussion
Collectivist notions of a nomad tribe
(1955). Collectivist notions of a nomad tribe. Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand: Vol. 6, No. 24, pp. 459-473
Social Roots of Australian Nationalism
“The entire man is, so to speak, to be seen in the cradle of the child. The growth of nations presents something analogous to this; they all bear some marks of their origin; and the circumstances which accompanied their birth and contributed to their rise, affect the whole term of their being.”
The Population of Fiji
N MOST island groups in the South Pacific native populations are steadily increasing, and in some groups, such as Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, the rates of natural increase are among the highest in the world. But in Fiji the more than 25 per cent increase in the indigenous population between 1946 and 1956 is overshadowed by an increase in the Indian population of no less than 40 per cent in the same decade.' The indigenous Fijians have been outnumbere…
The Banana Industry in Western Samoa
(1959). The Banana Industry in Western Samoa. Economic Geography: Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 123-137
The Australian Legend
New Zealand's Industrial Potential
New Zealand's Industrial Potential
Islands of the South Pacific
The Discovery of Australia
Cash Cropping and the Fijian Village
The change from a subsistence to a commercial rural economy frequently brings new attitudes to the allocation of labour and time, to socio-economic organiza? tion, to value systems and to the appraisal of the land. This paper is an examination of some of the changes which such a widening of economic relations has brought to the settlement and agricultural geography of Fijian villages. Other influences, such as Christianity, peace, the presence of…
Cash Cropping and the Fijian Village: Discussion
Australia's Open North
Pacific Port Towns and Cities: A Symposium
Land Use and Population in Fiji: A Geographical Study
The Inland Sea and the Great River
Land and Society in New Zealand: Essays in Historical Geography
Land Use and Population in Fiji
Economic Enquiry in Australia
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American Activities in the Central Pacific, 1790-1870. A History, Geography and Ethnography Pertaining to American Involvement and Americans in the Pacific Taken from Contemporary Newspapers etc
Journal Article American Activities in the Central Pacific, 1790–1870. A History, Geography and Ethnography Pertaining to American Involvement and Americans in the Pacific Taken from Contemporary Newspapers etc. Vol. I. Ed. by R. Gerard Ward. (Ridgewood, N.J.: Gregg Press, 1966. 316 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, appendix, and index. $37.00.) Get access Merze Tate Merze Tate Howard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acad…
American Activities in the Central Pacific, 1790-1870
Unpublished manuscripts IV: An Intelligence report on sandalwood
(1968). Unpublished manuscripts IV. The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 178-180
The Drama of Fiji: A Contemporary History
American Activities in the Central Pacific, 1790-1870: A History, Geography and Ethnography Pertaining to American Involvement and Americans in the Pacific Taken from Contemporary Newspapers etc
Land use and land alienation in Fiji to 1885
(1969). Land use and land alienation in Fiji to 1885. The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 3-25
Man in the Pacific Islands: Essays on Geographical Change in the Pacific Islands
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