C. D. Mackellar

Summary

C. D. Mackellar Scented Isles and Coral Gardens… (1912)

See New Guinea.
Papuan birds, number of species, 152, 159.
Papuans, 44; characteristics of the women, 106; the men, 107; dress, 107; ornaments, 107; hair, 10; musical instruments, 108; food, 108; houses, 109; temples, 110; belief in witchcraft, 110; system of governing, 112; treachery to the whites, 112, 147, 150; method of working, 130; conversion to Christianity, 205-208; result of contact with the white man, 206.
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C. D. Mackellar Scented Isles and Coral Gardens… (1912)

Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina, proposal for her to visit the Dutch East Indies, 263-265.
New Britain (Neu Pommeru) , 78, 95, 98; the Sacred Heart Mission, 77, 99; lay-brothers and sisters, 88; landing at Herbertshöhe, 103; area, 117; cannibalism of the natives, 134.
New Caledonia, 135.
New Georgia Isle, 118.
New Guinea or Papua, 43, 65; area, 43; natives of, 44; traffic in the labour supply, 44.
New Guinea, Dutch, 46, 199, 209; settlements, 209; expeditions, 209.
New Guinea, German, 46, 66; the flag hoisted, 67; alteration of names, 78; the natives, 106-111
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C. D. Mackellar Scented Isles and Coral Gardens… (1912)

Germany hoists the flag in New Guinea, 67; development of, 68; alteration of names, 78; possessions comprised in New Guinea, 116; police towards, 117; system of land purchase, 128-130; character of the colonists, 163; aims and ambitions, 188-191; power and influence, 228; wish to possess Sumatra, 266,
Germany, Emperor William of, his interest in the N. D. L. Service, 97; method of rewarding, 97.
Gibson, Mr,, his disappearance, 17.
Gildermeister, Captain, 280.
Giles, Ernest, his expedition, 17.
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