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CSIRO and Land Research in Papua New Guinea 1950–2000: Part 1: Pre-Independence (2019)

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During the period 1953–69, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) conducted fourteen integrated land resource surveys in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea with the aim of identifying areas suitable for accelerated development. The resulting reconnaissance-level regional survey reports and maps provided extensive baseline information for national development planning. Related disciplinary publications expanded scientific knowledge of land resources and resource use in the wet tropics more generally. Substantial botanical collections carried out during the surveys contributed to building the Papua New Guinea (PNG) national collection at the Lae Herbarium and to the establishment of what is now the Australian National Herbarium.

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Authors & Contributors
Orchiston, Wayne
Stephen R. Morton
Margaret H. Friedel
Burnett, D. Graham
Ellis, Elizabeth
Huxley, Robert
Journals
Historical Records of Australian Science
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Archives of Natural History
History of Science
Publishers
Princeton University
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Miegunyah Press
The MIT Press
NatureBureau
Four Gables Press
Concepts
Botany
Collectors and collecting
Herbarium; herbaria
Biographies
Specimens
Biological specimens
People
Macquarie, Lachlan
Rauwolf, Leonhart
Sloane, Hans
Slatyer, Ralph Owen
Mittag-Leffler, Magnus Gustaf
Palanza, Alfonso
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
Places
Australia
Sydney (Australia)
Italy
Cambridge (England)
Tasmania (Australia)
Papua New Guinea
Institutions
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) (Australia)
Cambridge University
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Australian National University
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