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Land tenure conversion in the northern district of Papua

Port Moresby, New Guinea Research Unit, Australian National University (17)Published In 1967 • Pages: ix, 57

By: Morawetz, David.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source describes a government project initiated in 1964 in the Northern District of Papua, in which land previously held by the Orokaiva under customary tenure was converted to registered individual title. The author examines the motivation and expectations of the people at one of the first conversion scheme sites, Ombi-Tara, and explores the effects of conversion on Ombi-Tara agricultural productivity, land use, settlement patterns, work organization, and social life.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Real property
Tillage
Arboriculture
Special crops
Public welfare
Functional and adaptational interpretations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Orokaiva
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2004
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Melanesia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Unknown
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
David Sherwood ; 1984
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1966
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1960s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ombi-Tara, Popondetta Sub-District, Northern District, Papua New Guinea
NotesAdditional notes
David Morawetz
Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-55)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
79435282
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)