05/06/2026
🗺 Explore Professor Rosita Henry’s archival journey into how kiaps (patrol officers) shaped political education and nation-building in Papua New Guinea in the 1960s and 1970s, as the 2025 Fryer Fellow.
📚 Drawing on the rich Papua New Guinea Association of Australia collection, this research uncovers the complexities, challenges and human stories behind preparing a nation for independence, revealing moments of uncertainty, ambition and deep commitment to shaping PNG’s future.
🔗 Read Patrol Officers as Political Educators: An Archival Ethnography in the Fryer Library on our website: https://web.library.uq.edu.au/stories/patrol-officers-kiaps-political-educators-archival-ethnography-fryer-library