NEW GUINEAR ESEARCHU NTI BULLETIN Nubmer1 0 THE SIALNGA RESETTLEMENT PROJCET Olgav anR ijwsijck February1 966 Publishbeydt heN ewG uineaR esearhc Uni,t AustralianN aitonalU nviersity, G.P.O. Box Cabnerr,a .CA.T. 4, and P.O. Box 779,P otr Morebsy, Papu-aNewG uinea AUSTRLAIANN ATIONLA UNIVRESITY ResearchS chooolf P acific Stuides NewG uineaR esearchUn itC ommittee SirJ ohnC rwaford, Charima,n Direcotro ft heS chool J.W. Davisdon,D epatrmento fH istoraynd G overnment H.C.B rokofeild,D epatrmento fG egorahpy AnnC hwonnig, Depatrmento fA nthropologayn dS oicology E.K.F is,k Departmento fE cnoomisc R.G.C rcoombe, NewG unieaR esearhc Unit Edtior, NewG unieaR esearchU nitB uleltni R.G.C rcoombe C N T E N T S 0 Inrtodutcino 1 Chpater1 BeforeR esetltement 3 - Chpate2r Resetlteme:n Rteasonsa ndP reparaitons 11 - Chatper3 Resetlting: Imlpementatino andD evleopment 14 - Chatper4 BeignninBgu isnessE netrprisaen dt he - CacaPor joect 18 Chpate5r The SocialAs pectasn dP rbolemso f - Resetetmlent 26 Chpater6 TheR odK aotlik 32 - Chpater7 Leadership 40 - Appendic:e 1s.T he Uaislau CacaPor joect 44 2.L andT enure 47 Bilbiography 49 Maps: TheN akanaAire ao fN ewB riatin Follwoingp . 2 SilangaS etltemen(tks etched) Follwoingp .2 6 i INTRDOUCTION Frmo 1O5c tboert o2 7N ovebmer1 964, I waatSs ilangai nC enrtal Naknaai, NewB riatin, too bsevret heo rgnaization ofa resetlteme,n t theh isotry ofw hich wassim ilar tot he sreetltemenotf tPhaep una Kunip epole atB akoiudwuh ich Is tudiedi ntensvielyf ore igheten monthsb etweeJnu yl 1963a ndA pril1 965u ndert hea uspiecs otfh e Autsralina NaitonalU nievrsiyt. The remarbklaes imilaribteywt een thet wor esetltemetnsh ad beenp onitedou tt om eb yM rK enB rwon, AssisnttaD itsritc Offeirc, Centrla Distrti,wc hoh ad bene asso­ citaedw ithb oht. The purposoef m yv isitt oS ilangaw asn ot to decsrbieo ra nalzyet hes itaution ther,e butt op rvoidea brodaer comapraitveb akcgorunda ganistw hich Im igth morep rofibtlya channel my Kunir esaerhc. Thisp apera ttemptsn om ore tnh taog ivea sc omlpetaen accuont of tohrei ng iandp renstes ttaeo ft heS ilangar esetltemenats I coulodbt ain durinmgy briefst ay ther.e Consiedringt hes horetsns 1 oft het imes penta tS ilnagaa ndt hel angugaeo bstacel, thei nfomra­ tionp rseentedhe rei sc onditionala ndt enttaive. Manyp ointsm ay laetrb em odifieodrd ispvreod, andi t ihsop edt hatt hipsa per may promtp someobdy else tuond eraktea fulsl tudy ofS ialnag,w hichi t undotuebdyl desevres. Iti s pale asuret oa cknwoledgteh eg enerouhs ospiltiaty, unfai­l ingc o-poeartino ands ustianedi netresotf F atehrF .X. Wanger during mys tya atS ilanga. My thnaksa rea lsdou et oM rF old,i thne Dis­ tricCtomm issioner, MrE .H icks, Distirct Ofifcer, rFankL ibefire,d PatrolO ffciera ndr eisdentsa tt heC apeH oksinsP atrolP ostf or theirc o-oepration andn umreous kniesnsdepsr emliinartyo m y going toS ilanga. To tpheep ole ofS ilnagaa sa whole, tot heirw armth ando pen-haertendes,s goewsh atevre meritt hsi papehra s. iWhlem y graittduee xetndst oa l,l it fuoscesin p artiuclra no JohnM anek,e theh eda oft her esetltemenatn da personalf riendw ho, toegther witht heT olai scholo-etachresT oL uanaan dT oK amu,k proveda n indfeatigable inetrpretearn ds taunhceh lepr. Lastb utn otl esat, 1 Althgohup idgni-nEgilshi su sebdy allt hrelean guageg ruopsa t Sialnga, it unissa itsfcatory fort horoughi nevsitgtaino. 1 2 my spceiatlh naksg ot ot heS isteartsS ilanga whok now themeslves thee xetnto f miyn detbendesst ot hme. My thnaksa rea lsdou et o DrR .C rocombe, DrA nnC howni,n agnd sMsesr HansZ eick and R.E vans whor eda thed rafotf t hep apera ndc ommetnedo ni t;a lsto o MrsN anW atkinfso rt ypintgh ep apera ndm akinvga ulalbes uggsetoins. THEN AKANAIA REAO FN EWB RITAIN EAST / / NAKANAI / / / / / / / / / / / BANGULA BAY COMMODORE BAY \ ��" /( ) \ � )WE ST NAKANAI / I /• OArGI rT � uBAI n N 1' PULEPUNA II A M LUGEK.I SIL•U VI •/ I I LINGITE/ • ..\1 1 l --�I-�L I • I / --- l ' � ' \ '\-I - --r ------�_ _ ,..j,- MAMUSI CENSUS DIVISION 0 4 � MILES J.H.