New Guinea Days: A Tale of Love and Adventure

New Guinea Days is a personal memoir of Michael O’Connor’s life as a kiap, a patrol officer, in Papua New Guinea over 50 years ago. In plain language, he describes the challenging and varied daily work of the kiap: life with a young and growing family on godforsaken outstations; the hot, mosquito-ridden swamps of the immense Fly River; the freezing cold of the high central range; the hair-raising hazards of pioneer “bush” aviation; snakes in the house and crocodiles lurking in the streams.

Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Limited
Date Published: 2014
Book Condition: Very good softcover, showing minimal edge wear from light handling. The spine is unbroken, and the binding remains tight. Unmarked internally—the pages are entirely clean, crisp, and free of writing, highlighting, or stains.