[Two diaries of Australian Patrol Officer R.J. Kelly, Kagua, Southern Highlands, New Guinea]

"A fascinating journal recording the daily itinerary of a Southern Highlands Patrol Officer, including administering the law and keeping the peace, treating the sick, the conducting of a census of the native population, surveying unexplored tracks, building activities, encounters with other patrols and with missionaries, lists of native personnel in the Papuan Constabulary, and a hand-drawn map of Kagua Station." -- from Bookseller's brief.