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Maggie Wilson was born in the highlands of Papua New Guinea to Melka Amp Jara, a woman of the highlands, and Patrick Leahy, brother of Australian explorers Michael and Daniel Leahy, who were among the first Australian explorers to encounter people in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, during an expedition in search for gold.
Maggie's life serves as a window into the complex social and cultural transformations experienced during the early years of the Australian administration in Papua New Guinea and the first three decades after independence.
This ethnography--started as an autobiography and completed by Rosita Henry after Maggie's death in 2009--tells Maggie's story and the stories of those whose lives she touched. Their recollections of Maggie Wilson offer insights into life in Papua New Guinea today.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments¿¿¿Rosita Henry
Prologue¿¿¿Maggie Wilson
Editor's Introduction¿¿¿Rosita Henry
¿1.¿Birth and Belonging
¿2.¿Tribal Threads: The Elti Penambi
¿3.¿Entwined: Law, Life and Land
¿4.¿Kuta Ridge: The White Man's Station
¿5.¿My Village Childhood
¿6.¿Off to School
¿7.¿My First Return
¿8.¿Life with the Leahys
¿9.¿Australia in the 1970s
10.¿Picking Up Threads: Back to PNG
11.¿Motherhood: Bernadine
12.¿Working Woman
13.¿Tying the Knot
14.¿A Village Baby: Olivia
15.¿Here Comes Maki
16.¿The Gift of Nadia
17.¿Weaving Threads: Women and Politics
18.¿Making Pictures
19.¿Friendship Bonds: Haus Poroman¿¿¿Rosita Henry
20.¿Mending Breaks: Haus Krai¿¿¿Rosita Henry
21.¿Reflections: Tying Up Loose Ends¿¿¿Rosita Henry
Chapter Notes
References
Index
About the author
The late Maggie Wilson was the daughter of Melka Amp Jara, a woman of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, and Patrick Leahy, older brother of Michael and Daniel Leahy, who were among the first Australian explorers to encounter people in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, during an expedition in search for gold.
