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Papers of Richard Curtain
MSS 290

Collection Title

Papers of Richard Curtain

Collection Identifier

MSS 290

Inclusive date(s)

1956 to 1980

Extent and Medium

7 boxes

Creator(s)

Category

Other

Subject: Person(s)

Subject: Organisation(s)

Collection Description

Research papers relating to Richard Curtain's thesis on migration and unemployment in Papua New Guinea (1974-1980)

Administrative / Biographical history

Richard Curtain, Australian sociologist and demographer, began his studies in the late 1960s at La Trobe University, Melbourne before undertaking doctoral studies at Australian National University (ANU) in 1974. He has consulted in public policy development for numerous agencies including UNICEF, the World Bank, the Government of Samoa, the International Labour Organization, and as labour market and mobility specialist in the Pacific for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In 2018 Richard Curtain was appointed as a Research Fellow at the Development Policy Centre, ANU focusing on Pacific labour mobility.

References:

Crawford School of Public Policy – Richard Curtain https://crawford.anu.edu.au/people/academic/richard-curtain, Australian National University, retrieved 02 November 2020

Scope and Content

This collection relates to Richard Curtain and his doctoral thesis on rural urban migration and urban unemployment in Papua New Guinea, published as Dual dependencies and Sepik labour migration (1980). It comprises collated research papers and includes published reports, case studies, questionnaires, policy submissions, discussion papers and associated printed ephemera.

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: Open Access

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Disclaimer

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

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