Papers of Hal Colebatch, an Australian political scientist who taught in Papua New Guinea in the late 1960s and 1970s and became involved in the independence and development of that country. The materials consist largely of subject files (including papers on the Rural Improvement Program), unpublished writings by others, and diaries.

Dr. Hal K. Colebatch, Australian political scientist, has been actively involved with the independence and development of Papua New Guinea, especially during the 1970s. Colebatch received his education in Australia and Britain. He graduated with honors from the University of Melbourne and earned a master's degree from La Trobe University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Sussex, England, in 1974.

6.2 Linear feet (16 archives boxes)

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