Cahill, Peter

Peter Cahill is a former projects officer of the Department of the Administrator in Konedobu, Port Moresby, where his interest in the history of Papua New Guinea developed. His research concentrated on the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain. His article dealing with the Chinese in between the wars was published in The journal of Pacific history in July 1996. Cahill also published an article on the Expropriation Board 1921-1927, and carried out further research work on pre-1900 European traders and pre-1942 European planters. His work on collecting Papua New Guinea documentation held by Australians who have lived and worked in Papua New Guinea during the Australian colonial administration blossomed into the New Guinea Collection at the Fryer Library at the University of Queensland.