Missionary collectors were active throughout PNG. Some notable collectors included Gerhard Peekel New Ireland (1941-450, J and MS Clemens (1935-41), and Cedric Carr (1933-36). Much exploration for the purpose of extending Administration control was undertaken during the term of office of Sir Hubert Murray 1908-40. Major well-organized expeditions were conducted in the 1920s and 1930s. In a major journey in 1927-28, C. Karius and I.F. Champion spent four months crossing from the Fly River to the Sepik River. In 1935, J. G. Hides and L.J. O’Malley followed the Strickland River into the well populated southern highlands. In 1936 and 1937 expeditions led by Ivan Champion reached Mount Hagen and Lake Kutubu. By 1939 Murray believed that the whole of Papua had been explored. This was not entirely correct. It was not until the 1950s that Administration patrols reached parts of the Southern Highlands. .
Photo Credit Mark Coode 1968 Osia, Keith Woolliams and Wakaru Lae Gardens. Keith Woolliams (1940-2011) replaced Andree Millar in the Garden side of the Division of Botany and went subsequently to Waimea Botanical Garden in the Hawaiian Islands, then to Oregon. http://keithwoolliams.last-memories.com/.
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