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Item ID
WM2-001n
Title A Bit Na Ta - Resources
Description Recordings on 15th October 1990 about conversations and accounts of Anton ToValiria and William Taupa on the land acquisition and titles of the customary lands of the Rasiman Plantation, located in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The background offers historical context about the region and its colonial past, which can shed light on the environment in which a plantation like Rasiman might have existed.

From 1884 to 1914, the northern part of Papua New Guinea, including the Gazelle Peninsula where Rasiman is located, was part of the German colony of Kaiser-Wilhelmsland. The German colonial administration actively promoted plantation agriculture. Plantations, like Rasiman, were a common feature of the colonial era, often established for cultivating crops like copra (dried coconut).

The Tolai people which ToValiria and Taupa represent in the conversation are the indigenous inhabitants of the Gazelle Peninsula, including the area where Rasiman Plantation is situated.

(David Bridie & Steven Gagau, July 2025)
Origination date 1990-10-15
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/001n
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David Bridie
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Region / village Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain Province
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Jodie Kell
Data Categories historical reconstruction
Data Types Sound
Discourse type narrative
Roles Anton ToValiria : speaker
William Taupa : speaker
DOI 10.26278/wck4-5b12
Cite as David Bridie (collector), Anton ToValiria (speaker), William Taupa (speaker), 1990. A Bit Na Ta - Resources. MPEG/VND.WAV. WM2-001n at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/wck4-5b12
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WM2-001n-001.mp3 audio/mpeg 41.3 MB 00:45:04.639
WM2-001n-001.wav audio/vnd.wav 1.45 GB 00:45:04.590
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Collection Information
Collection ID WM2
Collection title Wantok Musik Foundation (WMF) - Music Label Recordings of Oceania Region.
Description The Wantok Musik Foundation is an Australian-based not-for-profit Music Label that records, releases and promotes culturally infused music from Indigenous Australia, Melanesia and Oceania. The brand “Wantok Musik” is a Melanesian term that reflects talking with a common language “one talk” although in the diverse cultures of the region that may have different sounds, different beats, different instruments, the music we all share is common and singing about the same things such as our history, our lore, our education, our hurts, our joys, our injustices, our struggles, our lives, our communities and our stories. This Collection preserves rich musical talents and artists of the Oceania region where the Wantok Musik Label through album recordings and collaborative projects has fostered cross-cultural initiatives and exchange. Through music and language within the diverse cultures of the region, we hear, share and learn about entertainers, performers and artistic and creative expressions where over the years, the Wantok Musik label has recorded, released and promoted of music from First Nation Australia, Melanesia and Oceania. Wantok Musik promotes local and international profile of First Nation and world music groups based in the region by supporting and providing greater economic opportunity for artists, long-term career sustainability at the same time by managing the various activities addresses social issues with creative and culturally focused approaches.
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David Bridie
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David Bridie
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Data access narrative
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