[Papua New Guinea]

Black & White. The Territory's Monthly Magazine. February, 1967 (Vol. 1, No. 3) [and] March, 1967 (Vol. 1, No. 4)

Boroko, Port Moresby, Southsea Publishing Company, 1967.

Quarto, two issues, 20 and 20 pages (including the covers) with numerous illustrations.

Saddle-stapled pictorial wrappers; creased and a little marked; paper a little tanned; in very good condition.

Two early issues of this scarce publication from pre-independence New Guinea. 'A well illustrated satirical magazine for the expatriate community, "Black & White" "set out to prove that the people of this Territory are capable of having a laugh at themselves". It includes cartoons of Gordon Tripp, attacks on the Territory's administration and commentary on race relations leading up to independence in Papua New Guinea. It was eventually suppressed by legislation in the House of Assembly preventing publication of written matter which could be construed as "threatening, provocative or offensive to people of other races or tribes"' (National Library of Australia).

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