Welcome to Pacific Research Collections
The Pacific Research Collections (PRC) at the Australian National University consists of the collections of the ANU Library, the Pacific Manuscript Bureau and the newly established Pacific Research Archives, together with extensive collections of Pacific Islands research materials gathered by various other parts of the University. More..
Sarah Walls - Interviews with Jean-Marie Tjibaou
An exciting new collection has arrived in the Pacific Research Archives at the ANU. Sarah Walls a journalist who covered New Caledonia for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, conducted two interviews with Kanak independence leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou in the year before his assassination in 1989. Walls interviewed Tjibaou soon after the signing in June 1988 of the Matignon Accord, the peace plan for New Caledonia following the four year conflict over independence. These interviews provide insights into Tjibaous's personal views on the peace plan, his hopes for the future of the Kanak people and his ideas relating to multiracial society "one founded on recognition of Kanak sovereignty, and extending a welcome to those who came later" Sarah Walls generously donated the two interviews in digital format along with transcripts of the interviews and translations of the transcripts to the Pacific Research Archives in August 2007. Please contact the Pacific Research Archives for access.
Pacific Research Archives
The Pacific Research Archives (PRA) at the Australian National University is the premier Australian centre for research and teaching resources on the Pacific.
The PRA collects, preserves and provides access to unpublished and published research material from and about the Pacific Islands. Collecting by the Pacific Research Archives is guided by its Collecting Policy.
A number of Finding Aids about this collection have been produced.
The PRA collaborates with the ANU Archives, the ANU Library, the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, the National Library of Australia and the National Archives of Australia to develop the Pacific resources at the ANU.
The PRA is supported by the ANU College of Asia & the Pacific.
