Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (1948-)Recorder: Donald John Noble Denoon (1940-2024)Speaker: Sir Paul Lapun (1923-2003)2025-12-162025-12-1625-Aug-196AU ANUA 406-213https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733795676Rorovana Land Crisis, Bougainville Island, 25 Aug - 8 Sep 1969. Local landowners were forced to accept an Australian High Court ruling that legitimised mining leases on Bougainville.01:30:1001:26:0401:27:28sound cassettesound tape reelspoken wordaudio/mpegaudio/wavtpiCopper mines and mining -- Papua New Guinea -- Bougainville Island -- HistoryNasioi (Melanesian people) -- Land tenure -- HistoryBougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) -- HistoryPapua New Guinea -- Politics and governmentRorovana Land Crisis: first day of talks, recorded 25 August 1969This audio recording is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University