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James Wightman Davidson

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at the Australian National University. He continued advising islanders, helping to draft constitutions for the
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as well as constitutional adviser to a succession of Island territories in the throes of
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in 1949, Davidson accepted the new chair of Pacific History at the newly established
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Samoa mo Samoa; the emergence of the independent state of Western Samoa
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On Being a Participant Biographer: The Search for J.W. Davidson
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from 1950 to 1973, Davidson was the "founding father of modern
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This biographical article about a New Zealand academic is a
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Scholars at War: Australasian Social Scientists, 1939–1945
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Academic staff of the Australian National University
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European penetration of the South Pacific, 1779-1842
236:Munro, Doug. "J.W. Davidson on the Home Front.” in 79:Research School of Pacific (and Asian) Studies 300: 62:. He gained his PhD in 1942 with a thesis on 8: 361:People educated at Waitaki Boys' High School 307: 293: 162:Davidson, James Wightman (Jim) (1915–1973) 115:The Northern Rhodesian Legislative Council 58:before studying as a doctoral student at 366:Victoria University of Wellington alumni 189:Telling Pacific Lives: Prisms of Process 136:of Vanikoro: Chevalier of the South Seas 148: 97:(at the time of his death). He died in 346:Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 50:on 1 October 1915. He was educated at 156: 154: 152: 7: 371:New Zealand academic biography stubs 251: 249: 336:20th-century New Zealand historians 208:Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 279:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 167:Australian Dictionary of Biography 14: 213:Ministry for Culture and Heritage 267: 260: 254: 21:Australian National University 1: 66:. After wartime work for the 356:Writers from Wellington City 60:St John's College, Cambridge 101:and his body was buried in 68:Naval Intelligence Division 56:Victoria University College 387: 248: 341:Historians of the Pacific 203:"James Wightman Davidson" 127:Pacific Islands portraits 73:While advising chiefs in 52:Waitaki Boys' High School 187:and Vicki Luker, eds., 17:James Wightman Davidson 42:Davidson was born in 191:, ANU Press, 2008. 288: 287: 378: 309: 302: 295: 271: 266: 265: 264: 258: 250: 224: 223: 221: 219: 198: 192: 177: 171: 170:, Vol. 13, 1993. 158: 95:Papua New Guinea 93:(from 1969) and 386: 385: 381: 380: 379: 377: 376: 375: 316: 315: 314: 313: 259: 253: 246: 233: 231:Further reading 228: 227: 217: 215: 200: 199: 195: 178: 174: 160:Donald Denoon, 159: 150: 145: 111: 40: 25:Pacific Islands 12: 11: 5: 384: 382: 374: 373: 368: 363: 358: 353: 348: 343: 338: 333: 328: 318: 317: 312: 311: 304: 297: 289: 286: 285: 272: 242: 241: 232: 229: 226: 225: 193: 172: 147: 146: 144: 141: 140: 139: 130: 124: 118: 110: 107: 39: 36: 32:decolonisation 28:historiography 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 383: 372: 369: 367: 364: 362: 359: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 342: 339: 337: 334: 332: 329: 327: 324: 323: 321: 310: 305: 303: 298: 296: 291: 290: 284: 282: 278: 273: 270: 263: 257: 252: 247: 244: 239: 235: 234: 230: 214: 210: 209: 204: 201:Munro, Doug. 197: 194: 190: 186: 182: 176: 173: 169: 168: 163: 157: 155: 153: 149: 142: 137: 135: 131: 128: 125: 122: 119: 116: 113: 112: 108: 106: 104: 100: 96: 92: 89:(from 1967), 88: 85:(from 1963), 84: 80: 76: 75:Western Samoa 71: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 37: 35: 33: 29: 26: 22: 18: 281:expanding it 274: 245: 243: 237: 216:. Retrieved 206: 196: 188: 183:, ch. 13 of 179:Doug Munro, 175: 165: 134:Peter Dillon 132: 126: 120: 114: 99:Port Moresby 83:Cook Islands 72: 63: 41: 16: 15: 331:1973 deaths 326:1915 births 185:Brij V. Lal 48:New Zealand 320:Categories 143:References 91:Micronesia 44:Wellington 218:23 April 103:Canberra 138:, 1974 129:, 1970 123:, 1967 117:, 1947 109:Works 87:Nauru 277:stub 220:2017 54:and 38:Life 34:". 322:: 211:. 205:. 164:, 151:^ 105:. 46:, 308:e 301:t 294:v 283:. 222:.

Index

Australian National University
Pacific Islands
historiography
decolonisation
Wellington
New Zealand
Waitaki Boys' High School
Victoria University College
St John's College, Cambridge
Naval Intelligence Division
Western Samoa
Research School of Pacific (and Asian) Studies
Cook Islands
Nauru
Micronesia
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Canberra
Peter Dillon



Davidson, James Wightman (Jim) (1915–1973)
Australian Dictionary of Biography
On Being a Participant Biographer: The Search for J.W. Davidson
Brij V. Lal
"James Wightman Davidson"
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Flag of New Zealand

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