British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New GuineaNov 6, 1884Labels: British protectorate, Southeast New, Trobriand IslandsPNG DFANat Archives
British New Guinea formally annexed by BritainSep 4, 1888Labels: British New, Colonial annexation, Trobriand IslandsPNG DFABrit New Guinea
Administration transferred from Britain to AustraliaMar 18, 1902Labels: Administration transfer, Australia, British NewBrit New GuineaPNG DFA
Papua Act passed to organize Australian ruleNov 16, 1905Labels: Papua Act, Australian Parliament, PapuaPapua Act
Territory of Papua established under AustraliaSep 1, 1906Labels: Territory of, Australian administration, Papua ActPapua ActPNG DFA
Malinowski begins extended Trobriand fieldworkMay 1, 1915Labels: Bronis aw, Trobriand fieldwork, AnthropologyMalinowski bioSmithsonian
Malinowski publishes on Milamala seasonal timingJan 1, 1916Labels: Milamala festival, Malinowski, Seasonal timingBaloma text
Malinowski returns for second long fieldwork periodOct 1, 1917Labels: Malinowski return, Long fieldwork, TrobriandsMalinowski bioSmithsonian
Argonauts published, popularizing the Kula exchangeJan 1, 1922Labels: Argonauts, Kula exchange, MalinowskiArgonautsKula ring
Mauss’s The Gift reframes exchange as obligationJan 1, 1925Labels: Marcel Mauss, The Gift, Gift theoryKula ring
Trobriand yam exchanges documented as kinship dutyJan 1, 1929Labels: Yam exchanges, Matrilineal kinship, Trobriand obligationsTrobriand peopleArt Pacific
Coral Gardens published on yam cultivation and ritualJan 1, 1935Labels: Coral Gardens, Yam cultivation, MalinowskiCoral GardensArt Pacific
Austin describes Milamala and seasonal rainsJan 1, 1938Labels: Milamala rains, Austin study, Environmental effectsPNG DFATrobriandsDepth
End-of-era synthesis by 1940: yams, gifts, and authority intertwinedJan 1, 1940Labels: Synthesis 1940, Yam prestige, Kula exchangePNG DFAKula ringCoral Gardens