Hank Nelson Explained

Hank Nelson
Birth Date:	1937 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Boort, Victoria
Death Place:	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Workplaces:	University of Papua New Guinea Australian National University
Alma Mater:	University of Melbourne (BA, MEd) University of Papua New Guinea (PhD)
Main Interests:	History of Papua New Guinea Australian prisoner of war experience
Awards:	Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1994) Member of the Order of Australia (2008)

Hyland Neil "Hank" Nelson (21 October 1937 – 17 February 2012) was one of Australia's foremost historians of the Pacific, particularly Papua New Guinea. His interest in the region began in 1966 when he took a teaching position at the Administrative College of Papua New Guinea and later the University. He lived in Papua New Guinea for seven years and studied the period of Japanese occupation, which led to several publications.

He worked on several displays and archival material at the Australian War Memorial about the war in Papua New Guinea,^[1] as well as films and radio documentaries. He was Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) until his death from cancer in February 2012.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Bibliography

Books

• Book: Nelson. Hank. Jinks. Brian. Biskup. Peter. A Short History of New Guinea. 1970. Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 9780207120725. 1.
• Book: Nelson, Hank. Papua-New Guinea: Black Unity or Black Chaos?. Penguin Books. Ringwood, Victoria. 1972. 9780140214062. 1.
• Book: Nelson, Hank. Black, White and Gold: Gold Mining in Papua New Guinea, 1878–1930. Australian National University Press. Canberra. 1976. 9780708104880. 1.
• Book: Nelson. Hank. Griffin. James. James Griffin (philosopher). Papua New Guinea: A Political History. Heinemann Educational Australia. Richmond, Victoria. 1979. 9780858591974. 1.
• Book: Nelson, Hank. Taim Bilong Masta: The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea. Australian Broadcasting Commission. Sydney. 1982. 9780642975669. 1.
• Book: Nelson, Hank. P.O.W. Prisoners of War: Australians Under Nippon. ABC Enterprises for the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Sydney. 1985. 9780642527363. 1.
• Book: Nelson, Hank. With Its Hat About Its Ears: Recollections of the Bush School. ABC Enterprises for the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Crows Nest, New South Wales. 1989. 9780642129840. 1.
• Book: Nelson, Hank. From Wagga to Waddington: Australians in Bomber Command. Menzies Centre for Australian Studies. London. 2002. 1855071207. 1.
• Book: Nelson, Hank. Chased by the Sun: Courageous Australians in Bomber Command in World War II. ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Sydney. 2002. 0733310702. 1.
  • Book: Nelson, Hank. Chased by the Sun: The Australians in Bomber Command in World War II. Allen & Unwin. Crows Nest, New South Wales. 2006. 2nd. 9781741148473. 1.
• Book: Nelson, Hank. Australian Prisoners of War, 1941–1945: Australians in the Pacific War. Department of Veterans' Affairs. Canberra. 2007. 978-1920720797. 1.

Edited books

• Book: Nelson. Hank. Lutton. Nancy. Robertson. S.. Select Topics in the History of Papua and New Guinea. University of Papua and New Guinea. Port Moresby. 1969. 9780207124853. 1.
• Book: Nelson. Hank. Jinks. Brian. Biskup. Peter. Readings in New Guinea History. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1973. 9780207124853. 1.
• Book: Nelson. Hank. May. R.J.. Melanesia: Beyond Diversity. Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. Canberra. 1982. 9780867840452. 1.
• Book: Nelson. Hank. McCormack. Gavan. Gavan McCormack. The Burma-Thailand Railway: Memory and History. Allen & Unwin. St. Leonards, New South Wales. 1993. 9781863734233. 1.
• Book: Nelson. Hank. Lal. Brij V.. Lines Across the Sea: Colonial Inheritance in the Post Colonial Pacific. Pacific History Association. Brisbane. 1995. 0646246402. 1.
• Book: Stanton. Eddie A.. Nelson. Hank. The War Diaries of Eddie Allan Stanton: Papua, 1942–45, New Guinea, 1945–46. Allen & Unwin. St. Leonards, New South Wales. 1996. 9781864480641.

External links

• Silence broken on Australia's worst maritime disaster
• Papua New Guinea upheaval comes as no surprise
• Review of Chased by the Sun

Notes and References

1. Web site: Who is behind the Remember the war in New Guinea project?. . 24 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080801202035/http://ajrp.awm.gov.au/ajrp/remember.nsf/pages/NT00002E02 . 1 August 2008.
2. Web site: Hank Nelson. . 24 April 2008.
3. News: Award-winning academic dissected PNG's history. 1 March 2012. The Canberra Times. 2 March 2012.
4. News: Ian. Howie-Willis. Nelson, Hyland Neil (Hank) (1937–2012) . . 13 June 2013.