Person
Hides, Jack Gordon (1906 - 1938)
- Born
- 24 June 1906
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Died
- 19 June 1938
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Explorer
Summary
Jack Hides was a Patrol Officer in Papua and New Guinea 1931-1936 and led a number of expeditions into Papua during the early 1930s.
Details
Chronology
- 1911 - 1917
- Education - Educated at Port Moresby European School in Papua New Guinea
- 1917
- Education - Educated at Einasleigh State School in Queensland
- 1918 - 1919
- Education - Private tuition
- 1920
- Education - Educated at Maleny State School in Queensland
- July 1925 - May 1926
- Career position - Cadet Clerk in the Papuan Public Service in Papua New Guinea
- May 1926 - February 1928
- Career position - Cadet Patrol Officer in the magisterial branch of the Government Secretary's Department in Papua New Guinea
- February 1928 - February 1934
- Career position - Patrol Officer in the magisterial branch of the Government Secretary's Department in Papua New Guinea
- 1931 - 1932
- Career position - Led patrols from Kerema into the kukukuku country, Papua New Guinea
- February 1934 - 1936
- Career position - Assistant Resident Magistrate, 2nd grade in Papua New Guinea
- 1935
- Career position - Led an expedition into the area between the Strickland and Purari rivers, Papua New Guinea
- 1937
- Career position - Private prospecting expedition up the Strickland River in Papua New Guinea
Archival resources
National Archives of Australia, National Office
- Jack Gordon Hides - Records, 1932 - 1949, CRS A518; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
- Jack Gordon Hides - Records, 1931 - 1935, CRS A7034 ex AS13/26; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
Published resources
Books
- Hides, Jack Gordon, Through Wildest Papua (London: Blackie, 1935), 165 pp. Details
- Hides, Jack Gordon, Beyond the Kubea (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1939), 173 pp. Details
- Sinclair, James, The Outside Man: Jack Hides of Papua (Melbourne: Angus & Robertson, 1969), 267 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Sinclair, James, 'Hides, Jack Gordon (1906-1938), public servant and explorer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 282-283. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090292b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3655466. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/257260348. Details
- 'Hides, J G (1906-1968)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-484039. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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