The South Pacific Education Archive consists of material donated by Dr. Bob Teasdale, who was an associate professor in the School of Education at Flinders University and Director of the Flinders University Institute of International Education. The material is a diverse collection relating to education in the South Pacific, and is the only known source in South Australia for a number of journals.
The collection comprises of 7 shelves of published items plus 7 archive boxes. Contents include journals, reports (final, annual, draft), notes, working papers, articles, official publications and conference papers. They range between the years 1975 and 2001.
Dr Teasdale has a long term interest in the South Pacific, beginning during his years as a student, and growing through such varied roles as editor of the South Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, and advisor on various education-related projects. An example was his role as consultant to the Education Division of UNESCO in 1989-1990, on the implementation of adult literacy programs in the South Pacific. He was also involved with a number of projects with AusAid (the Australian Agency for International Development).
Journals in the archives include:
The USP Bulletin. Weekly newsletter of USP (University of the South Pacific), 1983-2001 (incomplete)
Pacific Island Monthly. Monthly Journal, 1984-1988 (incomplete)
Islands Business. Monthly Journal, 1984-present.
Directions: The journal of the USP Institute of Education. The only academic journal in the South Pacific in the field of Education. 1983 -1998 (incomplete). The only known source in South Australia.
The South Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. Includes all issues published under Dr Teasdale’s editorship, 1975-1981.
Go to the South Pacific Education archives in findit@flinders.
General Special Collections conditions of access apply.
Box No |
Folder No |
Title |
Author |
Citation |
Notes |
Date |
1 |
1 |
USP - Visits |
Summaries of study, training visits, fellowships |
1985-1993 |
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1 |
2 |
IDP - General |
Issues- business cards, passport, study visit allowance, fellowship. |
1988-1990 |
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1 |
3 |
IDP - Administration |
budget 1990/1991, medical cards, phone/fax numbers |
1989-1991 |
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1 |
4 |
USP - Adminstration |
Staff workers compensation, development and training, staff assistance |
1989-1991 |
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1 |
5 |
USP- Photograph negatives |
No date |
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1 |
6 |
IDP - Progress reports |
Quarterly reports |
1991/1992 |
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1 |
7 |
USP - Courses/programs |
Proposed courses in teaching, TESL, Pre-school, Primary education, extension studies, library certificate. |
1981- 1982 |
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1 |
8 |
USP - 6th Advisory Seminar |
Institute of Education: reports, papers. |
1981 |
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1 |
9 |
USP - Press articles |
News clippings 1983 advisory seminar, letters to editor 1991 |
1983-1991 |
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1 |
10 |
USP- Future Directions Conference |
Regional Conference on Future Directions for USP: background papers, conference papers from the university etc. Held December 12-15 1983 |
1983 |
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1 |
11 |
USP- Future Directions Conference |
Regional Conference on Future Directions for USP: background papers, conference papers from the university etc. Held December 12-15 1983. |
1983 |
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1 |
12 |
USP- Future Directions Conference |
Regional Conference on Future Directions for USP: background papers, conference papers from the university etc. Held 12-15 December 1983 |
1983 |
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1 |
13 |
USP- Future Directions Conference |
Regional Conference on Future Directions for USP: background papers, conference papers from the university etc. Held 12-15 December 1983 |
1983 |
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1 |
14 |
USP - Future Directions Conference |
Regional Conference on Future Directions for USP: preparation, memos etc. Held 12-15 December 1983 |
1983 |
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2 |
1 |
USP- Future Directions Conference |
Plenary sessions 1-5, conference proceedings. |
1983 |
||
2 |
2 |
Teasdale - Country visits: daily summaries |
Daily summary of country visits by Teasdale. |
1983 |
||
2 |
3 |
Australia and the South Pacific conference |
Centre for continuing education, Australian National University and the foundation for the peoples of the South Pacific (Australia). Conference Feb 18-19 1982. Ephemera. |
Feb 18-19 1982 |
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2 |
4 |
IDP - Consultant reports |
Reports on visits to USP |
1984-1993 |
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2 |
5 |
IDP - Consultant reports |
Reports on visits to USP |
1984-1993 |
||
2 |
6 |
Conference 'Planning and management of education and human resource development in small states' |
Steve Packer |
Conference papers: held at the Institute of Education, University of London, 21-23 May 1990. |
May 1990 |
|
2 |
7 |
Conference 'Planning and management of higher education in small systems' |
Pa'o H. Luteru |
Conference papers: held at the Institute of Education, University of London, 21-23 May 1990. |
May 1990 |
|
2 |
8 |
Conference 'Planning and management of higher education in small systems' |
GR Teasdale |
Conference papers: held at the Institute of Education, University of London, 21-23 May 1990. |
May 1990 |
|
2 |
9 |
Conference 'Planning and management of higher education in small systems' |
Abdullah Al-shanfari |
Conference papers: held at the Institute of Education, University of London, 21-23 May 1990. |
May 1990 |
|
2 |
10 |
Conference 'Planning and management of higher education in small systems' |
Juliet Chieuw |
Conference papers: held at the Institute of Education, University of London, 21-23 May 1990. |
May 1990 |
|
3 |
1 |
Conference on education 1989 |
Workshops on 'Quality issues in education' and 'Economies of scale in post-secondary education' held in Fiji 6-10 January, 1989 hosted by conference by Economic Development Institute of the World Bank |
January 1989 |
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3 |
2 |
Conference 'Land Tenure & Development...' |
Pa'o Luteru, Flinders Uni |
Aid and Pacific Island development within the framework of customary land tenure: some social and educational implications; |
Conference Papers 'Land Tenure and Development in the Pacific Islands' Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, Uni of Canterbury, NZ. |
12-16 November, 1990 |
3 |
3 |
'Conference Higher education in the Pacific' |
P.H. Luteru |
Financing of higher education in Pacific Island countries and the impact of foreign aid on pacific mores, ideas and traditions: the case of the University of the South Pacific |
Draft and revised version of paper prepared for workshop at University of Melbourne |
24-27 Sept, 1990 |
3 |
4 |
C.F.T.C. Regional Seminar - Manpower Training in the South Pacific |
Papers and presentations on Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tokelau, Tonga, Western Samoa,Tuvalu, Kiribati. Conference held at Apia, Western Somoa, 12-16 July, 1983 |
July 1983 |
||
3 |
5 |
SPATE conferences |
South Pacific and Australian Teacher Educators, various papers and session outlines. |
1981-1984 |
||
3 |
6 |
Mulitlevel development conference |
Session papers: conference held in Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
10-13 Jan, 1990 |
||
3 |
7 |
Articles on education |
Tom Kaye |
No date |
||
3 |
8 |
South Pacific regional articles |
Photocopies of various journal articles |
Various |
||
3 |
9 |
Newspaper clippings |
Pacific region, USP, Australian aid |
Various |
||
3 |
10 |
Academic articles- miscellaneous |
Various |
|||
3 |
11 |
Academic articles- miscellaneous |
Various |
|||
3 |
12 |
Articles - Land development/ property rights |
Land development policies in Vanuatu, Tonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific, Western Samoa, American Samoa, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea |
Various |
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4 |
1 |
Education articles |
Various |
|||
4 |
2 |
Education articles |
Various |
|||
4 |
3 |
Education articles |
Various |
|||
4 |
4 |
Adult literacy articles |
||||
4 |
5 |
Higher education articles |
||||
4 |
6 |
Higher education articles |
||||
4 |
7 |
Curriculum development articles |
||||
4 |
8 |
French uni of the Pacific |
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4 |
9 |
Articles on small states |
Unesco round table paper, health planning in small states, United Nations conference paper |
|||
4 |
10 |
New Zealand aid |
Development assistance programme and review, speeches, articles. |
1975 - 1985 |
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4 |
11 |
New Zealand aid |
Development assistance reviews, programmes, memos, plans. |
1986-1990 |
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5 |
1 |
Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade |
Submissions regarding Australia's relations with the South Pacific |
1987 |
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5 |
2 |
Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade |
Submission of the department of Foreign Affairs |
1987 |
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5 |
3 |
Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade |
Journal article, letters, submissions etc |
1988 |
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5 |
4 |
Australian International Development Assistance Bureau |
Reports to AIDAB |
1987 |
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5 |
5 |
Australian International Development Assistance Bureau |
Reports to AIDAB, copy of briefing submission, proposals etc. |
1988-1991 |
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5 |
6 |
Australian International Development Assistance Bureau |
Report to AIDAB, UGC report, draft report from Bill Renwick of the review of Extension Services. |
1990 |
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5 |
7 |
Australian Development Assistance Bureau |
Report toe ADAB on academic, cultural and social support program for Tertiary students from Western Samoa and Tonga |
1986 |
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5 |
8 |
Australian Financial Aid |
Fact sheets on aid to South Pacific, journal articles, newspaper articles re the Harries report, budget summaries etc. |
1980-1988 |
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5 |
9 |
Australian Financial Aid to USP |
Review of Australian aid, discussion papers, aid budget, briefs regarding aid etc |
|||
6 |
1 |
IDP |
Higher education report, meeting summaries, proposed IDP-USP program. |
1982-1988 |
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6 |
2 |
IDP |
Corporate planning, operational planning, source of funds, meeting notes, draft plan. |
1988-1993 |
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6 |
3 |
IDP - reports |
Interim assistance project, study visit to USP, Secondary Education and quality improvement report. |
1985-1991 |
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6 |
4 |
USP - reports and reviews |
Reports on student attitudes to UNDP, examining, higher education, vice-chancellor to council |
1983 |
||
6 |
5 |
USP - reports and reviews |
Student enrolments, technical and vocational education, plans. |
1985-1988 |
||
6 |
6 |
USP - reports and reviews |
Post-secondary education, expressive arts, university review. |
1988-1997 |
||
6 |
7 |
USP- general |
General information regarding the university, staff positions, internal memorandums etc. |
|||
6 |
8 |
USP - general |
Internal memorandums, articles, vice-chancellor's address to USP staff etc. |
|||
6 |
9 |
Teasdale |
Itineries, accomodation, ephemera, letters, papers, correspondence. |
|||
6 |
10 |
Various schools |
School newsletters, student work samples, maps etc. |
|||
7 |
1 |
World Bank documents |
Reports and seminars relating to World Bank project of higher education in the South Pacific |
1988-1992 |
||
7 |
2 |
Kiribati |
Report on contract labour, equity and migration, various papers, employment and development mission to Kiribati, educational directions. |
1983-ff |
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7 |
3 |
Cook Islands |
Health information profile, economic profile, Governement development policies. |
|||
7 |
4 |
Tuvalu |
Fact sheet, education for life action plan, aid etc. |
|||
7 |
5 |
Tonga |
Government meeting plans, articles etc. |
|||
7 |
6 |
Tonga |
Development program, country papers. |
|||
7 |
7 |
Western Samoa |
Papers, programme of studies, government policy planning committee etc |
|||
7 |
8 |
Fiji |
Reports, papers, general information. |
|||
7 |
9 |
Solomon Islands |
Secondary education project |
|||
7 |
10 |
Vanuatu |
Tourist brochures etc. Various articles - education, manpower, mineral resources. |
|||
7 |
11 |
Vanuatu |
First National Development Plan |
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