books.google.com.au - The author describes his life as a Patrol Officer (in the 1960s) in primitive areas of Papua New Guinea. Some of the duties included: supervising the building of roads, bridges, houses, airstrips, wharves and hospitals....http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Australia_s_Forgotten_Frontier.html?id=qjTFbBnBzFEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAustralia's Forgotten Frontier