Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Bill Gammage. "Oral and Written Sources." In Oral Tradition in Melanesia. Ed. by Donald Denoon. Port Moresby, New Guinea: University of Papua, New Guinea and Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. pp. 115-24.

Describes oral evidence of Papuan leaders from the Raubal Strike taken a generation aftern written accounts of the strikebreaking were published and establishes the accuracy of the informal oral sources.
Area: ML, PT