Volcano town : the 1937-43 eruptions at Rabaul.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Bathurst, N.S.W. : R. Brown, c1985Description: 151 p. : ill., mapsISBN:

097926718X (hc)

DDC classification:

363.3495099585 20

Subject: Narrative of the latest period of volcanic activity at Rabaul: the May 1937 eruptions at Vulcan and Tavurvur, when more than 500 people were killed, and the relatively minor 1941-43 volcanic activity at Tavurvur which overlapped with the period of Japanese war-time occupation. The authors tell how this volcanic activity influenced decisions on the future of Rabaul as an administrative capital. More importantly, they illustrate the effects of the 1937-43 eruptions on Rabaul and draw attention to the kind of volcanic activity that could again take place in Rabaul Harbour

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Narrative of the latest period of volcanic activity at Rabaul: the May 1937 eruptions at Vulcan and Tavurvur, when more than 500 people were killed, and the relatively minor 1941-43 volcanic activity at Tavurvur which overlapped with the period of Japanese war-time occupation. The authors tell how this volcanic activity influenced decisions on the future of Rabaul as an administrative capital. More importantly, they illustrate the effects of the 1937-43 eruptions on Rabaul and draw attention to the kind of volcanic activity that could again take place in Rabaul Harbour

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