Peter Lawrence (anthropologist)

Peter Lawrence ( born 1921 in Lancashire, England; † December 12, 1987 in Sydney, Australia) was a native of England Australian anthropologist.

His main research work examines cargo cults in Melanesia; his research on the population of the Madang region of New Guinea began in 1949 (for example, the Yali movement). He taught at various Australian universities, most recently at the University of Sydney.

Writings

• Road belong cargo: a study of the cargo movement in the Southern Madang District New Guinea. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1984 ( also: Melbourne 1964).
• With M. Meggitt (eds.): Gods, Ghosts and Men in Melanesia. Melbourne 1965.
• Daughter of Time. University of Queensland Press, 1967.
• With Ian Hogbin: Studies in New Guinea Land Tenure: Three Papers. Sydney University Press, Sydney 1967.
• Élites in Oceania. Univ., Sydney 1982.
• The Garia: an ethnography of a traditional cosmic system in Papua New Guinea. University Press, Manchester 1984.