Montevideo Maru – Australia’s Greatest Maritime Disaster
Few Australians know this story – but all should. Seventy-seven years ago today 1053 civilians and Australian troops were about to begin their last tragic journey from Rabaul, the capital of Australian-mandated New Guinea. They were crammed onto a Japanese ‘Hell Ship’, the Montevideo Maru, for transport to Hainan as slave labour. The ship left Rabaul ...
Great Australian Medical Moments – Pt2 – Dr Michael Alpers and Kuru
ABC’s Nightlife with Suzanne Hill on 28 December 2020 featured a fascinating interview with Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy – Clinical immunologist (pioneer in a field known as mucosal immunology) and author of the forthcoming book, ‘The Long Enlightenment: Australian science from its beginning to the mid 20th century’, and Dr Peter Hobbins – Historian of ...
Major General the Hon. Michael Jeffery AC, AO(Mil), CVO, MC (Retd) by Max Uechtritz
SYDNEY –A great Australian, former governor-general, Major-General Michael Jeffery AC GCL CVO MC, died on Friday at the age of 83. General Jeffery had a close association with Papua New Guinea as the last Australian commanding officer of 2 PIR and as co-patron of the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia (PNGAA) since 2003. He had two ...
