Vales & Tributes March 2023
ASHTON | HOOK | MCDONALD | OAKES | CAHILL | QUINLIVAN ASHTON, Jeremy Claude 24 November 2022 Jeremy Ashton, born in July 1930, was educated at Winchester School and graduated MA at...
Articles
Brian Costello and Something about Low Flying
I was saddened to read in Una Voce of the passing of Brian Costello, an old colleague from my days as editor of the Times Courier in Lae in the mid-1960s. A genuine, generous...
My Expatriate life – part two – Daru
The company sent pilots around to different places at whim, probably because most were single and that was the kind of job it was anyway. We had been in Lae for only short time...
My Expatriate Life – Part 1
This is the first part of Diane Bayne’s account of her life as an expatriate. It covers her time in Port Moresby and Lae. When visiting Bangkok, I’ve wondered what it would be like...
My Expatriate life – By Diane Bayne
This is Part 3 of the Story – Kabwum We were barely settled in Lae again when we were transferred to Kabwum in the Morobe Province in May 1976. It was an outpost they...
MEMORIAL NEWS
Anzac Day EVENTS, Rabaul 2024 As I landed in Rabaul, the skilled, female Air Niugini pilot slammed on the brakes. It was effective because we then cruised into the terminal in fairly leisurely fashion. Passengers...
VALES & TRIBUTES June 2024
ANDERSSON | BEATTIE | BECKHAUS | CLARKE | POTTS | TATE | NELSON Andersson, Lars OAM 17 January 2024 Lars Andersson, who with his wife Ann, worked in PNG for two stints during the early...
PNG IN THE NEWS
PNG PM Survives Vote of No Confidence PNG PM James Marape survived a vote of no confidence in mid-February 2024. A statement from the Australian Institute of International Affairs: In mid-February, rather than wait...
BOOK REVIEW
Planting Memories: A Settler’s Life on the Sogeri Plateau Anthea Matley For those who enjoy a trip down an expatriate’s memory lane of life in Papua New Guinea just prior to Independence, this book...
LETTERS & REVIEWS
Information Please I am looking for information on a Lieut. Kevin L Smith who was possibly on army service in PNG in East New Britain. After being discharged at the end of the war,...
EVENTS ROUNDUP
PERTH—PNGAA WA Catch Up Friday, 3 May 2024 The PNGAA WA meets quarterly in Perth and sometimes members catch up outside of the larger group. There was a recent get-together at the RAAFA Club,...
PNGAA REPORT
2024 PNGAA AGM The PNGAA Annual General Meeting and Lunch on Sunday, 5 May 2024, was a happy, friendly, successful day for PNGAA. The guest speaker was Joanne Sharpe, the Director for Justice and...
Australia Will Never Forget!
After spending two days walking the Kokoda Trail in often arduous terrain, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the Hon. James Marape, and the Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. Anthony Albanese, laid wreaths...
Professor Robin Cooke Awarded Member of the Order of Australia 2024
Congratulations go to PNGAA Member, Professor Robert (Robin) Cooke AM, OAM, OBE, who was recognised in the Australia Day 2024 Honours List, by being made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Robin...
The Story of the Wartime Kokoda Trail: Sorting Fact from Fiction
Peter Jesser The battle for the Kokoda Trail occupies a significant place in Australian military history. Much of the fighting to stem the Japanese advance across the Owen Stanley Range was intense, close-quarter combat...
