Phil Ainsworth The New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (NGVR) and the Papua New Guinea Volunteer Rifles Association (PNGVR) Military Museum was established in 2005 within the Wacol Military Heritage Precinct as a lasting tribute to...
Ann Mallard I went to Lae to get married. My new husband, Ken Mallard, was an Australian I met on a ship returning from my first trip abroad. Neither of us had families who...
Part Two: Rosalie Everest During my recent pilgrimage returning the ashes of my mother, Muriel Larner MBE, back to the Eastern Highlands of PNG, the most poignant moment took place around 3 am on...
Nigel Robin Ette At the time of independence for Papua New Guinea, Western Province was undeveloped. It was the furthest province to the west, where high mountains take the Fly River to the sea...
Part Two: Peter Stace & JW (Bill) Gornall The Gateway for New Rural Development Officers (didiman) to the PNG islands: Personal Experiences in 1967 Part One of this article focussed on the history of...
Dr Ann M Clarke Executive Director, Businesses for Health: Tuberculosis & HIV In the vibrant yet challenging landscapes of Papua New Guinea a health crisis persists, yet it is one that harks back to...
Patrick Bourke It has been said that there are two religions in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Christianity and rugby league. Both have been introduced into PNG and have been taken up enthusiastically. PNG is...
Mary Mennis As head of the Catholic Church worldwide, the Pope visited Papua New Guinea from 6 to 9 September as part of a four-nation Apostolic journey of South-East Asia and Oceania. The Pontiff’s...
2024 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge This aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a...
CLIFFORD | DAVIES | MAYNARD | McCARTHY | MOORE | NEEDHAM | PELIKAN | TAYLOR | WILLIAMS CLIFFORD, Leon Saturday, 18 May 2024 The PNG Forestry mob has lost another Forest icon with the...
30th Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum The largest delegation of Australian ministers attended the 30th Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum on 19 June, which saw Australia commit to a suite of new initiatives aimed at strengthening PNG’s national...
South Pacific Aero Club Memorabilia Having been the foundation secretary and Strip Report editor of the South Pacific Aero Clubs (SPAC) in the mid-1960s, I am in the process of writing a family history...
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...
Management Committee Update With the 50th anniversary of independence fast approaching, a letter has been sent from PNGAA to the Australian Prime Minister with a request that Australia celebrate this occasion. It requests consideration...
On 19 September 1994, with little warning, two volcanos—Vulcan and Tavurvur—erupted and buried East New Britain’s capital, Rabaul, known as the ‘pearl of the Pacific’ and ‘Frangipani Town’. Almost two decades after PNG achieved...
