‘Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines’
Capt. Garry Honour, Retd A Tribute to Aviators in PNG Here are a few tales put together remembering some legendary Papua New Guinea aviators whom we all respect. Captain GA (Dick) Glassey The following...
Articles
Who Started Tok Pisin?
Professor Craig Alan Volker In this monthly discussion we will answer one question about language in PNG and beyond. This month we are looking at how Tok Pisin started, just who started it, and...
Department of Agriculture, Stock & Fisheries, Taliligap, Rabaul
Part Three – Peter Stace & JW (Bill) Gornall The Gateway for new rural development officers (didiman) to the PNG islands: Personal Experiences in 1967 Parts One and Two of this article focused on...
Medical Incidents
Peter Worsley I spent about 18 months as Officer In Charge at Kalalo Patrol Post on the north coast of the Morobe District, 2,500 feet above sea level. My nearest airstrip was at Wasu...
Pathways for Papua New Guinea’s Future Military Leaders 1951–75
Gregory J Ivey & Russell Wade This article outlines the pre-independence evolution of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF), although readers may be aware that the first indigenous battalion was formed by the...
Concerns of a Council Adviser
Chips Mackellar Tom Leahy was a scion of that famous pioneering dynasty of PNG. Like his equally famous family contemporaries, Mick and Danny Leahy, Tom was widely respected and much loved by expats and...
‘He was my mate’
Dr David Tierney Recognising sacrifices made during the WWII Bougainville Conflict, Papua New Guinea The image, from page 15 in the Sydney Sun, 19 August 1945, with the caption ‘He was my mate’, shows...
A Historic School Photograph of Legendary Characters
Peter Skinner The chance discovery by Derek Baldwin of a small black and white school photograph in an old suitcase makes one wonder what other historic Papua New Guinea images are buried in family...
Snapshot of Tufi, Oro Province
Sandy Miller Rod and I were going to be visiting PNG in April 2024, attending the ANZAC Day Dawn Service and Montevideo Maru Memorial Service in Rabaul. After a lot of thinking and internet...
Volcanoes in the PNG Highlands
Colin Pain It is well known that some mountains in the Papua New Guinea Highlands are extinct volcanoes, most having retained their original shape to some extent. These volcanoes have an important impact on...
Reforms in PNG Politics: Political Stability vs Independent Legislature
Michael Kabuni PhD Candidate at the Australian National University (ANU) At the 2024 PNG Update, the PNG Prime Minister James Marape went to great lengths to argue that political stability is a prerequisite for...
Sel Kambang and Andapen
Part ONE • BAKA BINA This story is my take on listening to my father talk about self-government with other men in the village and his play on the words sel gavaman/sel kambang and...
Independence Day, Goroka 1975
Trevor Freestone I was an education officer in Papua New Guinea from 1964 to 1975. My postings included Ambunti in the East Sepik District, Pagei in the Sandaun (West Sepik) Province and Bena Bena...
Thoughts on Papua New Guinea’s 50 Years as an Independent Country
Garrett Roche Independence Day in Mt Hagen, 1975 I remember Independence Day 1975 in Mt Hagen. I had been in the country since 1970, based in the Western Highlands and I had some grasp...
Lawyers, Milestones or Millstones for the Rule of Law in the Independent State of Papua New Guinea: a memoir
Part ONE • Paul Munro AM In July 1961 I became one of the last ‘permanent’ officers appointed to the PNG Administration—as Legal Officer. At 85, I am among the last survivors of the...
