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MEMORIAL NEWS

Silentworld Foundation Commemorative Dinner with the Australian Prime Minister A commemorative dinner was held on Monday 27 November 2023 in the Aircraft Hall at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to honour all those...

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PNG IN THE NEWS

Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport Papua New Guinea’s second international airport was opened on 2 October 2023 by Prime Minister James Marape. The redevelopment of Nadzab began in November 2019 with the assistance of a...

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BOOKS & ART REVIEWS

R Wally Johnson & Neville A Threlfall Return to Volcano Town—Reassessing the 1937–1943 Eruptions at Rabaul This is an expanded, more detailed version of the book published by the same authors in 1985—Volcano Town:...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

PNG’s Constitution Belated congratulations on the article about the PNG Constitution by Judge Kerr in your September 2023 edition. From his tenure as Law Faculty Dean at UPNG up to his current ADF review,...

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EVENTS DIARY

Sydney – PNGAA Christmas Lunch A small but joyful group of members attended the Sydney Christmas function on 2 December 2023 at the Waterview function centre at Bicentennial Park. Being a very casual affair...

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PNGAA REPORT

Management Committee Update 2024 began at pace for the PNGAA Management Committee which had its inaugural meeting on 10 January with members hooked in from Queensland, NSW, Victoria and Western Australia! The following week...

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Memorial Service in Japan – Peter Ryan

Recently I was invited as a special guest to a moving ceremony in Kochi – on the island of Shikoku, Japan. This ceremony was the Japan/New Guinea War Veterans Memorial Service, conducted by the...

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Matapui Part 1: EKKE BEINSSEN

It is late July 1929. A leaden heat, saturated with moisture, broods over Salamaua, the harbour town of the goldfields of New Guinea. I am waiting on the verandah of the only guesthouse. Like...