Happy 2024!
PNGAA wishes members a safe, happy and healthy 2024! The volunteer committee is always delighted to hear the wonderful comments about the journal, encouragement for our projects such as the PNGAA Scholarship Fund and...
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PNGAA Christmas Lunch – Sydney – 2nd December 2023
All are welcome! PNGAA’s special Christmas lunch this year will be at an exciting new venue close to the centre of Sydney at Waterview in Bicentennial Park, Homebush. Bring family and friends and meet...
Bush, Brush and Bubbles – with Julianne Ross Allcorn, 3 November 2023
An evening with Archibald 2021 and Wynne 2020/2021 Finalist, Julianne Ross Allcorn Date: Friday, 3 November 2023 Time: 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Venue: will be in Roseville – details will be advised to...
Finding the MV Montevideo Maru – 1 August 2023 – Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne
The loss of the Montevideo Maru is the worst maritime disaster in Australian history, and until 2023, the exact location of its final resting place remained a mystery. Its discovery in April off the...
Response to Harbour Trust Draft Master Plan and public meeting 15 June 2023
The Papua New Guinea Association of Australia sent a detailed submission in to the Harbour Trust in response to the 09 May 2023 Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh Draft Master Plan. Additionally members were...
Montevideo Maru Memorial Luncheon, Canberra – 1 July 2023
PNGAA and Rabaul & Montevideo Maru members and friends are invited to a Luncheon to gather together and, with thanks to Silentworld Foundation, to acknowledge the recent successful finding of Montevideo Maru after nearly...
PNGAA Annual Brisbane Lunch 2023
When: Sunday 30 July 2023 Time: 11.30am – 3pm Where: The Ship Inn Cnr Stanley and Sidon Sts, South Bank Parklands, Brisbane Qld 4101 Cost: Food and drinks are at your own expense...
NOTICE OF 72nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and LUNCHEON – 29 April 2023
Members are invited to the 72nd Annual General Meeting of the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia Inc. (PNGAA) The AGM will be held in Sydney on Saturday, 29 April 2023 at the Hornsby...
PNGAA AGM Nominations due 5pm 31 January 2023! Several positions need volunteers!
PNGAA AGM Nominations due 5pm 31 January 2023!!! Please consider nominating and send your signed forms in now. Information and nomination forms are available to members at: https://pngaa.org/documents-relating-to-the-2023-agm/ Either scan or photograph them and email...
PNGAA Scholarship Fund for PNG Students – donations and community support needed please
The PNGAA has a scholarship fund to support secondary school students in PNG in the pursuit of their secondary education. Initial funding will support two students attending secondary school in Wewak. In time, PNGAA...
Fundraising Quilt for PNGAA Scholarship Fund for PNG Students
Following a chance comment earlier in 2022, our Western Australia member, Jill Worsley, who has generously supported PNGAA events in Perth, kindly offered to make another quilt to help the PNGAA fundraise to support...
PNG’s KCH pays K80 Million Dividend to the State after 7 years
Papua New Guinea’s Kumul Consolidated Holdings (KCH) has paid dividends to the State after 7- years. The country’s Minister for State Enterprise William Duma officially handed over a dummy cheque of K80 Million Kina...
Check your your membership expiry on the address label of the December’s PNG Kundu- and renew now!
The December 2022 issue of PNG Kundu was posted out on 21 October 2022 and is about to hit members’ letterboxes or inboxes. PNGAA asks that you check your address label on the envelope...
PNGAA Lunch at Toronto, NSW, will support Sepik Dental Project – 5 October 2022
PNGAA Members and Friends, all welcome – please RSVP by 20 September 2022. Date: Wednesday 5 October 2022 – 11.30am Venue: Royal Motor Yacht Club, 6 Arnott Street Toronto NSW Situated on beautiful Lake...
Unveiling of Australian Prisoners-of-War Memorial, Mona Vale Headland, Sydney 14 October 2022
When: 10am Friday 14 October, 2022 Where: Robert Dunn Reserve, Mona Vale Headland, Narrabeen Park Parade, Mona Vale. A memorial commemorating the Australian Prisoners of War, Nurses and civilian internees from Rabaul, Nurses from...
