Learning Tok Pisin: it’s harder than it looks by Dorian (Dusty) Nicol
At first as I began to learn Pidgin, I thought, ‘This is easy. It’s a form of baby talk and there’s nothing to it’. I could not have been more mistaken Unravel | Issue...
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PNGAA Sunshine Coast lunch – 13 March 2024 – Palmwoods
Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2024 – from 11:30 am for lunch from midday. Venue: Palmwoods Hotel, 28-34 Main Street, Palmwoods, Queensland. Parking is available behind the hotel or nearby. Close to the...
Kieran Nelson (01 November 1950 – 7 February 2024)
We are sad to advise that Kieran passed away at Greenslopes Hospital in Brisbane on 7 February 2024. He was a wonderful wantok/friend to many of us, to our association – PNGAA, and to...
Inaugural Committee meeting for 2024
The PNGAA Management Committee had its inaugural meeting for 2024 last evening (10 January) and what a productive meeting it was! Members hooked in from Queensland, NSW, Victoria and Western Australia! We thought you’d...
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...
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...
