Alotau: John Quinn
This article could well be sub-titled How Alotau came to be or even The waste of war, and will take a broad-brush approach to what I am prejudiced in believing is one of the prettiest...
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My life after 1941: George Oakes
After we left Kavieng in New Ireland, the Macdhui took us to Sydney where we moved in with my mother’s parents at Lindfield where my grandfather, Rev. G. E. Johnson, was the Methodist minister....
Independence Day in Wewak: Charles Betteridge
The following is taken from my personal notes I wrote up just four days after PNG’s lndependence celebrations in 1975 at Wewak. It is Saturday afternoon 20 September 1975, and as I sit on...
Across New Ireland by foot: Peter Comerford
I always had a desire to do a crossing of New Ireland. Numerous discussions with John, an Irishman who had been in New Ireland for many years, had fired my imagination. John and I...
Tribute to Pat Murray: Anne Peters
Pat Murray was formerly of Baia Plantation, New Ireland, PNG Patricia Audrey Murray (née Stanfield) was born on 5 September 1922 in Naini Tal, in India. Her parents, Ernest and Audrey Stanfield, left India...
Margaret Olley: John Pasquarelli
“I have two artist friends from Australia who are coming to the Territory and they will be staying with me in Moresby. Margaret Olley and Douglas Annand are their names and I have told...
Mi meri Tolai: Born and raised in Rabaul: Muriel MacGowan Larner
Jim Burton runs regular monthly gatherings, at Toowong Library, Brisbane, titled: ‘Memories of the South Pacific Islands Are Being Recalled’. Each gathering has a guest speaker. The following is an excerpt from an address...
Richard “Dickie” Squires: Philip Selth
Richard (Dickie) Thomas Squires was born in London on 10 February 1893. He was educated at the Elementary County School, London, until fourteen years of age. On 7 January 1910 Squires enlisted in the...
Masta Lapun: Jeanette Fox
Memories: It just takes an old timer to reminisce and tales from the past come flooding back. Masta Lapun! He was the miner in the claim next door (which usually meant two or three...
Emirau Island: by Warren Martin
Several traumatic and dramatic incidents occurred on the tiny, insignificant island of Emirau during World War II. Emirau is situated in the St Matthias group, less than 1½ degrees south of the equator. Overshadowed...
Morning in Goroka: John Pearne
Shared thoughts with those who have known Papua New Guinea Lines written following a return visit, after twenty-one years, to the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea One awakes, the memory of so many...
Alotau: John Quinn
This article could well be sub-titled How Alotau came to be or even The waste of war, and will take a broad-brush approach to what I am prejudiced in believing is one of the prettiest...
Marema a Tena Vinauma—A tribute to Roma Threfall: Neville Threefall
At the time of Roma’s death, we were not members of the ROAPNG, and no notice was submitted to the Vale section of Una Voce. A belated tribute is given here, for one whose...
Maprik’s royal visit: Paul Dennett
We were treated in 1970 while in Maprik to a visit from the then Prince Richard, now Duke of Gloucester. Was the Prince making the trip out of personal interest or to show the...
Life after PNG—Margaret Clancy: Marie Clifton-Bassett
What people do after a career in PNG is always interesting. Members may not know of the second career of Margaret Clancy whose husband, Des, was a popular kiap with an outstanding record. The...
