Infanticide at Pomio: Edna and George Oakes
Prior to the Europeans coming to New Britain, infanticide was practiced in most of the islands. In 1934, Edna was born at Malalia Methodist Mission station near Cape Hoskins on the north coast of...
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Those early days had their moments: Jim Eames
Editing a newspaper in Papua New Guinea in the 1960s came with a whole range of challenges to overcome but a massive amount of satisfaction in return. Not long after Melbourne’s Herald and Weekly...
Fun days in PNG broadcasting, Richard Jones
I’ve been broadcasting either from the studio or from outside locations since the mid-1960s. When I started calling amateur boxing tournaments from ringside for the ABC’s 9PA Port Moresby-9RB Rabaul radio network in the...
The ‘Territorian’ Newspaper – Port Moresby 1950: Ray Kelly
Popular sportsman and Magani Rugby Team wingman, Jim Jeffreys, son of Mrs Prue Frank of Rouna Road, 4 Mile, was Publisher-Editor of a newspaper titled the Territorian. It was of foolscap format, produced on...
Old men forget: Peter Booth
Dr Peter Booth arrived in Port Moresby in October 1962 to take up the position of the first Director of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service in the Territory of Papua New Guinea. When...
Cannabis in Papua New Guinea: David McDonald
Abstract This review covers published information on psychoactive drugs, particularly cannabis, in Papua New Guinea. Legal drugs are mentioned to place the illegal drugs into a broader public health context. Although a number of...
Development of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service in PNG: Nick Booth
Peter Bernard Booth was born in England on 30 October 1918. He did well at school and gained a scholarship to Cambridge University, where he studied Medicine. He graduated LRCP MRCS in 1943, and...
MTT to MD in 30 years—A human metamorphosis: Dr Roy Scragg, OBE, MD, FRACMA, MPH
Based on an address at Adelaide Annual PNGAA Lunch 11 November 2007 My mind still holds the big picture but many who worked with me tell stories I’ve long forgotten. In Liverpool, England, the...
Tigaso oil: David Marsh
Firstly, congratulations to Doug Robbins on his association with Tubo Environmental Tourism Lodge (Una Voce, March 2010). I worked with him years ago and he was always enthusiastic. I’d like to comment about tigaso...
CSIRO in PNG: John McAlpine, Gael Keig and David Freyne
A previous contribution to Una Voce briefly charted the course of the 25-year history of the Resource Survey of TPNG carried out by CSIRO. As stated, by Independence maps, books and other technical reports...
The attack at Numbaira: Bob Cleland
I was on a routine census, health survey and general administration patrol in the Tiaora Division South of Kainantu in 1956. Though the people were reputed to be surly and uncooperative, I found them...
Bamu patrol: Adrian Geyle
(Published in Una Voce, March 1998, page 13) Adrian Geyle was CPO for two years at Lake Murray, Kiunga, Gaima and Daru, Western District; PO OIC Green River, Sepik District; PO H/Q, Madang District....
Beginnings and endings: Mark Lynch
After three weeks’ travel through one of the last ‘restricted’ areas of the New Guinea, our patrol reaches yet another remote mountain valley. Warriors on the ridge above our chosen campsite shake their weapons,...
By donkey through the Adelberts: Chips MacKellar
(Published in Una Voce, September 1997, page 7) Malcolm (Chips) MacKellar 1953-1955 CPO Daru and Lake Murray (Western District) 1955-1956 P.O. Mount Hagen (Western Highlands District) 1957 ASOPA Long Course 1958-1964 PO at Madang...
A final patrol: Laurie Meintjes
(Published Una Voce, December 2002, p 13) The shelf-life of the kiaps at Nomad River was relatively short. This was not surprising because the isolation, the reliance upon a none-too-reliable air service for everything...
