Vale March 2015
ADAMS, John “Didiman” (4 January 2015) | BARTLETT, Anne (01 Feb 2015) | BONNETT, Kenneth Malcolm (20 June 2009) | BONNICK, Roger Hugh (22 December 2014) | COOPER, Noel Vincent (9 November 2014) |...
Author: president
Goroka revisited
In my article Cruise to Rabaul, I ended saying how I had found, among the people I met, “…an eagerness for the upcoming elections and the hope that a new government could set PNG...
Vale December 2014
BOOIJ, Jan (Snr) (3 August 2014) | CLEZY, Gweneth Dorothy (13 June 2014) | DENT, Oswald George Gordon | (6 August 2014) | GAULT, Roly (14 October 2014) | JOHNSON, Granger (22 July 2014)...
Crocodiles
In my early years in PNG, I had such horrible experiences with crocodiles that, to this day, memories of these experiences still survive to haunt me. And I warn you too, that if horror...
The crocodiles of Lake Murray
Lake Murray is a Shangri-la for crocodiles and water snakes. Fish and freshwater turtles abounded too when I was there in the early 50s, and the local Suki people lived well on fresh food...
Vale September 2014
ASHWORTH, Evelyn Jean (March 2014) | BAMFORD, Geoffrey Newton (17 June 2014) | CORFIELD, Grahame Lester (2014) | CREEDY, Barry John | (25 June 2014) DUNCAN, Robert (Bob) (21 March 2014) | FOPP, David...
Vale June 2014
BASTOW, Marcia (April 2014) – No details available | BERA, Leo (15 April 2014) BRIEN, Fr Timothy N. (6 February 2014) | COOPER, Stan (12 May 2014) | DENNIS, Mike | DONOVAN, Kath | FLYNN MBE,...
Walk into Paradise DVD
Available to buy from PNGAA – see below The Committee of the PNGAA is proud to announce the release of the DVD Walk into Paradise, the classic 1950s feature film, directed by Lee Robinson...
Vale March 2014
ANDERSON, Ian Stuart | (10 April 2013) BELLAIRS, William (Bill) | (21 October 2013) BOWMAN, Gordon “Leo” | (10 November 2013) COLEMAN, Shirley | (18 January 2014) DAVIS, Peter Frederick | (13 December 2013) EVANS BEM, Ilid...
The Kiaps Compendium
Compiled and edited by Nancy Johnston Dedicated to the memory of William James (Bill) Johnston 1 October 1924 – 12 September 2001 A Kiap of the Territory of Papua & New Guinea Bill...
Introduction
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots In late 1954, soon after Professor Elkin, the editor of Sydney University’s anthropology journal Oceania told me he wanted to publish my article “AFEK of Telefomin” but was experiencing difficulty getting...
1. Sell-out in Manus, 1946-48
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots Paul Quinlivan was prompted to send us the following after reading Brian Jink’s ‘Help Wanted’ notice regarding” an episode in Manus in 1948 when police under Commissioner Grimshaw were sent...
2. Slipshod and you’re in trouble
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots Before I went to TPNG I had been Secretary of the Marist College Old Boys Association of WA and, since everyone knew I intended going to PNG for only the one...
3. Rehabilitation, Reichstag Fire Trial and “TDSM” – Traditional Disputes-Settling Machinery
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots This was also written for the Old Boys’ talk and, in March 1955, halfway through the Law Students Project, the jury trial of The Queen v. Harry Vincent Pierce made it...
4. Revolutionary rule to protect the right to silence
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots The Queen against KABO, heard at Sohano on 29 February 1952, was my first nolle – that is, the first trial I aborted saying “this trial ceases here”. The Defending Officer,...
