WHEN HOME WAS A TRIP THROUGH HELL By Robert Coleman
Part 1 of 2 in Una Voce June 2014 Here is the story of one man’s war. It is a microcosm of the overall conflagration, the story of a small party of stragglers’...
Author: Roy
Brian Costello and Something about Low Flying
I was saddened to read in Una Voce of the passing of Brian Costello, an old colleague from my days as editor of the Times Courier in Lae in the mid-1960s. A genuine, generous...
Graham Syphers 1 of 3
Hello there, Papua New Guinea was a very different place before Independence. A fascinating place filled with unbelievable characters and real achievers. It had a unique history from the days when the British ran...
Gift Subscription to the PNGAA
Are you enjoying your subscription to the PNGAA? Do you know someone who might enjoy a subscription to the PNGAA? If so, the process for making such a “gift” to that person can be...
Sharing Histories: Kiap Tribute Event
These photographs were taken at the Sharing Histories event at the National Archives of Australia, 20 November 2010.
My Expatriate life – part two – Daru
The company sent pilots around to different places at whim, probably because most were single and that was the kind of job it was anyway. We had been in Lae for only short time...
My Expatriate Life – Part 1
This is the first part of Diane Bayne’s account of her life as an expatriate. It covers her time in Port Moresby and Lae. When visiting Bangkok, I’ve wondered what it would be like...
My Expatriate life – By Diane Bayne
This is Part 3 of the Story – Kabwum We were barely settled in Lae again when we were transferred to Kabwum in the Morobe Province in May 1976. It was an outpost they...
ASOPA Study Project
Alexandra Frost is a Higher Degree Research Student at the University of Sydney, investigating the student experience, education, and training at the Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA). As part of her research study,...
John Groenewald’s Diary – 1963 Star Mountain Patrol
The following documents were compiled by Ross Johnson Description Download John Groenewald’s Diary – 1963 Star Mountains Patrol – Prologue. DOWNLOAD John Groenewald – Part 1 Port Moresby to Kiunga DOWNLOAD John Groenewald...
MEMORIAL NEWS
Anzac Day EVENTS, Rabaul 2024 As I landed in Rabaul, the skilled, female Air Niugini pilot slammed on the brakes. It was effective because we then cruised into the terminal in fairly leisurely fashion. Passengers...
VALES & TRIBUTES
ANDERSSON | BEATTIE | BECKHAUS | CLARKE | POTTS | TATE | NELSON KOHNKE, Glenys d. 8 May 2024, aged 75 years MAYNARD, Peter d. 16 April 2024 NEEDHAM, Terence d. 2 May 2024 TROY,...
PNG IN THE NEWS
PNG PM Survives Vote of No Confidence PNG PM James Marape survived a vote of no confidence in mid-February 2024. A statement from the Australian Institute of International Affairs: In mid-February, rather than wait...
BOOK REVIEW
Planting Memories: A Settler’s Life on the Sogeri Plateau Anthea Matley For those who enjoy a trip down an expatriate’s memory lane of life in Papua New Guinea just prior to Independence, this book...
LETTERS & REVIEWS
Information Please I am looking for information on a Lieut. Kevin L Smith who was possibly on army service in PNG in East New Britain. After being discharged at the end of the war,...
