Sel Kambang and Andapen
Part TWO • BAKA BINA This story picks up from Part One in the March issue where Baka wrote about when he was in Grade 4 and the school children were being taught a...
Author: Roy
A Project to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Independence
Tim Griffiths For some years Tim has been involved in a PNG heritage project. His goal is to celebrate the anniversary of independence with an installation in regional centres of interpretive panels displaying historic...
Australia Awards
Australia Awards Papua New Guinea (AAPNG) are designed to promote knowledge and leadership, and enduring ties between Australia and PNG. The scholarships aim to build a qualified workforce, fill critical human resource gaps, and...
Approaching 50 Years: the challenge of building a national identity in PNG
Theresa Meki Papua New Guinea will celebrate its 50th anniversary as an independent nation in September 2025. This momentous milestone will undoubtedly be marked by jubilant celebrations. However, it also prompts reflection on the...
Personal Recollections of PNG’s 50th Anniversary
Ian Howie-Willis I have reason to remember Tuesday, 16 September 1975, Papua New Guinea’s Independence Day. It was one of the most convivial days of my life, mainly spent rejoicing with old friends in...
Lawyers, Milestones or Millstones for the Rule of Law in the Independent State of Papua New Guinea: a memoir
Part TWO: Paul Munro AM Moving from Part One of this memoir to focus on the topic of Rule of Law, in 1960, as in 2025, no more important icon of sociolegal discipline exists...
UNITY IN DIVERSITY
Papua New Guinea will celebrate 50 years of independence from Australia on 16 September 2025 with a public holiday, but during the year there will be special events commemorating the 50th Anniversary, including diverse...
Chatswood networking meeting 19 May 2025
We had the best turnout – seventeen – to date at our quarterly PNGAA Networking meeting in May. In attendance were Mike Sandy, Linda Babao, Andrea Williams, Ross & Pat Johnson, Paul Munro, Phil...
Graham Syphers 3 of 3
Old New Guinea Photographs, Part Three. TPNG. Prior to Independence 1975. In my personal reminiscences in the article, Old New Guinea Photographs, Part Two, I said this was the final part. Anyone who has...
Graham Syphers 2 of 3
Here is the final part of a personal reminiscence and quick look by one Australian expat living in New Guinea, pre Independence. I had a total of sixteen years flying in PNG. The years 1966...
Chatswood PNG Networking session May 2025
This is just a quick notice that our Chatswood networking session for this quarter will be on 19th May (Monday) . . . . only a short time away. If the time is compatible...
Ex Kiap Event in Woodend, Queensland
On 09 November last year (2024) about 35 former kiaps and family and friends gathered at the Victoria Hotel in Woodend to share memories of a past life in Papua New Guinea. Attendees came...
Memorial News – Rabaul & Montevideo Maru Group
Established in 2009 to represent the interests of the families of the soldiers and civilians captured in Rabaul and the New Guinea Islands after the Japanese invasion in January 1942, and the sinking of...
Vales & Tributes
HOWCROFT | DENOON | HARDY | LOCKLEY | RIDDELL | WEARNE | THURSTON | LEPANI | CHAN HOWCROFT, Neville OBE 2 November 2024 Queensland-born Neville Howcroft joined the Queensland Forestry Department as a trainee...
PNG in the News
American Historical Expert Promotes Historical Literacy for PNG Tourism Dr Brent Glass, former Director of the National Museum of American History and senior advisor to the Smithsonian Institute, made a special visit to the...
