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,...
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...
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...
ANDERSSON | BEATTIE | BECKHAUS | CLARKE | POTTS | TATE | NELSON Andersson, Lars OAM 17 January 2024 Lars Andersson, who with his wife Ann, worked in PNG for two stints during the early...
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...
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...
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,...
PERTH—PNGAA WA Catch Up Friday, 3 May 2024 The PNGAA WA meets quarterly in Perth and sometimes members catch up outside of the larger group. There was a recent get-together at the RAAFA Club,...
2024 PNGAA AGM The PNGAA Annual General Meeting and Lunch on Sunday, 5 May 2024, was a happy, friendly, successful day for PNGAA. The guest speaker was Joanne Sharpe, the Director for Justice and...
After spending two days walking the Kokoda Trail in often arduous terrain, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the Hon. James Marape, and the Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. Anthony Albanese, laid wreaths...
Congratulations go to PNGAA Member, Professor Robert (Robin) Cooke AM, OAM, OBE, who was recognised in the Australia Day 2024 Honours List, by being made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Robin...
Peter Jesser The battle for the Kokoda Trail occupies a significant place in Australian military history. Much of the fighting to stem the Japanese advance across the Owen Stanley Range was intense, close-quarter combat...
John F Bent Sixty years ago, I had the privilege of being employed by the Papua New Guinea Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries as an agricultural extension officer. To my local colleagues and...
Bill Sanders Between 1878 and 1977, 85 kiaps died in Papua, New Guinea, and the Territory of Papua New Guinea (TPNG). Variously, hostile inhabitants, disease, executions by the Japanese, volcanic eruptions, vehicle accidents, drowning,...
Simon Pentanu PANGUNA on Bougainville Island has many stories to tell. There is a helluva lot to see—enough beauty and destruction to boggle the mind whenever you visit up here. Once upon a time,...
