By: Steven Gagau, PNGAA committee member and President Sydney Wantok Association “Helpim Wantok” is a project undertaken by the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia (PNGAA) and Sydney Wantok Association (SydWan), the Sydney based...
On Saturday 27 July former kiaps, friends and family gathered at Yorkeys Knob Boating Club in Cairns. About 45 people attended, with many coming from far away places – Steven (1980) and Delilah Peters...
ASHTON | HOOK | MCDONALD | OAKES | CAHILL | QUINLIVAN ASHTON, Jeremy Claude 24 November 2022 Jeremy Ashton, born in July 1930, was educated at Winchester School and graduated MA at...
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’...
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...
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...
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...
These photographs were taken at the Sharing Histories event at the National Archives of Australia, 20 November 2010.
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...
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...
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...
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...
