Muriel Larner MBE—a Mother’s Legacy
Rosalie Everest Rosalie Everest plans to return to the Eastern Highlands of PNG in June 2024 with her mother’s ashes. This is Part 1 of a two-part story. Before my mother, Muriel Larner, née...
Author: Roy
Department of Agriculture, Stock & Fisheries, Taliligap, Rabaul Part One
THE GATEWAY FOR NEW RURAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS (Didiman) TO THE PNG ISLANDS: Personal Experiences in 1967 By Peter Stace & JW (Bill) Gornall In October 2023, I received the following email from an old...
The Road to Officialdom – Hell and Back THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY CITIZENSHIP DEBATE
By Patricia Chow This article is a very brief overview of how Australian citizenship came about in our PNGCCAA community. There are some people who may still have memories of these times, and one...
PNGAA Networking event in Cairns
There is PNG Networking event scheduled for Cairns as shown below. If you happen to be in the area at that time, you may find this event attractive. EVENT – PNG Networking – Ex...
NEVER A COLONY By Ken Humphreys – Una Voce Sept 2006
Never a Colony Over the years many writers have accepted that British New Guinea (BNG) was a British Crown Colony. This article draws a line in the Koki Mud stating that BNG was never...
Documents Relating to the 2024 AGM
Date Name of Document Download 5 May 2024 President’s report Download 5 May 2024 Treasurer’s report Download 5 May 2024 Membership Report 2024 Download 5 May 2024 Notice of AGM 2024 Download
PNGAA Projects
The PNGAA will undertake projects from time to time in accordance with the PNGAA rules and objectives. Below is a listing of those projects together to links for a more comprehensive description of the...
PNGAA Scholarship Fund
PNGAA Scholarship Scheme In 2022 the PNGAA Management Committee decided to commence a scholarship scheme for needy students in remote parts of PNG. This commenced in 2023. To help ensure the integrity of the...
An Unusual Incident by Bill Johnston – Una Voce June 1991
During my service in Papua New Guinea there were only two occasions that I accompanied a senior officer on what could be termed a patrol. A period of two days was involved on both...
MEMORIAL NEWS
Silentworld Foundation Commemorative Dinner with the Australian Prime Minister A commemorative dinner was held on Monday 27 November 2023 in the Aircraft Hall at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to honour all those...
VALES & TRIBUTES March 2024
NELSON | REGAN | WEBER | YOUNG NELSON, Kieran 7 February 2024 We are sad to advise that Kieran passed away at Greenslopes Hospital in Brisbane on 7 February 2024. He was a wonderful wantok/friend...
PNG IN THE NEWS
Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport Papua New Guinea’s second international airport was opened on 2 October 2023 by Prime Minister James Marape. The redevelopment of Nadzab began in November 2019 with the assistance of a...
BOOKS & ART REVIEWS
R Wally Johnson & Neville A Threlfall Return to Volcano Town—Reassessing the 1937–1943 Eruptions at Rabaul This is an expanded, more detailed version of the book published by the same authors in 1985—Volcano Town:...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PNG’s Constitution Belated congratulations on the article about the PNG Constitution by Judge Kerr in your September 2023 edition. From his tenure as Law Faculty Dean at UPNG up to his current ADF review,...
EVENTS DIARY
Sydney – PNGAA Christmas Lunch A small but joyful group of members attended the Sydney Christmas function on 2 December 2023 at the Waterview function centre at Bicentennial Park. Being a very casual affair...
