Anthea Matley—part two Returning to Port Moresby in 2018 During dinner that evening in Port Moresby, the hotel manager, an Australian, approached us. Average height, with grey curly hair and wearing a grey uniform...
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...
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...
PNGAA is delighted that His Excellency John Kali CMG OBE, PNG High Commissioner to Australia, and his delightful wife, are visiting Sydney from Canberra for this year’s annual gathering for the association – the...
As Papua New Guinea approaches 2025, the year marking 50 years of independence, Prime Minister Hon. James Marape issued a heartfelt message to the nation, urging every citizen to unite and work together for...
1883: HM Chester, Queensland Government Agent on Thursday Island, raised the Union Jack near present-day Port Moresby and annexed, on behalf of Queen Victoria, that part of New Guinea and adjacent islands lying between...
PAPUAN CITIZENSHIP by Laurie Le Fevre First published in Una Voce, Issue 1, March 2007 A question was raised in the last edition of Una Voce about Papuan citizenship before (or even post) independence...
Help wanted for compilation of book material – Grateful for copies of photographs and words on personal recollections of working in one of the Government agencies that have over the past few decades morphed...
Date: 21 February 2024 Where: Air Force Memorial Estate, 2 Bull Creek Drive, BULL CREEK WA 6149 Time: 1130 – 1530 Our guests will be the Executive of the PNG Association of Western Australia...
As its nearest neighbor, Australia’s task has been complex but tackled with positive determination and enthusiasm. Pre-independence PNG was developed by the Australian Administration, by private enterprise and by the missions. Australia also fought...
Nobodies to Somebodies: Moukele Migrant Workers from NCD, PNG in New Zealand and Australia Date: Tuesday 28 Jan 2025 1pm – 2pm AEDT Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU, Coombs Building, Seminar Room F and...
Prime Minister James Marape today extended is warmest wishes to the government and people of Australia on Australia Day, January 26, 2025, reflecting on the enduring relationship between Papua New Guinea and its longstanding...
The PNGAA is delighted to hear the results from the nine students it supported again last year. PNGAA congratulates all six students from Anguganak High School who have worked diligently and been accepted into...
Rock into 2025 and this 50th anniversary of independence year with legends David Bridie and Not Drowning, Waving together with George Telek and PNG musicians in a music night of nights! Date: Friday 24...
