PNGAA WA Christmas lunch – PERTH
The last PNGAA Perth event hit the news and what a great response! Now, it’s on again and all are welcome! Date: Friday, 15 November 2024 from 11.30am Venue: RAAFA Club, Air Force Memorial...
Category: Australia and PNG
PNGAA Christmas Lunch – Canberra
The events are always happy gatherings so please come along and share some Christmas spirit! Friends welcome! Date: Saturday, 14 December 2024 Time: Noon for 12.30 pm Venue: Pavilion Hotel, 242 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra...
Sydney Oceanic Art Fair 2024
Art Leven | 17 Thurlow Street, Redfern Sydney Oceanic Art Fair – Sunday 27 October 2024, 9-4.30pm Entry: $5 per person and $2 per student payable at door – 27 October 2024 Gala Preview...
Cathay Community Association of Brisbane
Ken Cheung OAM In the early 1980s, many former residents of Papua New Guinea living in Brisbane would often meet at Kingston Sports Centre for an informal get-together. The young people would play squash...
Prime Ministers on the Kokoda Track
DAVID HOWELL As a life member of the 39th Battalion Association, I was proud to have been selected to lead both Prime Ministers of Papua New Guinea and Australia from Kokoda up to Isurava,...
BOUGAINVILLE IN 2024 – 6 September 2024 – in person and online – Free
Date: Friday 6 September Time: 9.00 am – 1:00 pm AEDT Where: Hedley Bull Lecture Theatre 1, ANU; AND online; Free; Please register at: Bougainville in 2024 | Humanitix Please note that this is a...
Australia Will Never Forget!
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...
The Kiap Memorial:or How We Got Promised One A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
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,...
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...
Significant Speeches
Listed below are speeches relevant to the development of the relationship between Australia and Papua new Guinea Description Date Link PM Albanese welcomes PM Marape to Australian Parliament 8th Feb, 2024 Download MP Dutton...
PNGAA Perth lunch – 3 May 2024
Date: 3 May 2024 Time: 12nn AWST Where: RAAFA Club, Airforce Memorial Estate, BULL CREEK RSVP: No later than Thursday 25 April 2024. Partners and friends are very welcome. When booking, though, please let...
Historic address by PNG Prime Minister, James Marape, in Australian Parliament
PNG Prime Minister James Marape made history today 8 February 2024 becoming the first Pacific leader to address the Australian Parliament. An outstanding, comprehensive, powerful and humble speech that made any Australian/PNG person very...
PNGAA Sunshine Coast lunch – 13 March 2024 – Palmwoods
Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2024 – from 11:30 am for lunch from midday. Venue: Palmwoods Hotel, 28-34 Main Street, Palmwoods, Queensland. Parking is available behind the hotel or nearby. Close to the...
Happy 2024!
PNGAA wishes members a safe, happy and healthy 2024! The volunteer committee is always delighted to hear the wonderful comments about the journal, encouragement for our projects such as the PNGAA Scholarship Fund and...
Finding the MV Montevideo Maru – 1 August 2023 – Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne
The loss of the Montevideo Maru is the worst maritime disaster in Australian history, and until 2023, the exact location of its final resting place remained a mystery. Its discovery in April off the...
