Category: Books and Reviews
Books on PNG often appear in our quarterly journal, Una Voce.
Reviews can be sourced on books which have sustained the rigours of a publisher.
Self-published books will have the Author/Publisher’s Notes included.
Please contact editor@pngaa.net for further information.
ART & BOOK REVIEWS – Sept 2020 Kundu
This section features new books about Papua New Guinea and reviews, art and craft exhibitions, interviews of interest to members and information for authors, artists and craftspeople—please send your articles and photos to editor@pngaa.net...
ART & BOOK REVIEWS
Featuring new books about Papua New Guinea and reviews, art and craft exhibitions, interviews of interest to members and information for authors, artists and craftspeople—please send your articles and photos to editor@pngaa.net Playing Their...
Taim Bilong Masta: the Australians Involvement with Papua New Guinea by Hank Nelson
The book ‘Taim Bilong Masta‘ : the Australian involvement with Papua New Guinea by Hank Nelson is accessible through ANU’s Open Research Repository and available for download. If you are looking for a book...
Book Reviews – March Kundu 2020
Books Reviewed: Small steps along the Way – by Paul Oates A Short History of the Pacific Islands Monthly Magazine – by Bob Lawrence Up the Creek – by James Sinclair Right Man, Right Place, Worst...
Book: Small Steps Along the Way by Paul Oates
Small Steps Along the Way by Paul Oates, independently published, 2019, 241 pages, ISBN: 9781707077939, available from Amazon.com, $AU22.03, including postage Phil Fitzpatrick recently had the pleasure of editing a new book by Paul...
PNG ‘Chalkies’ Honoured by NSW Department of Education
The NSW Department of Education has paid tribute to a unique group of former teachers who served our country during the Vietnam War period. (L-R) Christopher Charles, Director, School Operations and Performance, Ken Boston,...
Books and Reviews
GREG GROWDEN The Wallabies at War Aussie heroes have proved themselves on the battlefield as well as on the sporting field. Members of the Wallabies, the national rugby union team, have fought in virtually...
The Wallabies at War and the Hellships by Patrick Bourke
In the book, The Wallabies at War, written by Greg Growden, it is stated that ten Wallabies were killed during World War I and nine died in World War II. MANY STATE RUGBY UNION...
The Bougainville Referendum: Law, Administration and Politics
With the Bougainville referendum on independence due to take place on 23 November 2019, the Australian National University Department of Pacific Affairs has published a new book by Anthony J Regan entitled The Bougainville...
New book: “A Short history of the Pacific Islands Monthly Magazine”
The Pacific Islands Monthly Magazine (PIM) was a brave publication started in The Great Depression that over the following 70 years became the ‘Pacific Bible’. Now Bob Lawrence, an ABC News Journalist who was...
Bob Gotts’ Butterfly Collection – 25 November 2019, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra
The colourful butterflies of PNG add to this extraordinary country’s beauty and colour. This is a rare opportunity to see Bob Gotts’ amazing collection! Bob Gotts went to PNG to teach and spent 60...
Observations on Mining Capitalism in Papua New Guinea by Martin Kerr
Stuart Kirsch’s book, Mining Capitalism: The Relationship Between Corporations and Their Critics, broke into a memory bank of experiences with a powerful message. Observe and take notes, whether photographically, through reports and correspondence, or...
Art and Books
Nora Heysen, Official War Artist in PNG A recent exhibition was held of the works of Hans and Nora Heysen at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) at Federation Square in Melbourne. Nora Heysen...
Book Reviews
DENIS LONGHURST: Plantation Papua; PHILLIP BRADLEY: D-Day New Guinea DENIS LONGHURST Plantation Papua We rescued them from what we deemed to be a primitive and dysfunctional existence, gave them a system of our own predilection,...
